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A pitch focusing on reviving in-person student activism in a digital age won the  University of Georgia’s spring 2024 Beat Story Pitch Competition. The competition allows students in the Reporting I course, which has 160-180 students each semester, to practice the story pitch process, providing first-hand experience in the preliminary research, interviewing and planning that […]

Grady College is proud to announce the recipients of the Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy Award, the Darwin Davis Award, the Vera Penn Staff Award for Excellence and the Teacher of the Year awards. Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy Award Below are the recipients of this year’s Diversity and Inclusion Award. Both winners, at the graduate student […]

Editor’s Note: Grady College convocation can be viewed via this video on YouTube. A list of Spring 2024 graduates can be viewed on our Graduation webpage. Please view these photo albums for pictures of the Spring 2024 Convocation: Convocation Candids Graduate Students Advertising Graduates EMST Graduates Journalism Graduates Public Relations Graduates For a class of […]

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced the 34 winners elected to represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2023. The winners were chosen by a unanimous vote of 32 jurors from over 1,100 entries from television, podcasts/radio, and the web/digital in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public […]

Paige Searles is a fourth-year advertising student with a certificate in new media. She encourages students to seek mentorship by joining the UGA Mentor Program and reaching out to professors. Why did you choose your major? I have always been creative and loved bringing my ideas to life, but I never considered pursuing it as […]

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced that Mel Brooks, the award-winning actor, comedian, writer, and director whose career has spanned over seven decades, has won the Peabody Career Achievement Award; and that Quinta Brunson, the award-winning writer, producer, actor, and comedian, has won the Peabody Trailblazer Award. Both awards were selected by unanimous […]

Grady College’s Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) partnered with the Terry College of Business and UGA Executive Education on a crisis readiness program for business leaders on Friday, April 12, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. The program included presentations about proactive crisis management strategies, how legal and risk management interact, the complexities of technology, media training […]

It was a beautiful day on the Schnitzer Family Media Lawn as more than 125 guests celebrated the 2024 Grady Alumni Award winners and Grady Fellowship inductees during the annual Grady Salutes event on April 26, 2024. Alumni Award winners:  Fellowship Inductees: As the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Grisamore was also inducted into […]

Students in Ralitsa Vassileva’s Reporting IV capstone course spent the semester reporting on issues related to sustainability. Individually, their written features covered wide-spread topics like recycling oyster shells, the need for a pain-based weather forecast and composting as a way to reduce climate change, among others.  But collectively, they took their assignment one step further […]

Anna Womack, a graduating public relations major from Cartersville, Georgia, has been named the distinguished senior speaker for the Grady College Spring Convocation.  Graduating students will be honored during Convocation ceremonies on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, beginning at 2 p.m. at The Classic Center’s Grand Hall. Graduates will have their names read in front of […]