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  This story was originally published on UGA Today on Feb. 9, 2022. The University of Georgia named Eugenia Harvey (ABJ ’82) as the recipient of the inaugural Footsteps Award during the university’s annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The award recognizes a UGA graduate who follows in the pioneering footsteps of Charlayne Hunter-Gault (ABJ […]

Every facet of the sports media ecosystem was in the room.  Seasoned and aspiring media professionals, accomplished athletes, proud parents, team administrators, and more gathered to celebrate how far women have come in sports and to discuss how to maximize opportunities for continued progress.  The first Carmical Symposium on Sports Media, hosted by UGA’s John […]

Editor’s Note: The following article, written by Eva Pound for The Red & Black, features several of its reporters and photojournalists who covered the UGA football team’s playoff and championship games. We are reprinting it here with permission from The Red & Black since many of those featured are Grady College students or recently-graduated alumni […]

Editor’s Note: Gray College is proud to have six alumni recognized by the UGA Alumni Association this year as Bulldog 100 honorees. Five of our alumni are repeat Bulldog 100 honorees from 2021: Brooke Beach (ABJ ’11) of Marketwake Rebecca Berton (ABJ ’11, AB ’11) of Rheos Nautical Eyewear Leo Falkenstein (ABJ ’13, BBA ’14) […]

In celebration of National Mentoring Month, we would like to highlight one of the outstanding mentorship programs offered to our students.  National Association of Hispanic Journalists Atlanta partners with faculty members and staff from the state’s top journalism schools to select several students and pair them with experienced journalists for a semester.   Senior journalism […]

There is little to be learned from the concept of ‘that’s the way we’ve always done it.’ Fortunately for Alexander Pfeuffer’s students, his investment in the Active Learning Summer Institute through the Center for Teaching and Learning last summer is now paying dividends. Pfeuffer, an assistant professor of advertising, participated in the CTL program, learning […]

From the moment she heard her first two years of pharmacy school would be spent in the basement of the building at the University of Georgia, Cynthia Graubart (ABJ ‘82) knew she needed to pick a different major. It just so happened that when she left the auditorium during her orientation, she saw a sign […]

Twelve students have been named 2022 McGill Fellows by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The class, selected by a faculty committee for their strengths in academics, practical experience and leadership, includes 11 journalism majors and one graduate student. The 2022 McGill Fellows are: Matthew Brown, journalism, Guyton, Georgia Sydney Fordice, journalism, Franklin, […]

It is naturally fitting that the New Media Institute, a program that prides itself on teaching its students about emerging technologies, would be the first known unit on UGA’s campus to present completion certificates to its students as non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. John Weatherford, a senior lecturer in the NMI, said there have been many […]

It is with sadness that we announce the death of Michael Hall McDougald: broadcaster, Grady Fellow and friend of the College. McDougald died Dec. 17, 2021, in Rome, Georgia. “Mike was everything a good broadcaster should be,” said Bob Houghton, part-time instructor at Grady College and president of the Georgia Association of Broadcasters. “He left […]