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.
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:
“How to talk to skeptical relatives about the vaccine,” interviews with UGA News and WSB-TV (Feb. 18, 2021)
“Analysis: What went wrong with COVID-19 vaccine distribution and how it has tarnished the ‘miracle,'” quoted in USA Today
“How long, really, before there’s a COVID-19 vaccine?” published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“With Covid-19, Vaccine Messaging Faces an Unprecedented Test,” Undark
The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) has selected Sabriya Rice, Knight Chair for Health and Medical Journalism, to its board of directors for an additional term. Rice will also serve as secretary of the board for this two-year period.
“My affiliation with the nonprofit has definitely made me a stronger, more cautious journalist. It means a lot to be a part of a group that aims to improve the quality of journalism, particularly for those who find themselves on the massive health care beat. I definitely look back at some of the stories I wrote before being introduced to AHCJ and think to myself, ‘I’d totally approach that story differently now!’ And that is a good thing.”
Joseph Watson, Jr., the Carolyn Caudell Tieger Professor of Public Affairs Communications, has been a frequent guest on WXIA-TV, 11Alive news frequently talking with Jerry Carnes (ABJ ’82) about the upcoming election. Some of the topics Watson has talked about include:
• Former president Donald Trump is still talking about Georgia and the November elections (June 27, 2021)
Congratulations to Tudor Vlad, director of our Cox Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research, on authoring a chapter in the new book, “Global Journalism.”
The book is edited by @Prof_Dimitrova.https://t.co/mMVBEzUq27 pic.twitter.com/PkSHqnPJ7N
— UGA Grady College (@UGAGrady) May 27, 2021
New and timely book from EMST's Kate Fortmueller. https://t.co/MHIcNqi2ZZ
— UGA Grady College (@UGAGrady) June 29, 2021
Congratulations to @wunpini_fm of our EMST faculty on her peice in the @washingtonpost about homophobia in Ghana.
“…this year marks the first time that the state and the clergy have worked together to sponsor a bill to criminalize the existence of LGBTQI people." https://t.co/bssJeZDL2l
— UGA Grady College (@UGAGrady) September 8, 2021
As President Biden prepares for his first press conference this afternoon, @DavidClementson of @AdPR_UGA writes about "4 reasons no president should want to give a press conference.”
Originally written for @conversationus, the article is widely reprinted: https://t.co/l5beq6jAfT pic.twitter.com/1PleicMIyB
— UGA Grady College (@UGAGrady) March 25, 2021
.@bhreber, our C. Richard Yarbrough Professor in Crisis Communication Leadership, talked with @wsyx6 about the COVID booster shot communications.
Raising expectations before the data on boosters was released might have been a “self-inflicted wound.”https://t.co/WIrteAHCWC pic.twitter.com/mGLti6tY5J
— UGA Grady College (@UGAGrady) September 24, 2021
.@KyserL, assistant professor of journalism, talks about his research with environmental photojournalism and awards critiques.
“Photojournalism needs to have people,” Lough said. “People add humanity to pictures which help encourage more impact."https://t.co/9qLsNhmjro pic.twitter.com/k3E0Q0xjzl
— UGA Grady College (@UGAGrady) June 28, 2021
Jonathan Peters joined the College faculty in 2017 teaching media law classes. He is an affiliate professor with the School of Law. (Photo: Peter Frey/UGA Marketing & Communication)Jonathan Peters, associate professor of journalism, is one of three University of Georgia faculty members named a recipient of the Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes outstanding instruction by faculty members early in their academic careers.
Peters teaches communication law courses to undergraduate and graduate students and has a courtesy appointment with the School of Law.
“Recipients of the Russell Awards exemplify the commitment to innovative and engaging instruction that makes the University of Georgia one of America’s leading public universities,” said S. Jack Hu, the university’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “I congratulate this year’s honorees and appreciate their dedication to our students.”
Amanda Bright has always wanted to make an impact on her community, but over the years the impact—and the community—have expanded.
“I have always craved to have more impact,” Bright said. “I want to change people’s lives in a tangible way, and I want to do something to forward my community and not just be in my community.”
It’s for this reason that Bright started out as a community journalist, pivoted to teaching community college and high school journalism classes and now teaches digital journalism at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Amanda Bright joined the Grady faculty three years ago to bring together the various platforms of Grady Newsource.
(Photos: Dorothy Kozlowski (ABJ '10)/UGA Marketing & Communications)