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Sophia Kim is a third-year Advertising major with a certificate in New Media from Atlanta, Georgia. Kim serves as director of production for Talking Dog Agency, director of client services for the American Marketing Association (AMA) and is a 2026 attendee of the Grady Japan Program. Read her Q/A below. Why did you choose your […]

Courtney Craft is a third-year Journalism and political science double major with certificates in public affairs communications and news literacy from Dunwoody, Georgia. Craft serves as vice president of the UGA chapter of the National Association of Black journalists (NABJ), a McGill Fellow, Grady Nightshift Reporter and a writer for The Red & Black opinion […]

Caroline Newbern, a graduating journalism and English double-major from Atlanta, Georgia, has been named senior speaker for the Spring 2026 Grady College Convocation. Grady’s Convocation ceremony will be held at the Athens Classic Center on Wednesday, May 6, at 2 p.m.  Blake Witmer, a public relations major with a minor in studio art from Grayson, […]

On April 24, 2026, the Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) hosted the inaugural launch program for “Leading with GRAIL: Strategic Crisis and Risk Management Innovation for Health, Security, and Resilience” at the University of Georgia School of Law. The event brought together scholars, practitioners and students from across fields to formally launch the new interdisciplinary […]

During the fall semester of 2025, nine Grady College students in professor Sabrena Deal’s ADPR 5741: Integrated ADPR Campaigns course were tasked with developing a comprehensive public relations and advertising campaign for the University’s annual Active Learning Summit. This year, the Summit was held at UGA’s Center for Continuing Education and Hotel on February 27 and […]

On April 20 at Grady College, “Hedge Fund: Venture Between the Hedges” once again helped contribute to the graduate Crisis Communication and Strategic Conflict Management course at Grady College. In its third year, the “Shark Tank” style inspired competition, funded by a group of industry leaders, challenged student teams to develop theory-based strategies for problem […]

The Peabody Awards’ Board of Jurors today announced winners representing the most captivating and inspiring stories released in broadcasting and streaming media in the last year.  From compassionate caregivers in an emergency room to professional hockey players living their truths, from a spy-thriller set within the “Star Wars” universe to the adverse effects of social […]

Alexia Rule is a graduate student from Marietta, Georgia, set to graduate in May 2026. Rule currently serves as a graduate student on the communications team at UGA’s College of Public Health, and was involved with PRSSA, Women in Media, the Red & Black, and the Bateman Case Study Competition. Rule is also an international […]

Eniola Badejo, a third-year Entertainment and Media Studies and Marketing double-major with a minor in Spanish from Cobb County, Georgia, earns summer internship with the IRTS Summer Fellowship Program.  This summer, Badejo will be returning to New York City to work as a sponsorship strategy intern at NBCUniversal on end-to-end activations for brand partnerships concerning the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Love Island […]

On April 17, 2026, the Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) hosted its 8th annual U.S. headquarters meeting at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia. In attendance were over 30 scholars and practitioners, all engaged in sharing insights and contributing to discussions centered around this year’s theme, “Governance.” This theme, as […]