The Extra-Curricular: Colonial Crossfire

“Welcome to Colonial Crossfire, I’m Kevin Frey!”
That’s how I start off every edition of Colonial Crossfire, the political debate and discussion show I moderate on GW’s student-run television station, GW-TV.   I have been involved with Colonial Crossfire since I was a freshman. I started behind the scenes, operating the camera and writing scripts before taking the reigns in the anchor chair.
Colonial Crossfire has been an instrumental part of my college career. Not only has it provided me with skills and tools that I can use in journalism and reporting internships, it has also allowed me to work with an incredible group of politically minded people who love to discuss current events.
On each half-hour episode of Colonial Crossfire, we invite two or three student debaters from different sides of the aisle to discuss the latest political headlines. As moderator, I lead these TV forums. We also frequently have big interviews – sometimes with people from around the world, such as a correspondent for The New York Times based in Baghdad. We’ve also interviewed people in studio, including a woman from the World Bank who leads development projects in Africa and the Middle East.
Check out one of our recent episodes here.

Members of the UHP play a big role in running this show. In fact, the Crossfire team is currently (and coincidentally) made up entirely of UHPers. This includes our executive producers, Joanne Zalatoris and Randy Fitzmoris, as well as our fact-checker, Andrew Desiderio.
Who knows? You could be the next addition to our team!
If you’re interested, we are always looking for people who love politics and want a chance to write, edit, research, edit video, and even appear on camera. We use the TV studio in the Media and Public Affairs building, so those on our team also have the chance to learn how to run a control room, monitor audio, work cameras, and more.
Colonial Crossfire tapes on Friday mornings several times each semester in SMPA’s fifth floor TV studio. Interested in joining the team? Email gwcrossfire@gmail.com.