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Professor Amos Gelb produced virtually every type of television news programming over a two decade broadcast journalism career. From daily news and multi-hour documentaries to undercover investigations to talk shows, Professor Gelb produced for many of America’s leading broadcast and cable outlets including CNN, National Geographic Television, ABC News, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel and Fox, working with many of broadcast journalism’s biggest names. The breadth of his experience extends to even serving as editorial director of a reality television series.

His work has won over two dozen of the most prestigious awards in American television, including two Ace Awards and two National Emmy’s.

Professor Gelb began moving into teaching a decade ago, first at Georgetown University, then developing and leading the journalism program at American University’s Washington Semester before arriving at the George Washington University this past fall. In the classroom, Professor Gelb has taught both journalism theory and practice, and focused his research on the changing business fundamentals of today’s journalism.

He has also served as a communications consultant to the US Department of Justice and the US Commerce Department, numerous non-profit organizations and for profit organizations including the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation.

Professor Gelb holds a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

In addition to Professor Gelb, there will be many guest lecturers. Click here to view a list of some lecturers you might hear from.

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