About Us
The American Observer is an online magazine produced by the American University School of Communication's graduate journalism program. The Observer publishes new editions on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the fall of 2009 along with other live content for special events. To learn more about the writers, editors and producers of the Observer, see their profiles below.
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Evan Banks
Kristen Becker
Tamara Braunstein
Leslie Byford
Carmen Castro
Coryn Connelly-Cabreros
Sean Connolly
Justin Cox
Will Cummings
Arrien Davison
Tauren Dyson
Keyana Farkondepay
Justin Gibbs
Kim Chi Ha
Claritza Jimenez
Gabrielle Jones
Philippa Levenberg
Joseph Liu
Kristin McGrath
Andy Medici
Naseem Miller
Ladan Nekoomaram
Lauren Orsini
Juan Pawiroredjo
Brianna Pellicane
Andrea Posner
Anel Ramazanova
Erissa Scalera
Marcus Shorter
Nihar Sinha
Lauryn Smith
Matt Stevens
Kristin Tangel
Alex Thompson
Kathryn Yao
Follow these links to find Alumni and other Contributors to the American Observer:
Current Edition
- Cleaning up a blast from the past
- Missing data, private critiques
- Going for broke
- As alcohol busts rise, students avoid criminal charges
- Swept up in royal wedding mania
- The shuttle king
- ‘Exploited wonks’ work to find their voices
- Funding conundrum
- A prison release in 140 characters or less
- Data visualization for student assessment of teaching
- AU students still big on Japan
- 'Fun'-raising for a serious cause
Recent Blog Posts
- Concert Review: The Go Go's Still Got the Beat
- 'The Donald' comes out, guns blazing
- Trump for president?
- Staying happy and healthy through dance
- Nigerian-Lithaunian Easter
- Royal wedding woes for online users
- Spring in D.C.: National Cathedral's Flower Mart
- Un líder que lo cuenta todo
- Sniff sniff--ACHEW!
- Lions and tigers and cats oh my
