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
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Current Edition
- Prisoner tells story behind the 'Cell Phone Bandits'
- Same-sex couples finally say 'I do' in D.C.
- Health care opponents bring tea party to Capitol Hill
- Councilmember Michael Brown is working for D.C.
- DON'T MISS: Environmental Film Fest has begun
- Congress delivers mixed reactions on five day Postal Service week
- Culture from a distance: a visitor's view of the maid cafe
- iPad to the rescue? Print publications search for a savior
- Ombudsmen abroad key to free news media
Recent Blog Posts
- Food magazine rewards with baseball metaphors. The loser? Baseball.
- An Old Fogie by 20?
- The Third Man
- Journalism after graduation
- Kate Moss and other coke fiends snort up acres of rainforest
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
- Represent, Lehigh!
- AU Women's Basketball: Missing the 'big show,' but to appear at WNIT
- A Year w/o TV: Day 41: Breakthrough
- March Madness is absent on U street
