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Landon Shell is a third-year Entertainment Media Studies major from Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Shell serves as a Digital Dawg for the University of Georgia and is a member of both the club spikeball team and the club swim team. Read his Q/A below. Why did you choose your major? Video production has been a passion […]

Learning to produce community journalism in a clear, ethical, fair and balanced manner is a foundational skill taught at Grady College, and one that continues to expand. New partnerships with local media outlets including The Athens Banner-Herald, Mainstreet News, and The Oconee Enterprise provides opportunities for students to publish stories in these local news outlets […]

Editor’s Note: The piece was originally written for and published on the UGA Alumni website. On June 7, Carolyn Tieger (ABJ ’69) graduated from the University of Georgia. Just 24 hours later, Carolyn got married in the living room and tossed her bouquet from the steps of the Sigma Kappa house on Milledge Avenue. She […]

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced the nominees for the Documentary, News, Public Service, and Radio/Podcast categories, selected to represent the most captivating and impactful stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2025. The nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote of 28 jurors from over 1,000 entries from television, podcasts/radio and […]

Andrea Bruce, the Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at Grady College, has been named a Faculty Champion by The Center for Community News at the University of Vermont.   On Feb. 3, the CCN at the University of Vermont announced Bruce and 149 other journalism leaders would be inducted into the 2026 Faculty Champions program’s third annual class. The News Champions […]

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 […]