Month: May 2025

This note is typically essentially a commencement speech. This year I was asked to give two commencement addresses, one to seniors in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at GW (where the School of Media and Public Affairs, which I direct, lives) and one to Masters and PhD students at Shepherd University in West…

I was honored to give the graduate commencement address at Shepherd University on May 10, 2025. My remarks, as written, are below. You can watch the remarks here – the speech is from about 21:15 – 29:44. President Hendrix and members of the Shepherd University Board of Governors, thank you for this honor. Graduates, congratulations….