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Three Grady College alumnae to receive 2020 Alumni Awards

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The Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will honor three outstanding alumnae with its 2020 awards.

Lindsey Cook (ABJ ’14), recipient of the John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award, is senior digital storytelling editor at the New York Times. She leads data trainings for reporters and editors and assists journalists with compiling data for stories.  She is also a novelist. Her first book, “How to Bury Your Brother”, comes out in May 2020.

The Drewry award recognizes a graduate of the last decade who has experienced a successful early career.

Purvi Farahi (ABJ ’95), honored with the Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Award, is senior director consumer health strategy for Johnson & Johnson, where she currently leads global strategy for the consumer sector. In addition to her Grady degree, she holds an MBA from the Terry College of Business.

The Henry W. Grady Award honors a mid-career graduate who has been influential in his or her field.

Monica Pearson (MA ’14), recipient of the John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award, is a renowned Atlanta television broadcast journalist. Named after the late John Holliman Jr. (ABJ ’70), a Grady alumnus and former CNN reporter. After 37 years as a news anchor with WSB-TV Atlanta, Pearson retired in 2012. She now hosts a weekly radio show on KISS 104.1 FM and continues her Closeups interviews on WSB’s website.

The John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award honors sustained contributions to the profession throughout a career.

The winners will receive their awards at Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Commitment and Leadership on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Athens Cotton Press. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities for Grady Salutes will be available at Grady.uga.edu/alumni/grady-salutes by February 17.

Learn more about Grady’s Alumni Awards including previous winners at: Grady.uga.edu/alumni/alumni-awards/

Nominate Grady alumni for annual alumni awards

Posted on by Dayne Young

Nominate deserving alumni for Grady College alumni awards. Deadline for nominations is January 2, 2020.

Completion the online nomination form here.

For demonstrated excellence throughout their distinguished careers, each year Grady College graduates are selected as Alumni Award recipients.

Named after the late John Holliman, Grady alumnus and former CNN reporter, the John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award honors sustained contributions to the profession throughout a career.

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The Henry W. Grady Award honors a mid-career graduate who has been influential in his or her field.

The John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award recognizes a graduate of the last decade who has experienced a successful early career.

The Distinguished Scholar Award honors a graduate for excellence and sustained contributions to scholarship in journalism and mass communication education.

Learn more about Grady alumni awards at: grady.uga.edu/alumni/alumni-awards/.

 

 

Grady Salutes celebration honors Alumni Award winners and Fellowship inductees; Jennifer Bellamy to emcee the event

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Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Commitment and Leadership, takes place April 26 at a new location this year — the Athens Cotton Press at 149 Oneta St. In addition to honoring award winners, the event will also include an auction which people can participate in at the event and digitally from remote locations.

Jennifer Bellamy (ABJ ’08), a reporter for WXIA-TV, will emcee the event.

The annual Grady Salutes event recognizes honorees of Grady College.

Alumni Award recipients who will be recognized this year include:

• Chris Holcomb (ABJ ’85) will receive the John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award. As the Lifetime Achievement recipient, Holcomb will also be inducted into the Grady Fellowship.
• Henry “Hadjii” Hand (ABJ ’98) will be honored with the Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Alumni Award
• Angela Alfano (ABJ ’10) will be awarded the John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award
• James “Ford” Risley (MA ’92) will receive the Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award

Five alumni and friends will be inducted into the Grady Fellowship, an honor recognizing accomplishments, friendship and service. Those inductees include:

• Connie Ledoux Book (PhD ’93)
• Richard Griffiths
• Dean Krugman
• Carole Munroe (ABJ ’82)
• Brian Robinson (ABJ ’97)

Tom Crawford will be inducted into the Sanford Circle (photo: Jennifer Stalcup)

Tom Crawford (ABJ ’72), the founder and editor of “The Georgia Report” (known early on as “Capitol Impact”) for more than 18 years, will be inducted posthumously into the Sanford Circle.

