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Planet Forward capitalizes on the desire for greater civic engagement and fosters the opportunity for citizens from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to engage directly with experts and decision-makers regarding the future of energy. Facilitated by digital, broadcast and social media, Planet Forward will advance the UCG platform by creating an opportunity for citizens and experts to connect beyond simply creating content for the website and show by instead creating, shaping and facilitating a platform for citizens and experts to engage in response to the show and to one another. Planet Forward takes advantage of online technology and creates a new model of programming to further opportunities for informed discussion on crucial energy issues. The program will feature original content, aggregated material from a consortium of colleges and universities, organized around the addressed themes. The television program will be produced and filmed on campus, interacting with the George Washington University audience. Students will learn and contribute at all levels of the program.
Planet Forward is The Public Affairs Project’s cornerstone project, currently in development. In partnership with Public Agenda, based in New York, Nebraska Educational Television, Sunburst Creative, and the George Washington University, the program launches in the spring of 2009.
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THE CONVERSATION SERIES
Lights, camera, talk from inside the beltway
The Public Affairs Project at the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public affairs convenes events that focus on media, public policy, and culture.
Events have included conversations with former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, ABC News Chief Correspondent George Stephanopoulos, CNN Founder and Philanthropist Ted Turner, Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, and jounralist and author Gwen Ifill. <Click here to see links>
In September 2008, The Public Affairs Project hosted a conversation with Former Secretaries of State. Secretaries Albright, Baker, Christopher, Kissinger, and Powell participated in one of the major foreign policy events of the political season. Hosted by Public Affairs director Frank Sesno and CNN’s international correspondent Christiane Amanpour, the event was taped and broadcast on CNN and was distributed on public radio by American Abroad Media.
The Washington, DC location allows us to attract a rich roster of guests with professional accomplishments in political and international communication, journalism, government, and the private sector. This, along with the highly engaged student body, provides an opportunity to hear compelling and an unusually diverse array of topics relevant to media and public affairs. You’ll hear from premier experts—the best in the field.
