Grady

Q&A with Jeremy Druker, Foreign Correspondent course
2025-09-03 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Come meet Jeremy Druker, executive director of the Prague-based Transitions Media, to learn about their summer foreign correspondent course! This international reporting course is run in cooperation with the University of Tennessee, which means there are opportunities to include this in your coursework, etc.
The program is an intense 15-day bootcamp that is designed around pitching and reporting two stories (one print, one video) on the streets of Prague with support from local editors. Great for your portfolio!
More info on the program is here.
The session takes place in the Cox Institute JLab (136 Journalism Building).

Coffee and Conversation with 40 under 40 honorees
2025-09-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Peyton Anderson Forum
Join us for Coffee and Conversation with UGA 40 under 40 honorees, Darren Anglin and Macy Holmes. Moderated conversation begins at 10:15 a.m.

Grady Preview for Transfer Students
2025-09-11 12:15 - 14:15 | Peyton Anderson Forum
Grady College will be hosting a casual, drop-in transfer student candy bar event on Sept. 11 from 12:15 to 2:15 in the PAF. We would love to have everyone stop by and chat with other transfer students.

Fall 2025 Alumni Board Meeting
2025-09-12 | Grady College Peyton Anderson Forum Room 238
Save the date for the fall 2025 Alumni Board meeting. More details will be announced closer to the date.

Entertainment Careers Week
2025-09-15 - 2025-09-19
Grady College Entertainment Careers Week will be held September 15 – 19, 2025.

Protecting Your Work: IP In Entertainment
2025-09-16 17:00 - 18:30 | Grady College Peyton Anderson Forum Room 238
Curious about how to safeguard your creative ideas as you launch your career in entertainment? Wondering how copyrights, trademarks, and “unscripted” formats are navigated in today’s rapidly changing entertainment world? Join UGA alumni Michelle Davis and Stephanie Skinner for a candid conversation about the real-world challenges and opportunities of intellectual property in media.

Drawing from their own experiences in the industry, Michelle and Stephanie will share practical advice for protecting your creations, pitching projects, and building your brand—especially in the evolving landscape of unscripted entertainment. Expect an interactive dialogue, first-hand stories, and actionable tips on navigating IP as a creator. There will be time for Q&A and informal networking—bring your questions!

Discussion highlights may include:

How to protect your scripts, shows, and digital projects
What “ownership” really means for creators in 2025’s converged media landscape
Strategies for pitching and safeguarding your work in unscripted formats
Real stories about rights disputes, content licensing, and leveraging IP for new opportunities
Steps for building your brand and portfolio with intellectual property in mind
Open to all majors; especially recommended for Entertainment & Media Studies, business, and aspiring creative professionals.

Alumni Guests:
Stephanie Skinner (ABJ ’93) – Co-founder- EP/writer, The Wondermnt
Michelle Davis (ABJ ‘05, JD ’15), Associate Attorney · Arnall Golden Gregory LLC – commercial contracts attorney specializing in technology transactions, entertainment law, and intellectual property

Moderator: Laurena Bernabo is an assistant professor at UGA’s Grady College specializing in television’s cultural forum and production practices, and her forthcoming book explores how and why broadcast networks have incorporated the #BlackLivesMatter movement into entertainment programming.
** Update the RSVP info on the current networking night event
Students should RSVP here on Handshake: https://uga.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/1790034
Industry professionals interested in attending should email Samantha Meyer at sam610@uga.edu.

Entertainment Careers Week Networking Night at Ciné
2025-09-17 18:00 - 20:00
Save the date! Students and industry guests are encouraged to join us at Ciné in downtown Athens. Chat over some light bites and grow your professional network. This event is part of Entertainment Careers Week 2025. More information on submitting an RSVP will be added here soon.

A Conversation with John T. Edge
2025-09-24 18:00 | UGA Special Collections Libraries
John T. Edge, author of “The Potlikker Papers,” host of the television show “TrueSouth” on SEC Network and ESPN and restaurant columnist for Garden & Gun, turns the lens inward in his most personal work yet, “House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home.” Edge’s memoir tells the stories of a small-town Georgia childhood shaped by violence, a South shadowed by racism, and a lifelong search for home. Edge enrolled in UGA in 1980 but left without a degree. Now, four decades, three degrees, and nine books later, he teaches narrative nonfiction writing in the Grady College’s low-residency MFA program. Please join us to welcome this son of Georgia back to where he began.
Edge will be in conversation with Moni Basu, director of the MFA in Narrative Nonfiction. The event is free and open to the public. Copies of “House of Smoke” will be available for purchase.

Prospective Student Day
2025-09-26 14:30 - 16:30 | Peyton Anderson Forum
Register here to join us at Grady College Prospective Student Day!
