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While Lauren Musgrove is already an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, co-owner of a film production company called Purple Magnet Productions and instructor of courses in production basics and cinematography, she is adding another major career milestone to her resume: director of her first feature film. The film, “Ugly Sweater,” premiered at the Boston International Film Festival […]

Georgia on Your Mind, a podcast created and produced by a team of Emerging Media master’s degree students, has launched its second season, thanks to the right spark. The Spark Award, a generous gift by an anonymous donor, provided funding for Georgia on Your Mind to take a close look detailing stories about the impact […]

The Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) hosted its annual event at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Under the year’s overarching theme of READINESS, this gathering of industry experts and leading scholars from the U.S. explored the dynamic landscape of crisis management from an interdisciplinary perspective, including attendees from […]

Kathryn Penn is a fourth-year public relations student interested in crisis communications. She encourages students to seek mentorship and peer networking opportunities to form a supportive community at UGA. Why did you choose your major? I applied to every college as an Intended speech pathology and audiology major but quickly realized that I was not […]

Lance Porter (MA ’98, PhD ’02), a leading scholar and practitioner in digital marketing and internet strategy, has been named the inaugural Karen W. and Daniel J. King Distinguished Professor in Advertising. Porter will join the faculty in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations in Fall 2024. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Lance […]

Siena Miyamura is a fourth-year entertainment and media studies student. Siena Miyamura is a fourth-year entertainment and media studies student. She encourages students to go outside their comfort zones and seek new opportunities. Why did you choose your major? I originally came to UGA as a marketing major and added EMST simply because it sounded […]

As the U.S. continues through another election cycle, University of Georgia students learned how to identify and combat election-related misinformation at the spring 2024 What the Hackathon. The event was sponsored by the What the Hack podcast, hosted by Adam Levin. Students learned how fake online content deepens political divisions while eroding trust in democracies […]

Quinta Brunson, Damon Lindelof, Ramy Youssef, Pamela Adlon, Charlie Brooker, and more medium-defining industry showrunners and writers are the featured guests on We Disrupt This Broadcast, a new podcast debuting this month from the Peabody Awards in partnership with the Center for Media & Social Impact ​​and distributed by public media organization PRX. Featuring intimate […]

Fourth-year advertising major Kayla Freeman is driven to succeed by the community around her and the values the opportunities she’s found through the college. Read on as she shares her experience in Grady. Why did you choose your major? In my sophomore year, I made the decision to transfer from Clemson University to the University […]

It’s been an active spring of recognition for the outstanding work of graduate students at Grady College. Several students from the Grady College Graduate Studies program have been recognized for their early research contributions to the industries they will serve. “Our Ph.D. students consistently receiving awards and recognition for their teaching, research, and scholarship illustrates […]