Blog Archive

Fourth-year Entertainment and Media Studies student Kelly Gago uses the skills she learned in her classes to create short films and prepare herself for life post-graduation. She encourages students to take all opportunities given to them, and make the most out of their college experience. Why did you choose your major? Right before the COVID-19 […]

Congratulations to Christina Koebel (ABJ ’07), Chief of Staff to the CEO at The Weather Company, an IBM Business. Koebel is a Grady College alumna and an honoree in this year’s UGA Alumni Association 40 Under 40 class. Koebel began her career at an advertising agency, then worked in strategic planning at Turner Broadcasting, before […]

While 2020 was a period of time many want to leave in the rearview mirror because of the global pandemic, the public relations lessons from COVID-19 deserve to be documented for current and future study. Three scholars have done that with their new book, “Strategic Communication in a Global Crisis: National and International Responses to […]

The University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication welcomes four Fall 2023 Yarbrough-Grady Fellows: Morgan Jones, Jin Lee, Lila Maiolo and Kathryn Penn.  Jones and Lee are Yarbrough-Grady Communications Fellows, and some of their responsibilities include crafting Grady College’s social media graphics and copy, writing articles and strategizing Grady College’s website redesign […]

The Lead podcast, a show about how to get ahead in the news industry as told by the people who did, released its 100th episode on Sept. 6, 2023. The show has featured seven student hosts engaged in conversations with industry leaders about their careers and advice they have for aspiring journalists. The Lead is […]

In honor of International Literacy Day on Sept. 8, Talking Dog, the student-led advertising and public relations agency at Grady College, announced it will work with Share the Magic Foundation as one of its clients for the academic year ahead. Share the Magic Foundation, a non-profit that provides services, programming and books to improve literacy, […]

We are proud to recognize Kaitlin Miller Febles (ABJ ’13) as an honoree of this year’s UGA Alumni Association 40 Under 40 class. Febles is a principal category lead at the Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center and lives in Nashville, Tennessee. She joined Chick-fil-A shortly after graduating from UGA, and has served in a number of […]

Congratulations to Mandy Rodgers (ABJ ’08, AB ’08), a Grady College alumna and an honoree in this year’s UGA Alumni Association 40 Under 40 class. Rodgers is the founder and CEO of Mandy Kay Marketing, a digital marketing agency specializing in entertainment and film publicity. MKM creates, manages and executes publicity, influencer marketing, grassroots, and […]

Third-year journalism major Christian Conte found his “why” at Grady College and has leveraged every opportunity to cultivate a sense of community at the University of Georgia. He is involved with the Morehead Honors College, the Student Government Association, and the UGA Career Center.  What does tenacity mean to you? Roadblocks are inevitable in life. […]

“It is a psychological thriller, and it is indeed shocking,” Booker T. Mattison, an associate professor in the Department of Entertainment and Media Studies at Grady College, said about his newest film, “Twisted Marriage Therapist.”  Set to premiere on the free streaming service Tubi on Sept. 7, “Twisted Marriage Therapist” tells the story of a […]