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Nominees for the Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment and Interactive/Immersive categories announced for June 1 ceremony; winners to be announced May 1 The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced the nominees for the Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment, and Interactive & Immersive categories selected to represent the most captivating and impactful stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during […]

Congratulations to Heidi Hennink-Kaminski (Ph.D. ’06), the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award. Hennink-Kaminski’s research focuses on interdisciplinary health communication, emphasizing social marketing strategies to promote healthy behaviors at both individual and community levels. Her research has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the […]

Janice Hume, the Carolyn McKenzie and Don E. Carter Chair for Excellence in Journalism and the associate dean for academic affairs, has been named the recipient of the Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award by the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Established in 2020, the Shaw award […]

Nominees for the Documentary, News, Public Service and Radio/Podcast categories announced for June 1 ceremony; winners to be announced May 1 The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced the nominees for the Documentary, News, Public Service, and Radio/Podcast categories, selected to represent the most captivating and impactful stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during […]

Congratulations to Anne Noland, the recipient of the 2025 Young Alumni Award. After graduating from Grady College, Noland went on to intern for the Denver Broncos and has a wide range of experience in sports media, leading her to where she is today. She is now serving as the vice president of comms for Miami […]

The importance of authenticity in filmmaking and in life Editor’s Note: We are pleased to resume Grady Research Radio, a podcast highlighting the research and expertise of Grady College faculty and advancing knowledge, innovation and creation in the fields of journalism, public relations, advertising and entertainment and media studies. Grady Research Radio is produced by […]

Willie Daniely III, a 2021 alumnus who is currently a reporter at WRAL-TV, shared his early career insights with a group of middle and high school journalists and their teachers at the Georgia Scholastic Press Association (GSPA) Spring Awards on March 24, 2025. Nearly 330 were in attendance at the workshop and awards luncheon held […]

Lucy Grey Shields is a fourth-year journalism student, with minors in  law, jurisprudence, and the state and criminal justice studies and a certificate in news literacy, from Atlanta, Georgia. Grey is widely involved on campus; in Grady College, she serves as a special events intern and ambassador, among her other involvements. Grey is set to […]

Congratulations to David Chandley, one of the honorees to be inducted into the Grady College Fellowship during Grady Salutes on April 25, 2025. Upon graduating from the University of Georgia in 1984, Chandley worked in stations all across Georgia in Albany, Macon and Columbus. As an AMS certified meteorologist, he worked at WSB-TV covering weather […]

On March 20, 2025, the Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, in partnership with Terry College of Business, UGA School of Law and UGA School of Public and International Affairs, hosted its second Crisis Leadership Executive Education workshop in Atlanta, Georgia at the Terry Executive Education Center. The […]