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Jessica Maddox (BA ’12, MA ’15, PhD ’18), associate professor in the Grady College Department of Entertainment and Media Studies, has been named the inaugural editor-in-chief of the new, fully open access journal, Creator and Influencer Studies, published by Springer Nature. Maddox will lead the first academic journal devoted to research on influencers, creator culture […]

This is one of a series of interviews honoring Grady College alumni who have been recognized as Bulldog 100 recipients in 2026. The Bulldog 100 is sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by UGA alumni. Robin Burnett (ABJ ’99, BSFCS ’00), a journalism alumna of Grady […]

This is one of a series of interviews honoring Grady College alumni who have been recognized as Bulldog 100 recipients in 2026. The Bulldog 100 is sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by UGA alumni. Catherine Denham (ABJ ’05) is a luxury travel advisor affiliated with Brownell, the […]

University of Georgia alumna Deborah Norville (ABJ ’79) was given the 2026 DiGamma Kappa Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting and Cable on Jan. 30, 2026. The national student broadcast society, DiGamma Kappa, was founded at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The award was presented at the Peyton Anderson Forum in […]

This is one of a series of interviews honoring Grady College alumni who have been recognized as Bulldog 100 recipients in 2026. The Bulldog 100 is sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by UGA alumni. David Cogdell (ABJ ’76, MA ’83), is the president and founder of PinDot […]

Lilli Verma is a fourth year public relations and political science major from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, set to graduate in May 2026. Verma is a Grady ambassador as well as the president and co-founder of the First Generation Law Society. Verma is also a member of PRSSA and the Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity. Read […]

This is one of a series of interviews honoring Grady College alumni who have been recognized as Bulldog 100 recipients in 2026. The Bulldog 100 is sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by UGA alumni. Greg Abel (ABJ ’95) founded Tailfin Marketing—an integrated marketing and brand agency—in 2001 […]

During the fall semester of 2025, Grady College students in two of Professor David Clementson’s ADPR 5950 classes were tasked with developing a comprehensive public relations campaign for the Athens Rock Lobsters. Over the course of the semester, the students in one of two groups assigned to the Rock Lobsters worked directly with Britton Briley, […]

Grady College proudly announces the 2026 Fellowship inductees: Tracy Brown (ABJ ’88), Maureen Clayton (ABJ ’80, MA ’84) and Alan Griggs (ABJ ’72). Brown is inducted into the Grady Fellowship as the recipient of the John Holliman Lifetime Achievement Award. Established in 2008, the Grady Fellowship honors friends of the college whose accomplishments, friendship and […]

Kayla West is a fourth year Entertainment and Media Studies major with a minor in sociology and certificates in New Media and Personal and Organizational Leadership. She is from Suwanee, Georgia. West serves as an ambassador for Grady College, a manager for Women in Media, a co-chair for the National Council of Negro Women and […]