Edward R. Murrow Journalism Fellows, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications, will visit Syracuses
November 3-8, 2012
Syracuse University is  proud to host the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists.  This year, journalists from South Asia, including the countries of India, Pakistan, and Nepal among others.  The program is an innovative public-private partnership between the Department of State and several top U.S. schools of journalism.

Mike Hammer, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs gives guest lecture
October 5, 2012
Syracuse University’s Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) welcomes Mr.Mkel Hammer for a guest lecture on Fridayat noon at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.  Secretary Hammer was sworn in as the Assistant Secretary in March of this year. Prior to that, he served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs since March 2011 and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs before that.  The lecture will begin at noon in the I3 Center of  Newhouse III.  This event is free and open to the public.

Syracuse University Scholars host Tish King, Director of Public Affairs at Broadcasting Board of Governors
October 2, 2012
Syracuse University’s Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) will host Letitia (Tish) King, the Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Prior to the BBG, she worked as Director of Media Relations at Voice of America.  Ms. King is an epert practitioner of media relations, internal and external communications, and project management. She will meet with Public Diplomacy students and provide background into these topics as well as her experience at BBG and VoA.

NATO'S Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, Stephanie Babst, writes for Exchange tate Department's William May to discuss social media, public diplomacy at SU
May 03, 2012
The Exchange: The Journal of Public Diplomacy hosted guest author, Stefanie Babst, NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy. Ms. Babst is responsible for NATO's communications strategies and has energetically driven NATO's digital outreach.   Her article focused on NATO's use of social media. 

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