Cox Institute Archive
Richard T. Griffiths establishes support fund for Student Innovation in Journalism
Richard T. Griffiths, formerly a news executive with CNN, has established a support fund for Grady College journalism students engaged in innovation projects. Students receiving the support will be known […]
Students combat election misinformation at What the Hackathon
As the U.S. continues through another election cycle, University of Georgia students learned how to identify and combat election-related misinformation at the spring 2024 What the Hackathon. The event was […]
Students Learn to Fight Misinformation in Real Time at Hackathon, Featuring Adam Levin and Seana Davis
Listen to a special episode of The Lead, featuring coverage of the Hackathon and an interview with Adam Levin. University of Georgia students learned firsthand how to fight misinformation at […]
Cox-SABEW Fellows Attend Skills Workshop at Wall Street Journal
Three University of Georgia journalism students attended this year’s SkillUp workshop sponsored by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW). The students, Lilly Kersh, Allison Mawn and Dawn […]
ILA 2023 Annual Conference
Keith Herndon, Kate Hester, Brittany Adams-Pope (2023). “Quantifying Innovation: An Empirical Index for Informing Communities and Empowering Community Leaders.” Interactive poster presentation accepted for the International Leadership Association annual conference, […]
Covering Poverty Writers Collaborate With Students in India for Inaugural Journalism Partnership at UGA
Six students in the Cox Institute’s Journalism Writing Lab will work this semester with students in India to produce multimedia stories published in both countries in the inaugural U.S./India Reporting […]
The Lead Podcast Publishes 100th Episode
The Lead podcast, a show about how to get ahead in the news industry as told by the people who did, released its 100th episode on Sept. 6, 2023. The […]
Inaugural Cox Institute Showcase Celebrates Student Work
Students in the Cox Institute’s Journalism Innovation and Writing Labs were recognized on April 21 for their work during the 2022–23 school year. They received a medal, certificate and a […]
Students Combat Disinformation in Cox Institute’s First What the Hackathon
Students put their disinformation skills to the test in April at the inaugural What the Hackathon event hosted by the Cox Institute. Students met in Studio 100, where they […]
Kentucky Kernel wins Betty Gage Holland Award for 2022
The 2022 Betty Gage Holland Award winner investigated a particularly challenging issue — the death of a freshman due to alcohol toxicity at a fraternity — and produced a multifaceted […]