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Brian PJ Cronin of The Highlands Current has been named the recipient of the 2021 Rollin M. “Pete” McCommons Award for Distinguished Community Journalism. The award, which was presented during the Grady Salutes gala on Friday, April 28, 2023, recognizes Cronin for his multi-part series on food insecurity, titled “Hunger in the Highlands.” “The selection […]

For Sydney Branton, joining the PAC program was the “perfect” way to combine her two majors. After Branton was accepted to the Grady DC Field Study & Internship Program for the summer 2022 session, she was advised to join the certificate program by a fellow PAC student. Branton believes the instruction she receives in her […]

Third-year journalism major and theatre minor Sam Chin finds motivation and fulfillment in storytelling and its ability to help others. Chin loves when their work has a positive impact on the public or brightens someone else’s day. Chin also emphasizes the importance of embracing curiosity, asking questions and trying new things. What does “tenacity” mean […]

The following is one installment of a series recognizing alumni and friends who will be honored at the 2023 Grady Salutes celebration on April 28, 2023. For more details, please see our posts about our Fellowship honorees, Alumni Award recipients and Dean’s Medalist. [metaslider id=41832]   Congratulations to Maura Friedman (ABJ ‘13), recipient of the […]

“Black Butterfly,” a thesis film written, directed, produced and edited by Kelvin Summerhill (MFA ’22), has been selected as one of the narrative short films to premiere at the 47th Annual Atlanta Film Festival. “This is a huge accomplishment since more than 10,000 of filmmakers submitted films to the festival and only 40 or so […]

Destiny Hartwell, a journalism major and Carmical Sports Media Institute student from Statesboro, Georgia, recently received the 2023 ESPN Scholarship from the Alliance for Women in Media.  The scholarship is one of just two awarded nationally this year.  The scholarship will help Hartwell pursue her goal of working as a sports broadcaster for a leading […]

 Listen to Grady Research Radio Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Stitcher    Dr. Denetra Walker, an assistant professor in the Journalism Department, started her role in fall 2022. While she’s still new to the College, her research draws from years of experience both studying the topic of social justice journalism and working in several behind-the-scenes roles in television news […]

Peabody announced that Issa Rae, the award-winning actress, writer, and producer has won the Peabody Trailblazer Award; and that Lily Tomlin, one of America’s foremost comedians, whose career has spanned decades, has won the Peabody Career Achievement Award. Both awards were selected by unanimous vote of the Peabody Board of Jurors and will be celebrated […]

The following is one installment of a series recognizing alumni and friends who will be honored at the 2023 Grady Salutes celebration on April 28, 2023. For more details, please see our posts about our Fellowship honorees, Alumni Award recipients and Dean’s Medalist. Congratulations to Doreen Gentzler (ABJ ’79), this year’s John Holliman, Jr. Lifetime […]

Using 21st Century technology to provide users with a sense of history from the 1800s and 1900s is the goal of a new Historic Athens app, created by a team of Emerging Media students. The app was developed as the Emerging Media capstone project by Olivia Sprott (MA ’22), Meghan Telling (AB ’20, MA ’22) […]