Media Coverage

 

Mark Feldstein
Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs

With more than two decades of experience as a broadcast journalist and investigative reporter, Feldstein is best known in the nation's capital for his exposés of drug use and corruption by former Washington Mayor Marion Barry and his administration. He went on to spend seven years as an on-air investigative correspondent for CNN's Washington bureau, where his daily, magazine and documentary reports appeared on all major shows including Inside Politics, Reliable Sources, CNN Presents and Headline News. From 1998 to 2000, Feldstein was Washington investigative producer for Dateline NBC, the Today show and MSNBC, where he uncovered scandals ranging from human rights atrocities by UN peacekeepers to sexual harassment at the Ford Motor Company. As a correspondent for ABC News in New York, his stories appeared on Nightline, World News Tonight and Good Morning, America.

Office: (202) 994-4632

Steven V. Roberts
J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs

Steven V. Roberts has been a journalist for more than 35 years, covering some of the major events of his time, from the antiwar movement and student revolts of the 60s and 70s to President Reagan’s historic trip to Moscow in 1987 and eight presidential election campaigns. After graduating from Harvard magna cum laude in 1964, he joined The New York Times as research assistant to James ‘Scotty’ Reston, then the paper’s Washington bureau chief. His 25-year career with the Times included assignments as bureau chief in Los Angeles and Athens, and as Congressional and White House correspondent. He was a senior writer at U.S. News & World Report for seven years where he is now a contributing editor.

Roberts and his wife, TV journalist Cokie Roberts, write a syndicated newspaper column anchored in the New York Daily News and are contributing writers for USA Weekend, a Sunday magazine that appears in 500 newspapers nationwide. 

Office: (202) 994-0235

Sean Aday
Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs

His research in political communication and media coverage includes: The Philadelphia Compact, monitoring mayoral races in three cities analyzing candidate discourse, media coverage, public opinion, and the role of new technologies in political communication; and The White House Project, analyzing gender bias in the news coverage of the 2000 presidential race and specifically Elizabeth Dole’s candidacy. He also has been recognized by the 1996 and 1998 International Communication Association Conventions for several research papers.

Aday has served as a general assignment reporter for the Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, the Milwaukee Journal in Milwaukee, WI, and the Greenville News, Greenville, SC.

Office: (202) 994-4220

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