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From star sightings to streaming projects, Justin Jung’s summer in L.A. was unforgettable. For Justin Jung, a fourth-year entertainment and media studies student at the University of Georgia, exploring Los Angeles has always been high on the list. With its bright lights, iconic West Coast beaches, and the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, starting off […]

Mahek Charania is a third year advertising major with a certificate in new media from Karimnagar, India. Charania serves as a digital media specialist for Talking Dog Agency, a social media assistant for the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Hotel and an NMIXpert mentor for New Media Students. Why did you choose your major?  […]

Grady College faculty are continuously looking for opportunities to share their interests and research with students, and there are few examples as evident as the First Year Odyssey seminars. FYO seminars at Grady College range from courses about how science is portrayed in mass media and working with virtual reality, to an overview of film […]

Three Entertainment and Media Studies (EMST) students at Grady College were named second round finalists in the 2025 Austin Film Festival (AFF) Screenwriting Competition, which annually receives more than 10,000 entries from around the world. Reese Barwick, Aidan Landrum and Vivian Thienel placed in the top 20 percent of this year’s competition, which is the […]

Ally Kramer is a fourth-year public relations major with a minor in fashion merchandising and certificate in new media studies. Kramer serves as the president of Women in Media at UGA and is a TEDxUGA presenter advisor. Why did you choose your major?  Public relations felt like the perfect fit for me because I truly […]

The Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) marked its second year of transatlantic collaboration by convening its International Symposium on Monday, September 22, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hosted in partnership with the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), the gathering brought together leading global scholars and practitioners to navigate new dimensions of crisis management under the […]

When Mark Johnson started teaching photojournalism classes at Grady College in the fall of 2005, he wanted to provide his students opportunities to view different perspectives through the lens. He also wanted to give them different voices to listen to and learn from, which is why he reached out to industry friends and colleagues to […]

InternViews is a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience. De’Ondre Harris recently graduated with a journalism degree in May 2025 and works in New York City this summer/fall as a production assistant intern with ABC’s “The View.” Read more about his internship experience below.  Provide a brief overview of your […]

Maddie Ramsey is a senior entertainment and media studies major with a theater minor from Kansas City, Missouri, set to graduate in May 2026. She is co-president of The Industry Club, volunteers at the Athens Film Festival and is a Women in Film and Television scholarship recipient. Ramsey spends much of her time working on […]

Allison Mawn (AB ’25), a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in journalism, has been awarded an A-Mark Foundation Scholarship, an award for students pursuing an interest in investigative journalism. “Scholarships like this are what have made it possible for me to pursue my master’s,” Mawn said about the impact of this award. “This is […]