This year marks #AUSOC's 30th anniversary! We're excited to continue our #SOC30Under30 campaign by celebrating Courtney Rozen, Festicia Bovell, Matt Pedretti, Sarah Cammarata, and Sara Rodrigues. american.edu/soc/news/soc-30…

🎉🎉 University Professor Patricia Aufderheide, an internationally known media scholar and fair use advocate, has been recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) as a 2026 Documentary Silver Circle Honor Society inductee! Congrats, Professor! 🤩

🎓 Congratulations to all the 2026 #AUSOC Graduates! We are so proud of all that you have accomplished! 🎉 🤗 Welcome to the @americanualum family! 🤩

Celebrating #AUSOC Alumni! Maria Lawson (SOC/MA '25) has been selected by the National Press Foundation to receive a 2026 Local Business Journalism Fellowship! Fellows will travel to Washington, D.C. for a four-day training and briefings byt economic experts.

We welcomed Almar Latour, SOC/MA ’96, HON ’25, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, to campus this week for a 250+ Presidential Speaker Series event. After his remarks, he was interviewed by outgoing Editor-in-Chief of the Eagle Walker Whalen.

ICYMI 👉👉 #AUSOC hosted @msohemz (SIS-SOC/BA ’09, SPA/MS ’11), general manager for the @valkyries for an American Forum conversation with students moderated by SOC professor Jane Hall.

🎉 Celebrating #AUSOC Students! Luísa Clausen, a Journalism MA student, has been named the 2025 AU School of Communication White House Correspondents’ Association Investigative Journalism Scholarship winner.

As we continue to celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth, we are proud to acknowledge some of the incredible faculty, guests, & students that make up our community at SOC.

It was great to hear alum and senior columnist with The Athletic David Aldridge about his groundbreaking career as a sports journalist the Eagle to ESPN, the Washington Post, and even a sideline reporter in NBA2K! Read more: ow.ly/E57k50Yph8R

We invite you to join us on campus to learn what life is like as a graduate student here at AU School of Communication! Join us on AU's campus Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Register: ow.ly/Ms2V50YlTZ3

#AUGivingDay is here! Until tomorrow evening, Eagles everywhere are coming together to show up for AUSOC and support the funds that help keep AU affordable and within reach for all students. Join us at give.american.edu/giving-day

🎉 SOC is proud to announce the appointment of @Joe_Stephens, three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and nationally recognized investigated journalist, as Assistant Professor of Journalism and Executive Editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop, effective Fall 2026!

Megan Cloherty, SOC/MA '13, has joined WRAL in Raleigh, NC, as a senior reporter and anchor. Cloherty has deep experience in the industry, having previously worked at KOAA in Colorado Springs, CO and at WTOP in Washington, DC ow.ly/vjib50XT8MC

#AUSOC Professor Jane Hall spoke to the Washington Post about the addition of President Trump's name to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. @JaneHallAU washingtonpost.com/business/…

Heading to Denver for NCA 2025? Kurt Braddock, Sarah Aghazadeh, Renee Bracey Sherman, Sherri Williams, Matt Williams, Matt Levitas, Ashia Aubrey, and #AUSOC Dean, Dr. Marnel Niles Goins, the immediate past president of NCA! @nationalcommunicationassoc

Congratulations to SOC Alumni Anya Raza (MA ’22) and Fernando Rocha (BA ’21) for their achievement of winning a CILECT award for SCEDI Fiction Special Recognition for the film, "On the Mountain.” Anya is the Director, Screenwriter, Editor, Producer & Fernando served as DOP.

And that's a wrap on Battleground VA 2025! SOC and SPA students had five long days packed full of rallies, behind-the-scenes experts, voter interviews, exit polling, and contributing to the Washington Post's coverage. Stay tuned for more updates! Photos by Ben Ackman

Students from American University attended Sunday services at the historic 3rd Street Bethel AME Church in Richmond, which has a long history of encouraging people to get out to vote. The students are part of the "Battleground VA" course and will be contributing to @Wapo coverage

SOC's Center for Media & Social Impact, in collaboration with the Peabody Awards, has won a GOLD Signal Award for excellence in podcasting for "We Disrupt This Broadcast!" Learn more and listen here: cmsimpact.org/program/podcas…

Dan Merica, AU alumnus & Washington Post journalist, shared insights on life as a journalist’s spouse & the importance of work-life balance at a SOC & KPU event. ➡️ Follow us for more stories and insights from journalism professionals!

This week, AU PRSSA is co-hosting ICON 2025, the national PRSSA conference! Planning a national conference takes nearly two years and offers students an inside look at the fast-paced realities of public relations. 🎉 CONGRATS to our #AUSOC students! 🤩 american.edu/soc/news/au-prs…