Letter from the Opinion Editor
You have opinions! and Mason wants to hear them BY EMMA G. SCHAIBLE, OPINION EDITOR Hello Readers, My name is Emma G. Schaible, and I am the Opinion Editor for Fourth Estate for the fall 2025 semester. I am a…
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Letter From the Copy Editor
Ensuring the news is high-quality and reliable BY NATHAN FERRARO, COPY EDITOR I am Nathan Ferraro, this year’s Copy Editor at the Fourth Estate! I am a sophomore studying Communication, with a concentration in Journalism and Political Communication. I am…
MASON STUDENT FILMMAKER GAINS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION
Layth Alwatban and “Food for Others” BY MAGGIE ROTH CULTURE EDITOR Layth Alwatban, one of Mason’s student filmmakers, has garnered international attention while raising awareness for an essential community resource. Alwatban is a senior Communication major pursuing an accelerated master’s…
Asynchronous classes aren’t as good as they seem
BY STEVEN ZHOU STAFF WRITER Although the debate over the value of online versus in-person instruction continues to rage, the reality is that, like it or not, we’re stuck with mostly online courses for the next few months (and quite…
Smile and Wave
By Yoosun Han
Why You Should Learn A Second Language
BY CLAUDE MCVICKER STAFF WRITER English has become the standard language around the world. Although people in different countries speak the language of the place they were born in, many are now taught English in school to a very proficient degree….
Talk politics to me
BY FAREEHA REHMAN, STAFF WRITER The sixth annual Student/Industry Communications Forum, Political and Policy Communications: Impact, Ethics and the Art of Persuasion, was held Oct. 25. For the forum, political communication professionals and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley joined…
Graduate students study effects of #BlackLivesMatter
(Credit: Megan Zendek/Fourth Estate) A group of Mason graduate students studying communication recently sent out a survey to discover what motivates Twitter users to adopt the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. Bridget Bush, a first year graduate student in communication, said the group…
Community radio revived
This story was originally published in the April 6 print issue. A new low-power FM radio station is going to open in Arlington by December of this year, headed by communication adjunct professor Paul LeValley. LeValley is the Executive Director…
Communication forum discusses social media in global context
The Department of Communication sponsored their fourth annual career forum on Tuesday that focused on building connections between students, faculty, and communications professionals. This year’s forum, titled #AllThingsSocial, allowed panelists to share insights about social media and digital communication in…