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Themes of truth in storytelling and making connections highlight 2018 Fall Convocation
Pictures from the Fall 2018 Grady Convocation can be viewed on the UGA Grady Flickr gallery: Fall 2018 convocation candids Miscellaneous Fall 2018 convocation ceremony pictures Fall 2018 convocation graduates: Master’s degrees Advertising and Public Relations Journalism EMST Themes of hard work, perseverance, truth in storytelling and making connections were shared as Grady College graduates were […]
Glennon to Serve as Cox Institute’s 2019 Industry Fellow
Amy Glennon, a former publisher with Cox Media Group, will serve as an Industry Fellow with the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership during the spring 2019 semester at the University of Georgia. Glennon, a 1990 graduate of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, was publisher of The […]
More people getting flu vaccine this year
Compared with last year more adults getting and intending to get a flu vaccination in 2018-19 flu season More Americans have or intend to get a flu vaccine this fall, according to a new survey by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication Center for Health and Risk Communication. The nationwide survey of […]
#GradyGrit: Meet Kelly Mayes
Editor’s Note: #GradyGrit is a new series of profiles of Grady College students who show determination, leadership and outreach to the community. Search “#GradyGrit” on the Grady College website for additional profiles. Hometown: Woodstock, Georgia Year: Junior Degree: Journalism and Ecology major Activities and Involvement: lab technician and undergraduate researcher in the Structural and Household Entomology […]
Remembering Wally Eberhard
He was a self-professed lover of libraries, a master of journalism history and a dedicated professor who taught hundreds of Grady College students a craft to last throughout their lives. Wallace B. “Wally” Eberhard, professor of journalism emeritus, died Oct. 7, 2018. He passed away on his 87th birthday. “Grady College has lost one of […]
Grady Students Complete 2018 Cox-SABEW Fellowships
Four Grady College students were recognized in New York City during the fall conference of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) through a fellowship organized by the college’s Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership. The Cox-SABEW Fellows for 2018 were: John Durham, Collin Huguley, Charlotte Norsworthy and Amy Scott. The students […]
Journalism Students Complete 2018 Cox Institute Mobile News Lab
A group of 19 journalism students completed the Grady College’s fall 2018 Mobile News Lab with a projects showcase held Monday, Oct. 22. The Mobile News Lab students experimented with a variety of mobile newsgathering tools and techniques and produced a multi-media story package optimized for mobile platforms. Students learned from Grady faculty and guest […]
Cox Institute Will Unveil Levin Leaders Initiative in January
A new gift pledge from Adam Levin and the Philip and Janice Levin Foundation will establish the Levin Leaders Initiative, an expanded leadership development program for journalism students presented by the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership. The Levin family’s gifts and pledges to the program to date exceed a […]
Cox Institute Director Named Morris Chair
Keith Herndon (ABJ ’82), a professor of practice in journalism, has been named to the William S. Morris Chair in News Strategy and Management by the dean of Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. “Keith Herndon is an innovator, an academic entrepreneur who works tirelessly on behalf of Grady students,” said Charles N. Davis, […]
5 Grady Journalists Training This Summer as Newsy Fellows
Five Grady journalists are training this summer in a program developed by Newsy and sponsored by the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management & Leadership. Recent Grady graduate Alec Larson (AB ’18) is joined by current Grady journalism majors Mauli Desai, Maycee Dukes, Blanca Lopez-Olmedo and Alex Marchante in the eight-week program. […]