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#ProfilesofTenacity: Chiamaka Uwagerikpe
Chiamaka Uwagerikpe is a third-year advertising major from Suwanee, Georgia, involved with Talking Dog Agency, the Student Industry Fellows Program and the UGA Visitor’s Center. She’s also a Strike Magazine content intern and has served as an ambassador for Gurls Talk, promoting the mental health and wellbeing of young women and girls. To Uwagerikpe, tenacity […]
Students Combat Disinformation in Cox Institute’s First What the Hackathon
Students put their disinformation skills to the test in April at the inaugural What the Hackathon event hosted by the Cox Institute. Students met in Studio 100, where they formed teams to address three disinformation challenges. The groups identified markers of fake news, determined the validity of a post circulating in a private Facebook […]
Inaugural Cox Institute Showcase Celebrates Student Work
Students in the Cox Institute’s Journalism Innovation and Writing Labs were recognized on April 21 for their work during the 2022–23 school year. They received a medal, certificate and a printed copy of their work, which also served as centerpieces for the tables in the Peyton Anderson Forum. Lori Johnston, the director of the Journalism […]
Students to work with WWII documentary production crew in France
Grady College students will work side by side with documentarians in the field under an exciting new experiential learning partnership with the World War II Foundation. Five Grady College students and Sanghoon Lee of the MFA Film, Television and Digital Media faculty will travel to France this summer to serve as production assistants for a […]
Three students take home awards at 2022 BEA Festival of Media Arts
Work created by students in Grady College’s Department of Entertainment and Media Studies earned high recognition at this year’s Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts competition. Benjamin Otten, an EMST student from Athens, Georgia, earned an award of excellence in the competition’s narrative category for his short film “As it Lies.” Likewise, Sherry […]
6 EMST students, recent grads take home 2023 BEA Awards
Work created by students in Grady College’s Department of Entertainment and Media Studies (EMST) earned high recognition at the 2023 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts competition. Syd Cohen (AB ‘22), a recent EMST graduate originally from Atlanta, earned an Award of Excellence in the Original Television Series Pilot Category for “Pat The […]
Recent EMST grad wins a top award at Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Jonathan Hyman (AB ’20), a recent graduate of the Entertainment and Media Studies (EMST) Department at Grady College, has received high recognition in the 2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. His script for a feature film titled “Freaknik” has been named one of the festival’s three winners. “To win a competition like this is just […]
#ProfilesofTenacity: Rachel Ziner
Rachel Ziner was taught the value of setting goals and achieving them from a young age. To her, tenacity comes after those goals are achieved. Ziner is a Double Dawg, who first earned her bachelor’s in advertising at Grady College before staying this year to earn a master’s degree in Emerging Media through the New […]
Grady Salutes energized by Dean’s Medalist Caroline Edwards and new Athena Studios
It was an evening for recognizing former faculty members who made an impact, envisioning the future of production and film at Athena Studios and saluting bravery in defending the U.S. Capitol, as nearly 170 Grady College alumni, faculty, students and friends celebrated honorees at the 2023 Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Leadership and Commitment. […]
Charlayne Hunter-Gault named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a Peabody and Emmy Award winning journalist, author and University of Georgia alumna, has been named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. “I am so honored to be included in this amazing list of new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,” Hunter-Gault said. “But, I got here thanks […]