Georgetowner Publisher Talks of 30 Years in News Biz
• August 21, 2025

Sonya Bernhardt, publisher and owner of The Georgetowner, spoke at Georgetown Main Street’s monthly Coffee & Community at Kitchen & Bar 1310 on Aug. 14. Enjoying a light breakfast provided […]

Profs & Pints DC: Democracy Born in Darkness
• March 25, 2025

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Democracy Born in Darkness,” on the shady, partisan, violent origins of American political media, with Jon Grinspan, award-winning curator of political history at the Smithsonian’s […]

Breaking: DCist Shuts Down
• February 26, 2024

Another local news outlet has been shut down. DCist, the popular news and lifestyle site, announced Feb. 23 that the site “will no longer publish new content.” Readers have been […]

Word Up: Annoying Expressions
• January 18, 2024

On this National Thesaurus Day Jan. 18, it is perhaps altogether fitting and proper – as Lincoln would have it – to sound off on irritating phrases and expressions in […]

The Play, ‘Ink,’ Reveals How Murdoch Got Ink
• September 7, 2023

The rave rated play “Ink,”  by James Graham that premiered this week at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre — directed by Jason Loewith and co-produced with Olney Theatre Center after a long […]

Journalists’ Fun Fest Also Gets Serious
• May 1, 2023

The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner returned April 29 with its jokes about age, hush money, etc., but President Joe Biden stayed with the theme many of the attendant pre- […]

To Help Local Business, Journalism and Democracy, Support the Journalism Sustainability Act 
• November 1, 2021

In the nation’s capital, we’re frequently deluged with news and information —  so much so that we often seek solace in nature, especially during the pandemic. We all know, however, […]

Our Next Print Issue: June 16 
• May 27, 2021

Happy summer! The next Georgetowner will appear June 16, and we’re looking forward to bringing you a major feature on digital nomads—those who travel the world while continuing to work—part of […]

‘False Light’: Revenge Can Be Sweet When It’s Untraceable
• March 11, 2021

Eric Dezenhall’s latest is a fast-moving novel about a crusty journalist at a prestigious daily newspaper in Washington, D.C.

Next Georgetowner Issue: Oct. 14
• October 5, 2020

For our 66th birthday, we’ll cover D.C.’s oldest neighborhood from its very beginning to today, and also pay tribute to our veteran and beloved writer Gary Tischler, who died this year.