Student Showcase

Our students provide outstanding work through videos they produce, campaigns they create and news they report throughout the community.

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Profiles of Tenacity profiles current Grady College students and the determination, grit and leadership they demonstrate in the classroom and outside in the community.

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Internviews profiles Grady College students and their summer internship experiences. The series is managed by our Yarbrough Fellows.

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Grady Newsource is an on-air and digital publication by journalism students at Grady College. The content is produced by students in capstone courses at Grady.

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Talking Dog is a full-service, student-run agency providing research, strategic messaging, design, video, website development and more to clients and non-profit organizations.

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The Backlight Student Film Festival is an award-winning collaborative effort between the Entertainment Media Industries Club and University Union with a mission to foster innovation and creativity within the University of Georgia community by promoting and highlighting the work of aspiring filmmakers.

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The Oglethorpe Echo is the legal organ of Oglethorpe and is staffed by Grady College journalism students who report and photograph for the paper. The students are taught by professors through a capstone class. The paper is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization.

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The Latest

Read the newest headlines, get updates and discover events happening at Grady.

Header thumbnail for Ariel Greenway, an intern for the Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles, California. She is a rising senior from Stockbridge, Georgia.

July 14, 2026

InternViews: Ariel Greenway

InternViews is a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience. Ariel Greenway is a fourth-year journalism major from Stockbridge, Georgia. This year, she’s spending her summer […]

July 13, 2026

Joshua Cloudy examines risk factors for joining extremist groups

Joshua Cloudy recalled the first independent study he completed while at working as a Ph.D. student at Texas Tech University. The project, completed in December of 2020, described how he believed […]

Header thumbnail for Ren Grimsley, an intern for the Anchorage Bucs. He is pictured smiling on the left of the graphic in front of a baseball field.

July 11, 2026

InternViews: Ren Grimsley

InternViews is a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience. Ren Grimsley is a fourth-year journalism major from Monroe, Georgia. This year, he’s spending his summer […]

Headshots of Tom Johnson and Lessie Smithgall flank a headline that reads Grady College, The Red & Black receive donation to support student journalism advancement.

July 09, 2026

Grady College, The Red & Black receive donation to support student journalism

The Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and The Red & Black have received a total of $1 million to support the advancement of excellence in journalism for University […]

A photograph of Allison Chenard looking at her photo of a Narragansett Indian Tribal Powwow that was published in National Geographic magazine. The headline reads: Allison Chenard's photograph featured in National Geographic’s Semiquincentennial issue.

July 01, 2026

Allison Chenard’s photograph highlighted in National Geographic’s Semiquincentennial feature

When Allison Chenard (AB ’20) was sent on assignment to make pictures of the 350th Annual Narragansett Indian Tribal Powwow, she felt the weight of responsibility to respectfully document the […]

InternViews header graphic with headshots of Julia Clemente and Ericeli Garcia, who are interns at Inspire Brands.

June 30, 2026

InternViews: Ericeli Garcia and Julia Clemente

InternViews is a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience. Ericeli Garcia and Julia Clemente are advertising majors currently interning at Inspire Brands in Atlanta. They […]

Events

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Low Residency MFA in Narrative Media Writing Graduation 2026

Saturday, August 01

On Saturday, Aug. 1, there will be a ceremony celebrating graduates of the Low Residency Masters of Fine Arts in Narrative Media Writing.

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NABJ Atlanta Alumni Reception

Tuesday, August 11

Save the date for Grady College’s NABJ Alumni Reception in Atlanta, ahead of the NABJ 2026 Convention and Career Fair. Participants may register here.

Entertainment Careers Week

Monday, September 14

Grady College Entertainment Careers Week will be held September 14 – 18, 2026.

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Entertainment Careers Week Networking Night at Ciné

Wednesday, September 16

Save the date! Students and industry guests are encouraged to join us at Ciné in downtown Athens. Chat over some light bites and grow your professional network. This event is part of Entertainment Careers Week 2026. More information on submitting an RSVP will be added here soon.

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Intern Hours

Wednesday, September 23

Join us for Intern Hours, a peer networking event for Grady College students. Each session will feature a group of current Grady students who had or have internships in Summer or Fall 2026 or Spring 2027. Get tips on how they found their internships, how to prep for your own internship applications, what they did in the role and more. See details on this month’s featured interns on Instagram @UGAGradyCareers.

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National AdPR Week

Monday, October 05

Grady College’s AdPR Week is a celebration of the students, faculty and alumni who are part of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations. It will be held October 5 – 9, 2026.