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The summer of 2024 was an exciting time for Grady College as numerous students from the graduate studies program brought home various awards and honors for their hard work and research.  Jiyoung Yeon, a Ph.D. student, received an AEJMC Mass Communication & Society Division (MCSD) research award for her paper “Spiral of Mocking memes: The Role […]

Congratulations to Audrey Lewis (AB ’07, ABJ ’09, JD ’10), on being named a 40 under 40 honoree by the UGA Alumni Association. Lewis is an attorney for Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC. Lewis handles complex litigation issues for government entities like the Georgia Department of Transportation by acquiring property rights through eminent domain. Outside […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience.   Katie Barber is a fourth-year advertising student working with NBCUniversal as a Bravo Brand Marketing Intern. Read on as she provides insight into what this internship looks like. Briefly describe your internship and its associated responsibilities. This summer […]

Congratulations to Loree Anne Paradise (ABJ ’11), on being named a 40 under 40 honoree by the UGA Alumni Association. Paradise is the chief of staff for the Office of the Lt. Governor of Georgia. Paradise started her career as a press secretary for the United States Congress, and continued on in her educational career […]

Congratulations to Kristina Stafford Kelly (ABJ ’08), on being named a 40 under 40 honoree by the UGA Alumni Association. Kelly is the VP of communications at UP Entertainment, which broadcasts positive, uplifting entertainment and is home to TV networks like UPtv, AspireTV, UP Faith & Family and Cine Romántico. Kelly started her career as […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience.   Tristin Byrd is a fourth-year double dawg public journalism student interned with Home Depot as a Federal Government Relations intern as a part of the  Grady D.C. program.  Read on as she provides insight into what this internship […]

Grady College is proud to welcome three new tenured/tenure-track members to its faculty, enhancing its research expertise in the effects of digital media, AI and social media on human behavior and in the media landscape. Three scholars are joining the Department of Advertising and Public Relations: Joshua Cloudy, Mengqi Liao and Lance Porter. “The Department […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience.   Alanna Jacob is a fourth-year journalism student working with ESPN as a Production Intern. Read on as she provides insight into what this internship looks like. Briefly describe your internship and its associated responsibilities. As a Production Intern, […]

Keith Wilson, assistant professor in entertainment and media studies, has been selected to join the 2024 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  “I’m still surprised and honored to be invited to join the Academy in the 2024 cohort full of so many film artists I have long admired,” said Wilson. “My career has been a […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience.   Shweta Krishnan is a third-year journalism and political science student working for DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice as a General Intern. Read on as she provides insight into what this internship looks like. Briefly describe your […]