Cox Institute Archive
Cox Institute Griffiths Innovator earns Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing
Maura Potvin, a 2025-26 Griffiths Innovator with the Cox Institute, recently earned a Certificate in Editing through the Poynter Institute, a training program offered in partnership with the American Copy […]
Students fight misinformation at spring 2025 What the Hackathon
University of Georgia students participated in new research studies on digital misinformation and won prizes at the spring 2025 What the Hackathon. The event was sponsored by the What the […]
Cox Institute students recognized at 2025 Spring Dinner
The Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership presented its Medal of Achievement to 30 journalism students during the Institute’s 2025 Spring Recognition Dinner. Held March 27 at the University of […]
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 […]