Jackie Spinner, a former Washington Post reporter who covered the Iraq War, talks with students in a Jour 101 class. Spinner was the department’s 2012 Fishback Visiting Writer. Washington and Lee photo by Patrick Hinely ’73.

Mitra Kalita, senior writer with The Wall Street Journal and author of a book about the inequality of economic opportunity in India, speaks to a class about globalization.

Students in Jour 225, Crisis Communication, field questions from their counterparts in a business-journalism class during the department’s annual mock news conference.

Mike Allen ’86 of Politico, one of the most influential political reporters in the nation, shares stories and advice with journalism students.

Fishback Visiting Writer Pamela Newkirk speaks to a journalism class.

Prof. Dayo Abah challenges students' assumptions about media law.

Samuel Terilli, former general counsel for The Miami Herald Publishing Co., shares an ethical challenge from his career with participants in a Journalism Ethics Institute.

Glenn Proctor, standing, Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor in 2011, asks visiting professionals to predict the future of news. Washington and Lee photo by Patrick Hinely ’73.

Melissa Powell ’12 interviews College Democrats President Summer Lollie on Election Night.

Caroline Helms ’11 and Anne Vesoulis ’12 share producing duties as deadline approaches for The Rockbridge Report.

Shooting interviews in the field requires students to learn to use professional grade technologies as well as key journalistic skills.

Live broadcasts and frequent web updates on Election Night mean local audiences get their first vote counts from Washington and Lee journalism students.

Prof. Bob de Maria prepares Katie Geddes ’11 to anchor The Rockbridge Report.

Reid Hall Slideshow:

A photo tour of our facilities.

See our classrooms, our studios, our faculty and our students at work.