MediaFile is excited to announce that Julia Arciga will be the next Editor-in-Chief of MediaFile and Talia Balakirsky will be Deputy Editor of MediaFile, effective at the conclusion of the 2016-2017 academic year. Julia and Talia will assume editorial leadership of MediaFile and work with a
In the face of mounting vitriol from the newly ordained Trump administration, the press has ramped up its efforts to elicit leaks from within the White House and elsewhere in the federal bureaucracy. Leaks matter. The right leak can sustain national discourse, earn journalism prizes
Libération, a left-wing French newspaper, took down a controversial photo essay from its website after it was revealed the photographer attended The George Washington University’s Inaugural Ball without permission. As MediaFile originally reported, Matt Stuart, a Magnum Photos photographer working for Libération, attended and took
Following a comprehensive web redesign, The GW Hatchet has removed the comments section from its website. The Hatchet is the latest in a series of news organizations to remove the comments section from their websites over the last few years. “The Hatchet aims to use
The campaign is over and Donald J. Trump is still fighting. He may have defeated Hillary Clinton, but he is still waging a war against the press — and, more dangerously, against the truth. “I have a running war with the media,” Trump bragged to
Nearly two years into a court battle between the District of Columbia and the student-run GW Hatchet newspaper over a disputed property tax bill of $17,000, the D.C. Mayor’s Office said it is hoping to “bury the hatchet without burying the Hatchet.” John Falcicchio, chief
The District of Columbia is locked in a nearly two-year court battle against the student-run GW Hatchet at The George Washington University over a disputed property tax bill of $17,000, threatening the financial status of the second-oldest newspaper in the city. In March 2015, the
Student journalism is anything but a cash cow. Without subscriptions, consistent advertising revenue, and institutional support, many independent college publications are reliant on outside funding for financial viability. In the wake of the economic recession of 2008, the Northeastern News made a commitment to journalistic
In a bombshell report by the Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold, NBC’s Billy Bush is recorded, alongside Donald Trump, in conversation saying degrading things about women. The report, published Friday afternoon, documents Trump and Bush in 2005 – unaware they were on a hot mic – discussing “in
Yesterday, the Washington Post editorial board published “No pardon for Edward Snowden,” arguing that the former NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower should return the United States, that he should stand trial for his actions, and that President Obama should choose against pardoning him. The view itself is fair. Snowden’s