Reservations for Grady Salutes are now closed.  However, we do have a limited amount of tickets remaining for the evening.  If you are interested in attending, please contact Karen Andrews at KarenA@uga.edu.

Grady Salutes Auction

New to the event this year is an auction which anybody can participate in, whether they are Grady College alumni or not, or whether they are attending the Grady Salutes event or not.

To bid, participants can visit the Grady Salutes Auction website or text “Grady19” to 52182.

Auction items include:

  • Two Cannes Film Festival Tickets and Getaway (value $510)
  • Four premium Braves Tickets (donated by SunTrust — value $195)
  • Premier Suite to an Atlanta Hawks Game (donated by Steve Koonin — value $1,500)
  • Two first-class Delta Tickets flying anywhere in the world (donated by Delta — value $8,000)
  • Two tickets to the 2020 Peabody Awards in Los Angeles (donated by Peabody Awards — value $420)

All proceeds benefit the Georgia Fund for Grady.

 

DreamWorks Animation’s Bonnie Arnold honored with Grady College Lifetime Achievement Award

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Bonnie Arnold, president of DreamWorks Animation, is the 2017 recipient of the John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Grady College. Named after the late John Holliman, Grady alumnus and former CNN reporter, the award honors sustained contributions to the profession throughout a career. She will also be inducted into the 2017 Grady Fellowship class.

A trailblazer in the world of animation, Arnold (ABJ’ 77) is known for critically and commercially acclaimed animated hits as well as award-winning dramas. She won a Golden Globe and garnered an Oscar® nomination for 2014’s “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” the sequel to the Academy Award®-nominated blockbuster “How to Train Your Dragon,” which she also produced.

Her films span from the pioneering “Toy Story” to the Oscar®-winning “Dances with Wolves;” from “Over the Hedge” to the Oscar®-nominated “The Last Station.” Along the way, she has worked with many of the industry’s most creative directors. Next for Arnold is “How to Train Your Dragon 3.”

Arnold will be recognized at “Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Commitment and Leadership” on April 28 at 6 p.m. at the UGA Tate Grand Hall.  Other 2017 Alumni Award recipients include:

Read more about this year’s Alumni Award honorees at https://t.uga.edu/37u.

Registration for Grady Salutes is now closed, please contact Karen Andrews, karena@uga.edu for more information.

Jason Kreher receives the 2017 Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Alumni Award

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Jason Kreher, creative director at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, Oregon, is the 2017 recipient of the Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Alumni Award. The award honors a graduate who has been influential in his field.

In his role at Wieden+Kennedy, Kreher works for clients such as KFC, Verizon, Weight Watchers and Old Spice.

“It’s different every day, which is why I like my job for the most part.” Kreher said in an interview with Grady College in 2015. “All of the thinking we do on each account is in service of making smart, funny work that people will like. I think a creative director’s job is to help identify the best ideas, and then to help protect those ideas from people who want to make them worse.”

Prior to becoming a creative director, Kreher was a copywriter on Old Spice, Target, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Jaguar, Howard Stern for Sirius and MTV.

Kreher graduated summa cum laude with Highest Honors from Grady College in 2000. In his 17-year advertising career, he has won nearly every major industry award, including 12 Cannes Lions and the AICP’s Campaign of the Year, a distinction that puts Kreher’s work in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection. In 2015, AdWeek chose him as one of the top 30 most innovative people in media.

In addition to his work in advertising, Kreher recently debuted his first short film at the Slamdance Film Festival in Utah. He also published his first book in 2015: a collection of cruel Popsicle stick jokes called SchadenFreezers that reached number eight on Amazon’s best-selling humor books.

Kreher will be recognized at “Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Commitment and Leadership” on April 28 at 6 p.m. at the UGA Tate Grand Hall.  Other 2017 Alumni Award recipients include:

  • Bonnie Arnold (ABJ’ 77), John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Jane B. Singer (ABJ ’76), Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award
  • Brooke Beach (ABJ ’11), John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award

Read more about this year’s Alumni Award honorees at https://t.uga.edu/37u.

