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The Grady College’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) was recognized as the outstanding student chapter in Region Three for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Society honors a select group of campus chapters for their outstanding work in supporting the group’s missions, members and journalism. Each year, SPJ’s 12 regional coordinators and directors […]

Learn more about AdPR Academy at adpracademy.uga.edu. Editor’s Note: While many students were spending their spring break relaxing, Destiny McClain, a marketing major from Terry College, and Jharell Ybarra, an advertising major from Grady College, were participating in AdPR Academy along with 15 other students, many from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This is the […]

Learn more about AdPR Academy at adpracademy.uga.edu. The University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is launching its first AdPR Academy, a week-long bootcamp designed to teach students from diverse backgrounds tangible skills from the advertising and public relations industries. This program includes more than 35 hours of training from experts and […]

Grady College has named Bartosz Wojdynski a Jim Kennedy Professor of New Media. Wojdynski is an associate professor of journalism and director of the Digital Media Attention and Cognition Lab, which conducts eye-tracking research to evaluate effective message design and media consumption. “Bart is known for his groundbreaking research on consumers’ understanding of sponsored news […]

Meredith Dean (ABJ ’14), a program coordinator for Ryan Seacrest Studios and founder of The Dean’s List, challenged nearly 900 high school students to stand out in a crowd, be well-rounded and to start working now on creating a professional impression. Dean delivered her energetic keynote at the opening of the Georgia Scholastic Press Association […]

Bryan Reber and Juan Meng of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations were among a team of researchers evaluating perceptions about public relations leadership as part of The Plank Center’s Report Card 2019. The 2019 report was released the end of September and reflects little change in public relations leadership from studies in 2015 […]

The Cox Institute sponsored this year’s Entrepreneurial Journalism Symposium from Oct. 21-22 at the Grady College. We brought the 2019 @UGAGrady Mobile News Lab home tonight with a fantastic project showcase. Thanks to @bsabatinelli of @Newsy for sharing his insights with #GradyMOJO Great job everyone! #ProudProf #CoxInst pic.twitter.com/DyKILP5ptt — Keith Herndon, Ph.D. (@KeithLHerndon) October 22, […]

Why did you choose to study Journalism? It was my first year of high school. The head boys’ soccer coach asked me to broadcast the soccer matches later that day. I was a freshman, so I had no idea what I wanted to do. So, I hesitated at first, but, on March 18, 2012, my […]

Why did you choose to study advertising? After starting an internship at Epting Events, I chose to study advertising. I absolutely loved the Event Planning industry because it heavily revolves around organization and sales. Advertising gives me the skill set to be able to market to clients and make those sales. I wanted to be […]

The Grady College Department of Advertising and Public Relations announces its fifth annual week-long celebration of National ADPR Week at UGA, Sept. 23-27.  “ADPR Week at Grady is about celebrating the advertising and public relations professions,” said Bryan Reber, head of the ADPR department. “This year we are focusing on the emerging influence of artificial intelligence and […]