Georgetowners of the Year for 2023  

December 6, 2023

The naming of Georgetowners of the Year has been a tradition of The Georgetowner newspaper for decades. Several well-known, devoted and influential members of the neighborhood have already received this […]

Neighbors & Legends: Jim Hoagland  

July 12, 2023

    Meet a Georgetown neighbor who was face to face with Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi and Vladimir Putin.  Jim Hoagland may not even be the most famous journalist on his […]

Symposium Presents ‘The White House in Popular Culture’ 

May 11, 2023

The White House. Perhaps no home in America holds as much sway in the public’s imagination. On Friday May 5th, The White House Historical Association (WHHA) in partnership with the […]

Mapping Georgetown: Touched by Angels at Georgetown Senior Center

December 12, 2022

It is often said that “a society is measured by how it cares for its elderly citizens.” And Georgetown certainly measures up in how much we care for our cherished […]

Only in D.C.: Watergate, Title IX Reviewed 50 Years Later, In Person

June 27, 2022

Only in D.C. During the past two weeks, Georgetowners personally have experienced a plethora of historic events happening and commemorated in person just blocks from their homes and offices: the first […]

Carl Bernstein: From D.C. Juvie to Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist

January 27, 2022

Carl Bernstein — The Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist who with Bob Woodward exposed the Watergate scandal that brought down President Nixon in 1973 — grew up in Tenleytown and Silver Spring. When […]

Does Bob Woodward Ever Get Angry?

October 13, 2020

Temperament and stamina have been Woodward’s journalistic and authorial superpowers since the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting he and Carl Bernstein did starting in 1972.

2018 Georgetowners of the Year

December 19, 2018

The naming of Georgetowners of the Year has been a tradition of The Georgetowner newspaper for decades. This year’s group, selected by the editorial board, includes one of America’s most […]

Woodward’s ‘Fear’: A Splash, Then Silence

September 25, 2018

The combination of book and New York Times editorial was explosive, and, one would think, would provide enough fodder for speculative editorializing and deep-think, deep-state posturing to last the rest of Trump’s term, or at least for a week or two.       

Georgetown Authors

July 26, 2017

Georgetown has always been known for its writers and — once upon a time — for its many bookstores. Here is a partial list of past and present Georgetown authors, […]