What’s the best way to score a job at PBS NewsHour and become an Emmy-winning producer? Start pretending you’re a journalist in high school. At least, that’s what Jason Kane, SMPA BA ’07, did, and it’s been a winning strategy for him. “I learned early that calling myself a journalist gave me a pass to […]
This question rattles through the halls of alumni relations’ offices around the country, as the modern graduate’s needs have evolved beyond campus discounts and access to an alumni directory (though GW offers those, too). As classroom learning ends and the “real world” begins, what place does a university have in the lives of its former […]
Move over fair-weather fans! While the DC area is mainly known for its politics, there is plenty to participate in that has nothing to do with government. The D.C.-based teams remain institutions that attract a plethora of business and talent from across the country. This includes alumni Adam Kelsey, BA ’13 and Hayley Milon, BA […]
In September of 1992, Darren Davis, CCAS BA ’95, a resident of Crawford Hall, received a phone call that would change his life forever. Radio WASH FM had accepted his application to work as an intern at the station. He reported to work the following Monday at 4:00 am, and within four weeks, he was […]
Hard work, diverse academic training, and a solid support system from her alma mater has pushed Jayne Orenstein SMPA ’11 to deliver Emmy Award-winning videojournalism for the Washington Post. In particular it was her digital media work on professional ballerina Misty Copeland and her work on First and 17, a 13-episode mini-series that follows top […]
When Alex Dickinson, M.A. ’11 took the call on her cell phone from Washington Women in Public Relations in early July and learned that she was a finalist for WWPR’s 2014 Emerging Leaders awards, she was told to keep the news to herself for a few days. “They scared me at first,” she says. “It […]
Though they shared some classes at GW, Tod Plotkin, GWSB BBA ’03, and Sara Evans, SMPA BA ’04, weren’t formally introduced until Plotkin’s senior year. They didn’t know that just a few years later, they’d be running a video production company in the heart of Washington, DC. Plotkin and Evans are the creative force behind […]
Mo Elleithee, GSPM MA ’96, serves as the director of communications for the Democratic National Committee. We were able to catch up with Elleithee to ask him about advice for aspiring political operatives, how he communicates his party’s story, and his thoughts on college basketball: GW: You’ve been incredibly successful in your career working on campaigns and […]
