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Fundraising campaign honoring storytelling for the voiceless launches with gift from Charlayne Hunter-Gault, matching funds from UGA president University of Georgia groundbreaker and alumna Charlayne Hunter-Gault (ABJ ’63) will celebrate a milestone birthday this Sunday, February 27, 2022. In honor of her 80th and in tribute to her dear friend, the late Valerie Boyd, Charlayne […]

Ken Foskett, an award-winning investigative journalist and acclaimed author, is the 2022 Industry Fellow with the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership at the University of Georgia. As the Industry Fellow, Foskett will engage with students through classroom lectures, presentations with student organizations and will coach students involved in the […]

Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn named co-director of Center for Children’s Health Assessment, Research Translation and Combating Racism Many Black communities in Metro Atlanta face high levels of environmental exposures that can negatively impact the health of Black children, and scientists are faced with the challenge of effectively communicating the dangers of environmental exposures to diverse […]

Kyra Posey, a graduate assistant with the Cox Institute, received the Innovator Award presented by the Georgia Association of Broadcasters at the DiGamma Kappa 2022 Winter Banquet. Posey, a master’s student in Journalism at the University of Georgia, was nominated for the award by Dr. Keith Herndon, executive director of the Cox Institute, in recognition […]

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part tribute to the legacy of Valerie Boyd. Please read the second part here.   Boyd is being remembered by many of her former students, colleagues and friends. To view a collection of thoughts being shared, please see Memories of Valerie Boyd: A curated collection. Valerie Boyd, […]

  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) […]