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Congratulations to Eric Baker (ABJ ‘90) for being named the recipient of the John Holliman, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award. Baker will also be inducted into the Grady College Fellowship at Grady Salutes on April 25, 2025.  Baker began his career as a prop fabricator at Nickelodeon, working on shows like Clarissa Explains it All and […]

Scripts written by four Entertainment and Media Studies students and Matthew Nolte Evans, assistant professor, earned high recognition at the 2025 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts competition. This year’s festival received a total of 2,285 entries from over 300 participating universities. Awards won by EMST students and faculty included: Student Scriptwriting Competition, […]

A new study, conducted by Laurena Bernabo, Grady College assistant professor in the Department of Entertainment and Media Studies, highlights dubbing professionals’ perspectives on the changing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the dubbing industry.  In Bernabo’s publication, “How, When, and Why to Use AI: Strategic Uses of Professional Perceptions and Industry Lore in the […]

For the second year in a row, a University of Georgia public relations student has been named the Outstanding Student in the country by PRWeek, a leading publication in the public relations industry. Margot Murphy was named the outstanding student at PRWeek’s U.S. Awards in New York City on March 13, 2025. Nearly 800 industry […]

Mary Rushton Massey is a fourth year public relations major with a business minor and certificate in personal and organizational leadership. As an active member of the UGA campus community, she has held roles as an intern for the PGA of America and a fellow in the Institute for Leadership Advancement. Her passion for leadership […]

Congratulations to Malena Cunningham Anderson (ABJ ’80), one of the honorees to be inducted into the Grady College Fellowship during Grady Salutes on April 25, 2025. Anderson is a news anchor and reporter who began her career working behind the scenes at CNN in 1982. In the years that followed, she worked as a reporter […]

Faculty and graduate students from Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will present research and network with other educators at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Colloquium. The 2025 Colloquium takes place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 13 – 15, 2025. Moses Okocha, Ph.D. student, and Karin Assmann, assistant professor, will […]

 Weather the Storm, a virtual reality simulation that takes users through the effects of storm surge to communicate its devastating and sometimes fatal consequences, is now available for download. This simulation is available thanks to a partnership with University of Georgia, Clemson University, Georgia Sea Grant and South Carolina Sea Grant  and the National Oceanic […]

It is seldom that undergraduate students have the opportunity to work on a professional film set and get paid for that work. But that unique experience came to fruition when MFA Film student Connor Pannell (ABJ ’16) was hired to serve as cinematographer, editor and producer for the feature film, “Enter the Power Surge.” Pannell […]

Shanylah Sainvil is an entertainment and media studies major from McDonough, Georgia, expected to graduate in spring 2025. She is also pursuing a minor in design and media and a certificate in new media studies. With a passion for digital media, Sainvil is involved in the Black Theatrical Ensemble and the Elevate Film Festival. Read […]