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The Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management & Leadership presented its medal of achievement to 30 journalism students during the Institute’s 2026 Spring Recognition Dinner. Held March 24 at the University of Georgia’s Special Collections Library, the dinner honored the students’ work as Fink Fellows, Griffiths Innovators and Levin Leaders. The students wrote and reported for […]

Aidan Landrum is a fourth-year entertainment and media studies major from Athens, Georgia, set to graduate in May 2027. Landrum was a finalist in the 2025 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition and has recently been accepted to Loyola Marymount University’s Writing for the Screen graduate program. Read his Q/A below. Why did you choose your […]

Three-time Academy Award-winner and 21-time Emmy Award-winner James L. Brooks will be honored with the Peabody Awards’ inaugural Industry Icon Award, as announced by the program’s Board of Jurors.  Brooks will be celebrated at the 86th annual Peabody Awards ceremony, May 31, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.  Other honorees at this year’s ceremony include multi-award-winning […]

Nearly 150 friends, faculty, alumni and students gathered for Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Leadership and Commitment on March 27 under a tent on the Schnitzer Family Media Lawn at Grady College. The event recognized the College’s Alumni Award recipients and Fellowship inductees including: Griggs was overseas directing a study abroad trip for students […]

Lexie Little’s (MA ’21, PhD ’26) research focuses on the intersections of mass media history, culture, celebrity and memory. Her work appears in peer-reviewed publications such as Journalism History and American Journalism.  Little recently completed her Ph.D. at Grady College and will graduate this May. Her dissertation, “The Women: Discursive Constructions and Renovations of Golden […]

 The Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, in partnership with Terry College of Business and UGA School of Law, hosted the inaugural three-day Executive Certificate in Crisis and Risk Management March 18–20 at the UGA Terry Executive Education Center in Atlanta.  The expanded program — the first to […]

Each semester, Grady College selects four students to be Yarbrough Fellows. Lily Alarcon, Grace Carter, Anyi Morfaw, Sarah Kate Maher and NaYoung Song have been named as the 2025-26 Yarbrough Fellows. The Yarbrough Fellows program offers Grady College students the opportunity to gain communications experience while serving the College. Grace Carter and NaYoung Song are […]

Brooks Thomason is a fourth-year Journalism major with certificates in sports media and news literacy from Alpharetta, Georgia, set to graduate in May 2027. Thomason is the Sports Director at WUOG 90.5, UGA’s student-led radio station, as well as a member of DiGamma Kappa and the president of UGA’s Premier League Club. Thomason also has […]

Results from a new UGA study suggest some voters are more likely to support GOP candidates who admit President Trump has erred and broken campaign promises. Self-identified Democratic voters say they are more inclined to support Republicans for Congress in November if GOP candidates seek forgiveness on issues including the Epstein files, immigration enforcement, global military conflicts, and economic inflation; Republican voters are more likely to support candidates who defend the President and tout his achievement. The […]

Eric NeSmith is the publisher and co-owner at The Bitter Southerner, a media outlet that tells stories about the South through print magazines, books, podcasts and e-commerce. NeSmith’s background in newspapers began as a child where he worked at his father’s weekly newspaper in Jesup, Georgia. From reporter, to sales, publisher and editor of The […]