Cox Institute Archive
Students fight disinformation at fall 2024 What the Hackathon
University of Georgia students interacted with expanded and new Google tools for finding disinformation and won prizes, including Cox Institute medals, at the fall 2024 What the Hackathon. The event […]
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 […]
Journalism Innovation Lab team finishes third in national innovation competition
The Journalism Innovation Lab’s second student innovation team, from the University of Georgia’s Cox Institute of Innovation, Management and Leadership, finished in the top three teams in the nation in […]
Herndon Named to UGA’s Inaugural Fellows for Transformative Teaching Program
Dr. Keith Herndon, the William S. Morris Chair in News Strategy and Management, was named to the University of Georgia’s inaugural Fellows for Transformative Teaching program. The program, operated by […]
Kamille Whittaker Named Cox Institute’s Industry Fellow for 2023
Kamille Whittaker (MFA ’21), the managing editor of Atlanta Magazine and co-founder of the award-winning, community-led journalism project Canopy Atlanta, is the 2023 Industry Fellow with the James M. Cox […]
Cox Institute’s Digital Natives program completes 3rd year
Before classes began this semester, 14 journalism students spent the first week of January innovating with newsrooms across Georgia. Some students created newsletters, some developed existing social media accounts, and […]
Cox Institute Announces New University Certificate in News Literacy Starting Fall 2022
The Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership at the University of Georgia will launch a new academic Certificate in News Literacy during the Fall 2022 semester. The certificate, […]
Cox Institute’s eBook from The Lead Podcast Wins Gold Medals
An eBook featuring excerpts of interviews from The Lead podcast won two gold medals in the 2020 eLit Book Awards competition, which recognizes excellence in digital publishing. The eBook entitled […]
The Lead Podcast Names its New Host for Fall 2022
The Cox Institute named Jacqueline GaNun, a rising fourth-year journalism major, as the host of The Lead podcast for the 2022-2023 academic year. GaNun served last fall as the editor-in-chief of The Red […]