Faculty in the News

Our Grady faculty are experts in their fields of research and study, and they are frequently called on by media to apply their knowledge to what is going on in the world today. Below are places where you can find some of our #GradyExperts in the news.

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Neil Landau named executive director of MFA Film Program
Neil Landau (MFA ’18), an award-winning screenwriter, creative producer, author, and educator has been named Executive Director of the University of Georgia Master of Fine Arts in Film, Television and […]
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Grady College professor publishes LinkedIn Learning videos
Sabrena Deal’s first social media jumpstart happened the same way as a lot of viral content — it was accidental. Since then, Deal has turned her expertise into a way to […]
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Glen Nowak co-investigator on grant to forecast novel pandemics
What if public health officials had a way to forecast pandemics the way meteorologists forecast the weather? An interdisciplinary team of scientists with the University of Georgia Center for the […]
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Grady College faculty and graduate students share research at AEJMC 2022 conference
Faculty and graduate students from Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will chair committees, present research and network with educators at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication […]
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Bryan Reber retires from Department of Advertising and Public Relations
Known for his unflappable personality, crisis communication acumen and commitment to helping students, Bryan Reber retires as head of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations effective Aug. 1, 2022. […]
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Janice Hume earns Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Journalism Historians Association
Janice Hume, the Carolyn McKenzie and Don E. Carter Chair for Excellence in Journalism and incoming associate dean of academic affairs at Grady College, is the recipient of the 2022 […]
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Jooyoung Kim named director of Cox International Center
Jooyoung Kim, the Dan Magill Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Sports Communication, has been named director of the James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research. […]
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Age may rival politics in COVID-19 vaccine debate
New research from the University of Georgia suggests age and risk perception may have as much of an effect on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance as party affiliation. “There’s been a lot […]
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Vicki Michaelis receives Association for Women in Sports Media award
Vicki Michaelis, the John Huland Carmical Chair in Sports Journalism & Society and director of the John Huland Carmical Sports Media Institute, is the recipient of the 2022 Ann Miller […]
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The camera eats first: Q&A with Kyser Lough
Assistant Professor Kyser Lough teaches in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications’ photojournalism program and studies visual communication, with an emphasis on photojournalism, as well as solutions journalism. In this […]
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Recent Faculty Research & Accolades

Glen Nowak, director of the Center for Health and Risk Communication, has written about and has been widely quoted about COVID-19 and the race for a vaccine. A sample of the media outlets that have included comments from Nowak include:

Environmental portrait of journalism and law professor Jonathan Peters.

Jonathan Peters, head of the Journalism Department, has been widely quoted about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and First Amendment issues. A sample of the media outlets that have included quotes from Peters include:

Joseph Watson, Jr., the Carolyn Caudell Tieger Professor of Public Affairs Communications, was recently featured on CBS Mornings speaking about the regulation of political advertisements on television.

 

More Grady Faculty News

  • Glen Nowak talks with the Society of Professional Journalists about Former media relations head: Restrictions tightened on CDC reporting long before the pandemic,  (Sept. 22, 2022)
  • Jonathan Peters talks with Vanity Fair about the Dominion v. Fox libel litigation, in which Dominion claims that Fox “intentionally and falsely” blamed the voting-tech company for Trump’s loss in 2020. (Sept. 22, 2022)
  • Glen Nowak talks with WalletHub for its piece on states that vaccinate the most. (Sept. 13, 2022)
  • Congratulations to Bill Lee, professor emeritus, and Jonathan Peters, head of the Department of Journalism, on publishing the 12th edition of The Law of Public Communication. Daxton Stewart of TCU is also an author. (Aug. 10, 2022)
  • Glen Nowak talks with Columbia Journalism Review about reporters working through PIOs at government agencies. (Aug. 10, 2022)
  • Karin Assmann speaks with WDUN about the legacy of journalism following the Watergate scandal. (June 23, 2022)
  • Joseph Watson, Jr. talks with Fox News about media coverage of the Georgia Voter Law. “I think that the media coverage of voting law has been incredibly hostile,” Watson said. (May 24, 2022) fxn.ws/3wOsDXK  
  • David Clementson talks with “Press,” a magazine published in Poland, about the U.S. political media and the ongoing battles between the White House press secretary and the White House Press Corps. (May 23, 2022)
  • David Clementson talks with Newsweek about Putin’s health. “When a political leader’s humanity is on display…perfect health is especially expected by a judgmental audience,” he said. (May 7, 2022)

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