jonathan ebinger

Phone: (202) 467-5250
Fax: (202) 994-5806
E-mail: jebinger@gwu.edu

Expertise
Journalism; international media; domestic multi-media production; local, network, and cable television news; contemporary political news coverage.

Courses Taught
SMPA 135:  Introduction to Broadcast News Writing

Background
Ebinger is an experienced Washington based news producer and editor who for nine years worked for ABC News Nightline as a researcher and producer.  While with ESPN he launched the weekly investigative program Outside the Lines and led the show’s production team.

Since 2001 Ebinger has also been part of production teams for the BBC, CNBC, PBS, and The National Geographic Channel.  He has worked on extended projects as an editor for National Public Radio, as well as for the special events unit for ABC News.

For the past five years he has administered media projects for the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, including an ongoing journalist exchange program for American and German journalists, and presents workshops across the United States on how communities and journalists can respond in the event of a terror crisis.

Ebinger has been honored with 8 Emmy Awards, including 6 national news Emmys with "Nightline" (ABC News), one national news Emmy for "Inside Base Camp" (National Geographic Channel), and one local Emmy for "World Talk" (WETA-PBS).  He also received a Dupont-Columbia Award for "Nightline" Special Programs (1995-1996).

Since 2008 he has lectured across Germany on American news coverage of domestic politics, from the coverage of the 2008 Presidential primary campaigns on through the transition and initial days of the Obama Administration.

Ebinger earned an A.B. degree in History from Brown University.