CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg speaks about protecting journalists around the world
By Yvonne Oh, IPDGC Program Coordinator
This year’s annual lecture of the Walter Roberts Endowment, on Tuesday, December 6, will feature Jodie Ginsberg, president of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Ginsberg took on the leadership role in April 2022, after years of experience as a journalist and media advocate. CPJ is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. The organization works to defend the rights of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal.
This year’s lecture will have Dean Alyssa Ayres of the Elliott School of International Affairs delivering introductory remarks and Silvio Waisbord, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs moderating the Q&A session with the speaker. The Institute’s Director Dr. William Youmans will be welcoming all to the event.
The Walter Roberts Endowment seeks to inspire public diplomacy best practices around the world. Its goal is to expand the universe of public diplomacy practitioners through activities which blend theory and practice, enable dialogue among people from different backgrounds and institutions, and increase awareness of the importance of public diplomacy.
The Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication (IPDGC) has inaugurated a Visiting Scholar program this year. We will welcome and host up to four visitors annually whose research advances scholarship and public understanding of the subject matters central to IPDGC’s mission. The Visiting Scholars become part of the Institute’s academic community while pursuing their own research projects. The purpose of this program is to give the university and IPDGC greater international exposure, while enriching our students with education beyond the classroom.
Although this is our first year, we will welcome up to four Scholars. The first two have already arrived at GW.
Tran Nguyen Khang is a professor in the Faculty of International Relations at University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is on a Fulbright fellowship to conduct research into “The construction of American Soft Power through Museum Diplomacy and its implication for Vietnam” over the 2022-2023 academic year. Khang teaches Globalization, Global Issues, Power in International Relations, and Intercultural Communication at USSH.
Khang is here for the academic year to explore how the United States presents the relationship between the two countries through museum diplomacy, and how this impacts the Vietnamese and international public. He will also compare how the countries, the United States and Vietnam, presents the Vietnam War at their respective museums and interactions with the public. The research project hopes to provide an assessment of the inter-subjectivity of American soft power through museum diplomacy and its implication for Vietnam’s experience.
Udane Goikoetxea Bilbao is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Bilbao teaches specialized courses in journalism as well as communication theories, ethics and public speaking.
Udane, a former journalist herself, will be spending three months with IPDGC conducting research on the influence of speed on journalism. She is interested in how the temporality of online journalism has shifted our notions of how long news stays fresh and the expectations around deadlines. She wants to explore the prospects of slow journalism.
Our esteemed Visiting Scholars are available for class visits, meetings with faculty and students, as well as public talks. Contact IPDGC at ipdgc@gwu.edu for more information.
Chris has been with the U.S. State Department since 1999; handling various responsibilities including overseas assignments, leading a team responsible for diplomatic Career Development, and also teaching diplomacy, civil/military relations, human rights, peace keeping, and media/security policy.
Christopher Teal
Chris was also awarded the Una Chapman Cox Fellowship to direct, write, and produce a documentary on the first African American diplomat, Ebenezer D. Bassett. The film, A Diplomat of Consequence, tells the story of this groundbreaking diplomat 150 years after his appointment.
IPDGC recently spoke to Chris about coming back to GW:
Learn more about our new PD Fellow Chris Teal, and other Public Diplomacy Fellows.
The Walter Roberts Endowment (WRE) and the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication (IPDGC) continue with funding support for students who have unpaid or part-time public diplomacy internships in summer 2022.
This season, IPDGC will have GW graduate student Luke Liu working with us on revitalizing the Institute’s digital engagement strategy.
Liu is in the MA International Affairs program at the Elliott School of International Affairs. Having worked on expanding his former college newspaper’s online presence, he is confident of helping IPDGC better our digital reach to our audiences.
In addition, with his editorial experiences, skills in research and interviews, Liu is ready to work on content that showcases the work of public diplomacy, new and global media, communication and foreign policy.
We look forward to new and exciting ways to engage with you this fall. In the meantime, have a great summer!
The Walter Roberts Endowment and the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication (IPDGC) continues to support current students at the George Washington University for internship opportunities in public diplomacy this summer 2022.
Walter R. Roberts
The two internships listed here will come with a grant of $3,000 each student, which covers the duration of the summer internship.
The Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication (IPDGC) is a GW organization supporting excellence in academia and professional development in public diplomacy and global communication. IPDGC is looking for a summer intern to help with digital engagement.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Website improvements for IPDGC and its student blog site, Smart Power
Produce a few podcasts for the PDx series (research, interview and technical production work)
Develop engagement on IPDGC’s social media platforms (design and promotional)
And other tasks to support the Institute’s online outreach
The applicant should be comfortable using: Adobe Audition, Zoom meeting app, Soundcloud and other podcast hosting sites, social media apps, apps for promotion and design (Canva, Emma) and website design (WordPress).
Flexibility, creativity, and the ability to meet deadlines are desired.
The position will work with the IPDGC Program Coordinator for supervision and guidance.
The IPDGC internship will begin at the end of May and finish in the first week of August.
The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL)is a nonpartisan non-profit organization internationally recognized as the pre-eminent catalyst for introducing rising political and policy leaders to international affairs and to each other.
ACPYL is seeking an intern for their summer activities. Interns report directly to the intern coordinator but will work closely with all members of the ACYPL staff and may be asked to support program officers and staff in communications, development, and alumni outreach.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
• Assist in coordinating logistics in the planning and implementing of exchange programs
• Prepare biographical summaries of participants
• Provide support while American or international delegations are in Washington, DC
• Maintain office files
• Assist with alumni communications
• Provide support for alumni, fundraising, and programmatic events
• Assist in other departments on an as-needed basis
For more information about ACPYL’s internship, including applicant qualifications, please click here.
Applications for both internships should be sent to ipdgc@gwu.edu
HOW TO APPLY
All application materials would need to have the following:
A resume
A cover letter that should state how the internship can support your goals for pursuing further studies or a career in public diplomacy.
A short email/ letter of support from a GWU professor; separately sent to ipdgc@gwu.edu (Subject: “2022 Summer Internship grant”)
For any questions, please write to IPDGC ipdgc@gwu.edu
The Walter Roberts Endowment and the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication (IPDGC) are proud to announce that Global Communication graduate student Nikki Hinshaw is receiving this year’s award.
Each year, the Walter Roberts Endowment recognizes a GW graduate student who shows exemplary performance in public diplomacy studies and has aspirations for a future career in this field.
Nikki Hinshaw, MA Global Communication ’22
Ms. Hinshaw is graduating with a master’s in Global Communication and concentrations in Public Diplomacy and International Education. She developed a love for the field of international education and exchange after studying abroad in Ghana, and interning for exchange programs at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the International Center for Journalists, and the Institute of International Education, amongst others.
Ms. Hinshaw fostered her research interests in virtual exchange, domestic dimensions of public diplomacy, disinformation and media capacity-building, and diversity, equity, and inclusion through her capstone, coursework, and research assistantship in GSHED’s Global Education Lab.
Professor Patricia Kabra who teaches Public Diplomacy and the Communication and Modern Diplomacy seminars at the School of Media and Public Affairs, noted: “Nikki Hinshaw is one of those students who has pursued, at every opportunity, an avenue leading to PD. From work and internships at the Department of State, IIE, the International Center for Journalists to Sister Cities, she has packed in more experience than seems possible over the last few years.”
Again, congratulations to Nikki, and all the best to the 2022 graduating cohort of the MA Global Communication program.
