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The words “story” and “narrative” are in most responses from John T. Edge when he is asked about what students learn in Grady College’s MFA in Narrative Media Writing. It is a simple reminder of the essence and foundation of the low residency graduate program. Edge has taught in the program since its inception. He […]

The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication announced the selection of three new Tieger Fellows for the summer of 2019: Maggie Cavalenes, Carter Chapman and Austin Gibbons. The Tieger Fellowship supports the mission of the College’s first-in-the-nation Public Affairs Communications (PAC) Program by providing students the opportunity to apply skills learned in the […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their summer internship experience. Grady College: Briefly describe your internship and responsibilities: CH: My internship was split between two ACBJ publications in Charlotte – the Charlotte Business Journal and Sports Business Journal. I have served as a reporter for both. I’ve […]

A new bar has been set by the New Media Institute capstone teams with the acceptance and publication of four new native apps in the Apple App Store. The mobile apps created by the spring 2019 cohort of the NMI are now available for complimentary download in the App Store. The four new apps include: […]

Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn, associate professor of advertising at Grady College, has been named the recipient of the 2019 Krieghbaum Under-40 Award by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The award is one of the highest honors given by AEJMC, and will be presented during the annual AEJMC conference in Toronto. “This […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their summer internship experience. Grady College: Briefly describe your internship responsibilities. TM: I am the stage manager intern in the Studio Directing department. I am working on the noon Coast to Coast SportsCenter and the 1:30 P.M. NFL Live show. Before […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their summer internship experience.   Grady College: Briefly describe your internship and responsibilities: TP: As a programming intern, I assist TCM’s programming division in the previewing and quality control management of our original content. Additionally, I assist with the scheduling of […]

Ashley McMaster (ABJ ’06) remembers feeling anxious in her final year at Grady College. The Georgia native was on the cusp of earning her bachelor’s degree in newspapers and she did not know where she was going after graduation. “I knew I needed a job. I knew I wanted to be a writer or reporter […]

The first study to examine the state of public relations in Canada and the United States found that building and maintaining trust is the most crucial issue facing the profession. The North American Communication Monitor (NACM), conducted by The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, was led by two Grady College faculty: Bryan Reber, […]

This article was originally posted to the Cox Institute site. Newsy, a leading cross-platform television news network, has expanded its summer training relationship this year with the Grady College’s James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management & Leadership. Two Grady journalism majors – Skylar Nicholson and Alexandra Travis – are interning at Newsy […]