Registration for this event is now closed. Please contact Karen Andrews, karena@uga.edu for more information.

Brooke Beach honored with 2017 John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award

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Founder and CEO of Marketwake Brooke Beach, a 2011 graduate of Grady College, is the 2017 recipient of the John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award.  The award recognizes a graduate of the last decade who has experienced a successful early career.

Before starting her own company, Beach was CEO of Kevy, a technology company, where she helped turn the company around after its pivot into marketing automation in 2015. She started her career as a spokesperson for Fortune 500 companies and helped lead nationwide PR and marketing campaigns.

A serial entrepreneur and sought-after leader in the industry, Beach has a passion for helping businesses and leaders grow.

“Grady taught me, at a young age, to not let difficulties stand in the way of pursuing my dreams,” Beach said. “I am forever grateful for that.”

“While in Grady I had to have very serious surgery on my foot. Most people told me to drop out for the semester, or even for the year, to recover. I remember a conversation with Dr. (Tom) Reichert.  He told me to keep going, to not give up and to not let others tell me what I can or cannot do—that ultimately that choice was mine,” Beach recalled. “I did not drop out that semester and went on to (graduate) magna cum laude.”

Beach will be recognized at “Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Commitment and Leadership” on April 28 at 6 p.m. at the UGA Tate Grand Hall.  Other 2017 Alumni Award recipients include:

  • Bonnie Arnold (ABJ’ 77), John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Jason Kreher (ABJ ’00, Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Alumni Award
  • Jane B. Singer (ABJ ’76), Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award

Read more about this year’s Alumni Award honorees at https://t.uga.edu/37u.

Registration for this event is now closed, please contact Karen Andrews, karena@uga.edu for more information.

Digital journalism researcher and professor Jane Singer honored with Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award

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Jane B. Singer (ABJ ’76) is the 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award, presented by Grady College.  The award honors an alumnus/a for excellence and sustained contributions to scholarship in journalism and mass communication education.

Singer is the director of research for the Department of Journalism at City, University of London, where she is Professor of Journalism Innovation. She previously held faculty posts at the University of Iowa and Colorado State University and served as Johnston Press Chair in Digital Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK.

She landed her first full-time job in journalism thanks to her clips from The Red and Black, then worked for more than 15 years as a print and online journalist before earning her PhD in Journalism at the University of Missouri. Her research has traced the evolution of digital journalism since the mid-1990s, with a focus on journalists’ changing roles, perceptions, norms and practices.

Singer will be recognized at “Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Commitment and Leadership” on April 28 at 6 p.m. at the UGA Tate Grand Hall.  Other 2017 Alumni Award recipients include:

  • Bonnie Arnold (ABJ’ 77), John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Jason Kreher (ABJ ’00, Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Alumni Award;
  • Brooke Beach (ABJ ’11), John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award

Read more about this year’s Alumni Award honorees at https://t.uga.edu/37u.

Registration for this event is now closed, please contact Karen Andrews, karena@uga.edu for more information.

Registration now open for 2017 Grady Salutes

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Make plans to join us for Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Commitment and Leadership on Friday, April 28, 2017, at 6 p.m. in the UGA Tate Grand Hall. The most recent classes of Alumni Award recipients and Grady Fellowship inductees will be honored, as well as the Dean’s Medal recipient.

Dean Charles Davis described the event as “a glamorous celebration befitting a college with more than 22,000 alumni.”

Registration for this event is now closed, please contact Karen Andrews, karena@uga.edu for more information.

This year’s Alumni Awards winners include: Bonnie Arnold (ABJ’ 77), John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award; Jason Kreher (ABJ ’00), Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Alumni Award; Brooke Beach (ABJ ’11), John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award; and Jane B. Singer (ABJ ’76), Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award.

