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How has Grady influenced your time at UGA? Grady has allowed me to pursue a variety of different things throughout my time at UGA. If I wanted to act, I could go act. If I wanted to edit, I could edit something. The connections I have built through Grady have allowed me to spend my […]

The James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership at the Grady College recognized its 2020 class of Levin Leaders Wednesday, presenting 13 aspiring media leaders with the Cox Institute’s Leadership Medal. The Cox Institute’s Industry Fellow Award and four departmental scholarships were presented, while three graduate students and key industry contributor […]

Please subscribe to the Grady College Conversations podcast. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean. Learn more about all Grady College affiliated podcasts here. This episode features Greg Bluestein (ABJ ’04), political reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Greg Bluestein (ABJ ’04), political reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined Joe Watson, Tieger professor of public affairs communications, […]

As Americans prepare for another presidential election in 2020, a researcher at Grady College has found that comments left on social media posts about political interviews can, indeed, influence opinions. “Comment sections are extremely powerful,” said David Clementson, an assistant professor of public relations at UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and the […]

Editor’s note: MG Coffee, the Yarbrough-Grady Public Relations Fellow for the spring 2020 semester, attended the annual PRSSA D.C. Agency Tour with other PRSSA members.   During the last week of January, 12 Grady students and PRSSA members, including myself traveled to Washington, D.C., for the annual PRSSA D.C. Agency Tour. The tour, led by Grady […]

Why did you choose Grady? I chose Grady when I was freshman in college because I had a dream of becoming a news anchor on Good Morning America. Grady taught me that journalism is a much wider field than I had initially imagined. Even though I don’t want to be a news anchor anymore, Grady […]

To add your support for future projects like this, please visit the Giving Voice to the Voiceless commitment webpage. Looking back on history of the first black students at the University of Georgia will bring up names like Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Hunter Holmes and Mary Frances Early. While these trailblazers built the foundation for integration at […]

Athens, Ga. — The University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has named Allison Chenard, a 23-year-old student from Mooresville, North Carolina, and Mary Gardner “MG” Coffee, a 22-year-old student from Dallas, Texas the Yarbrough-Grady Fellows for Spring 2020.   Chenard is a fourth-year student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in advertising and a […]

Why did you choose Grady? I loved the idea of getting an incredible education through an esteemed program right in my home state. I wanted a school that was the best of the best, but also one that was always working to stay at the top. I chose Grady because it would give me a […]

The James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership hosted NewsCraft20 on Feb. 7, with this year’s topic centered around covering culture. We selected this theme to highlight a type of journalism that reflects society’s insatiable interest in entertainment and lifestyle topics and to illustrate the variety of journalism careers that involve […]