Journalism continues to play an indispensable role in the functioning democracy even as the industry transitions to an online format, Marty Baron, former executive editor of The Washington Post, said...
At a time when the press’s relationship with the executive branch is increasingly strained, protecting the First Amendment rights of both journalists and whistleblowers —those who leak information...
I’m leaving the Hilltop after 25 years.
Typing that sentence is at once both painful and exhilarating. Leaving a place that has been so good to you is hard, but it’s important to always be pushing...
Press freedoms have declined in the United States and around the world as authoritarian governments and strongmen erode journalist protections, according to Reporters Without Borders’ 2017 World Press...
Last Sunday, Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari came to Georgetown with Jon Stewart to screen the latter’s directorial debut “Rosewater,” a drama based on Bahari’s experiences of interrogation...
The headline, although tucked deep within the Oct. 1, 1936 edition of The Washington Post, blared with the frantic, sensationalist urgency of a piece reporting on the apocalypse.
“STUDENTS STAGE...
Readers will now be able to peruse D.C.'s most widely read newspaper on the go, as The Washington Post released an iPad application on Nov. 8, the latest in a trend of national newspapers making the jump...
Fears about the journalism industry's future hasn't stopped 1,396 writers vying to become "America's Next Great Pundit." The winner of the contest will receive a three-month contract with The Washington...
Despite an ever-changing climate for the news business, an old mainstay - print journalism - was in the spotlight Sunday, when four Washington Post writers received Pulitzer Prizes, the most awards of...
The relaunch of the Collegiate Readership Program has been postponed as it waits to collect the necessary funds from its sponsors.
The program, which provides free copies of The New York Times,...
When I graduated in May 2001 with a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, the commencement speaker singled me out at the time as the oldest person, at 68, to have earned a law degree from the school.
Today,...
My experience as a reporter in D.C. started with four years of working for zero compensation: no money, no course credit, not even a free T-shirt.
You could say that was excellent training for today's...