The 2017 Class of Grady Fellows are Suzy Deering, Philip Meeks (ABJ ’76), Amy Robach (ABJ ’95), Carla Sacks (ABJ ’88) and Kathleen Trocheck (ABJ ’76). The John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Bonnie Arnold, will also be inducted into the Fellowship.

Loran Smith (ABJ ’62) will receive the Dean’s Medal, the college’s highest honor.

UGA Grady College announces recipients of 2017 Alumni Awards

Posted on by Don McClain

The University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is pleased to honor four outstanding graduates with its 2017 Alumni Awards.

Bonnie Arnold (ABJ’ 77) receives the John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award; Jason Kreher (ABJ ’00) is honored with the Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Alumni Award; Brooke Beach (ABJ ’11) is awarded the John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award; and Jane B. Singer (ABJ ’76) receives the Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award.

Named after the late John Holliman Jr., Grady alumnus and former CNN reporter, the Lifetime Achievement Award honors sustained contributions to the profession throughout a career. The Henry W. Grady Award honors a mid-career graduate who has been influential in his or her field. The Dean John E. Drewry Award recognizes a graduate of the last decade who has experienced a successful early career. The Distinguished Scholar Award honors an alumnus/a for excellence and sustained contributions to scholarship in journalism and mass communication education.

“This year’s Grady Alumni Awards winners underscore the breadth and depth of the college’s graduates and remind me of what an incredible level of talent we produce,” said Charles N. Davis (MA ’92), dean of Grady College. “We’re of course counting down the days to April 28 and our annual Grady Salutes celebration, where we’ll honor all Grady alumni while recognizing these outstanding winners and inducting a new class of Grady Fellows. It’s going to be a glamorous celebration befitting a college with more than 22,000 alumni.”

A trailblazer in the world of animation and president of DreamWorks Animation, Bonnie Arnold is known for critically and commercially acclaimed animated hits as well as award-winning dramas. She won a Golden Globe and garnered an Oscar® nomination for 2014’s “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” the sequel to the Academy Award®-nominated blockbuster “How to Train Your Dragon,” which she also produced. Her films span from the pioneering “Toy Story” to the Oscar®-winning “Dances with Wolves;” from “Over the Hedge” to the Oscar®-nominated “The Last Station.” Along the way, she has worked with many of the industry’s most creative directors. Next for Arnold is “How to Train Your Dragon 3.”

Jason Kreher is a creative director at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, Oregon, working for clients such as KFC, Verizon, Weight Watchers and Old Spice. Prior to becoming a creative director, Kreher was a copywriter on Old Spice, Target, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Jaguar, Howard Stern for Sirius and MTV. In the span of his 17-year advertising career, he has won nearly every major industry award, including 12 Cannes Lions and the AICP’s Campaign of the Year, a distinction that puts Kreher’s work in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection. In 2015, AdWeek chose him as one of the top 30 most innovative people in media.

Brooke Beach is the founder and CEO of Marketwake, a digital marketing agency that focuses on sharing stories and building brands for businesses across the globe. Before starting her own company, Beach was the CEO of a technology company called Kevy, where she helped turn the company around after its pivot into marketing automation in 2015. Beach started her career as a spokesperson for Fortune 500 companies and helped lead nationwide PR and marketing campaigns.

Jane B. Singer is the director of research for the Department of Journalism at City, University of London, where she is Professor of Journalism Innovation. She previously held faculty posts at the University of Iowa and Colorado State University, and served as Johnston Press Chair in Digital Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom. She worked for more than 15 years as a print and online journalist before earning her PhD in journalism at the University of Missouri. Her research has traced the evolution of digital journalism since the mid-1990s, with a focus on journalists’ changing roles, perceptions, norms and practices.

“Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Commitment and Leadership” will be held on April 28 at UGA Tate Grand Hall. 

Registration for this event is now closed, please contact Karen Andrews, karena@uga.edu for more information.