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Editor’s note: this is the fourth and final piece in a series of Grady College alumni profiles celebrating Black History Month. Reggie Hicks (ABJ ’80) takes pride in being first. He was the African-American to serve as membership director for Georgia Public Broadcasting, the first African-American to produce a call-in information program on public radio […]

The Giving Voice to the Voiceless Fund, created to support projects that shed light on unattended societal problems and promote social justice and global understanding, has named three 2019 grant recipients and two honorable mention recipients. Abha Rai, Sarah Warui and a team composed of Laural Hiatt, Heather Pieper and Yolanda Machado will receive money to […]

Even though Cylla Senii (ABJ ’13) is known today as a writer, director, producer and actor, she uses her major from Grady College—advertising—every day. Senii has found success early in her career as the woman-of-many-hats of a weekly show called “Situationships,” which can be found on all of the BET digital platforms. She credits her […]

Editor’s Note: #GradyGrit is a new series of profiles of Grady College students who show determination, leadership and outreach to the community. Search “#GradyGrit” on the Grady College website for additional profiles. What made you choose advertising? I initially did not want to be an advertising major; I preferred public relations, but when I applied to Grady […]

Editor’s Note: #GradyGrit is a new series of profiles of Grady College students who show determination, leadership and outreach to the community. Search “#GradyGrit” on the Grady College website for additional profiles. Why Grady? I actually applied to Grady as a transfer from Kennesaw State, because the EMST degree really offered the best option for a […]

Students to conduct media relations for the nation’s first Public Affairs Communications program The University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication announced the selection of two new Tieger Fellows for the spring of 2019: Madison Gable and Anna Leigh Herndon. The Tieger Fellowship supports the mission of the College’s first-in-the-nation Public Affairs […]

Mentors often remind college students to maintain the bonds and relationships built during years on campus. Usually, they remind an audience how current classmates will be important to each other’s stories after college. This was especially true for Ben Bolton (ABJ ’14), from Savannah, Georgia, and Paula Rotondo (ABJ ’14), from Marietta, Georgia, who first […]

Editor’s note: this is the second in a series of Grady College alumni profiles celebrating Black History Month. For University of Georgia alumni Everett Long (MA ‘10), February’s celebration of Black History Month embodies black excellence. As a black man in the public health industry, Long’s unique perspective helped shape his career aspirations. Starting in […]

Editor’s Note: #GradyGrit is a new series of profiles of Grady College students who show determination, leadership and outreach to the community. Search “#GradyGrit” on the Grady College website for additional profiles. Why did you choose Grady? I chose Grady because I knew it would prepare me with the skills I needed to be a strategic […]

Editor’s note: this is the first in a series of Grady College alumni profiles celebrating Black History Month. Monica Pearson can be seen delivering the Holmes-Hunter Lecture on Feb. 7, 2019, at 2 p.m. at the UGA Chapel. Her face, along with her voice, is one of the most recognized in Atlanta. When Monica Pearson […]