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Grady College is proud to announce honorees for its annual alumni awards, recognizing alumni who have established a tradition of service and achievement in their careers. Alumni Award recipients will be recognized at the College’s annual recognition event, Grady Salutes: A Celebration of Achievement, Leadership and Commitment on Friday, April 29, 2022. Inductees into the […]

The Peabody Awards, the oldest and most prestigious awards honoring stories that matter in broadcasting and streaming media, announced that it will recognize winning projects—all to be hand-picked by an expanded, accomplished cohort of jurors—from its newest category, Digital and Interactive Storytelling, on March 24, 2022 at 10 a.m. PST/ 1 p.m. EST,  via peabodyawards.com. […]

  The Betty Gage Holland award winner for 2021 took a particularly thorny issue — medical billing and health care costs — and made it, according to one award judge “easy for an audience to understand.” The Indiana Daily Student’s October 2021 story “In the dark: Transparency rule fails to shed light on costs for IU Health […]

The Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership recognized its 2022 class of Levin Leaders by presenting the students with the Institute’s Leadership Medal. The 2022 Levin Leaders are: Nimra Ahmad, Spencer Donovan, Thomas Ehlers, Madison Franklin, Sydney Fordice. Emily Garcia, Caroline Kurzawa, Katherine Lewis, Kathryn Skeean, Brieanna Smith, Kyle Soto, Palmer Thombs, DeAundria […]

AEJMC panel discussion focuses on ethics in the profession David Clementson, assistant professor of public relations at Grady College, was an invited speaker at a panel teaching other public relations professors how to help their students get good jobs in the industry. The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Public Relations division […]

Why did you choose Grady and your course of study? I chose to study journalism because I developed a love for storytelling while in grade school. I love talking to people and getting to know more about what makes them who they are. I also love sports and how they bring people together. The idea […]

What does the word “tenacity” mean to you? For me, tenacity means always staying positive when facing tough circumstances or situations. The most important difference I found between human beings and animals is that we are born to be adaptable. I came to the U.S. two years ago across the Pacific Ocean with two suitcases. […]

Beverly Kievman Copen’s (ABJ ‘58) life has been defined by choice. Choosing to be bold, choosing to step away and choosing the path that led her to a successful 60+ year-long career as an entrepreneur, photographer, speaker, author and a true trailblazer for women in the professional space.  Copen’s first big choice came when she […]

Fundraising campaign honoring storytelling for the voiceless launches with gift from Charlayne Hunter-Gault, matching funds from UGA president University of Georgia groundbreaker and alumna Charlayne Hunter-Gault (ABJ ’63) will celebrate a milestone birthday this Sunday, February 27, 2022. In honor of her 80th and in tribute to her dear friend, the late Valerie Boyd, Charlayne […]

Ken Foskett, an award-winning investigative journalist and acclaimed author, is the 2022 Industry Fellow with the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership at the University of Georgia. As the Industry Fellow, Foskett will engage with students through classroom lectures, presentations with student organizations and will coach students involved in the […]