Media, Law & Policy
Newhouse Student Chosen to Participate in Carnegie-Knight News21 Marijuana Investigation
Shawn Weismiller, a graduate student in the multimedia photography and design department in the Newhouse School, is one of 19 students who has been chosen to participate in the 2015 Carnegie-Knight News21 national multimedia investigative reporting initiative. The students, who…
Maxwell Has Strong Representation in 2015 Presidential Management Fellowship Program
Six current and former students of the Maxwell School have been selected for the highly competitive 2015 Presidential Management Fellowship Program (PMF). Created more than three decades ago, the PMF Program is a flagship leadership development program for advanced-degree candidates…
Scholar Spotlight: Milanoi Koiyiet ’15
Milanoi Koiyiet is a graduate student in the College of Law. However, she is originally from Kenya, where she already has a law degree. Due to her work ensuring justice for women and girls with intellectual disabilities who have undergone…
Media Coverage of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at Dineen Hall
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Savannah Guthrie to Emcee Ninth Annual Mirror Awards Ceremony June 11
Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of “Today” and NBC News chief legal correspondent, will serve as emcee for the ninth annual Mirror Awards ceremony, which will be held Thursday, June 11. The event will run from 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at…
Law Student Elected to ABA’s Board of Governors
Christopher Jennison, a second year law student at the College of Law, has been elected as the Law Student at-Large for the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors. In this role, Jennison will not only have full voting rights on…
‘Breaking Digital: NGOs Debate’ April 2 in Washington, D.C.
As nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) proliferate around the world, many in the nonprofit community are examining what model of organization best serves the populations they support—the traditional “brick and mortar” model, the fully digital form or a hybrid of both. What…
Panel on Whistleblowing and Journalism to Be Held April 1
Over the past several years, the American media have sharply increased their coverage of scandals that have been brought to light by whistleblowers, including NSA spying, banking fraud, contaminated food and nuclear safety risks. The stakes for the public—and to…
Hillary Clinton Speaks at Toner Award Ceremony
Dan Balz of The Washington Post is the winner of the 2014 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. He was honored at an event Monday night in Washington, D.C., where former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered the…
Cold Case Justice Initiative Presents Case on U.S. Human Rights Violations to United Nations
Paula Johnson and Janis McDonald, law professors and co-directors of the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College of Law, were at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, during the week of March 16. There they met with staff…