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Covering the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia would be a dream opportunity for most college journalists. For a group of University of Georgia sports media and visual journalism students, it’s reality. Seventeen students, accompanied by three faculty members, will cover World Cup group-play matches in July and early August for The Associated Press. AP […]

Grady College students will work side by side with documentarians in the field under an exciting new experiential learning partnership with the World War II Foundation. Five Grady College students and Sanghoon Lee of the MFA Film, Television and Digital Media faculty will travel to France this summer to serve as production assistants for a […]

Lynsey Addario has been named the recipient of the 2023 McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage, awarded by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Addario is an American photojournalist who has been covering conflict, humanitarian crises and women’s issues around the Middle East and Africa on assignment for The New York […]

Spring 2023 Grady College graduates were celebrated by family, friends, faculty and staff at a Convocation ceremony May 10, 2023, at the Athens Classic Center. More than 450 graduate and undergraduate students are graduating from the College this semester including more than 50 Ph.D. and Master’s students, nearly 100 advertising students, nearly 90 from the […]

Before Erina Lambeth set foot on campus, she knew she wanted to earn a degree from Grady College. She used the skills and knowledge garnered at the University of Georgia to launch a successful career in communications. Her experience includes all facets of internal and external communications, change management, marketing and community relations. Today she […]

Several Grady College faculty and graduate students will present their research at the annual International Communication Association Conference May 25-29, 2023. The conference takes place in Toronto. Among the highlights are the presentations of two Outstanding Dissertation Awards: one to Denetra Walker, assistant professor of journalism, and one to Solyee Kim, lecturer in public relations. […]

Grady College is proud to announce the recipients of the brand new 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 first-ever recipients of the Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy Award. Each winner – […]

The majority of U.S. parents accept the recommended vaccine schedule for their children. But new research from the University of Georgia suggests vaccine hesitancy among a small but significant percentage of Americans doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon. The study reviewed recent published data and studies on vaccination rates and acceptance from […]

As partner and head of creative at entertainment and brand content studio BARK BARK, Daniel Sattelmeyer (ABJ ’08) leads and supports a talented team of more than 25 media industry professionals in strategy, creative, production, design and post across the country, making award-winning series, documentaries, promos, commercials and content pieces for the world’s top brands, […]

Robby Thomas (ABJ ’04) is the vice president and general manager of WIS-TV, a television station in Columbia, South Carolina, affiliated with NBC. Born and raised in rural Nahunta, Georgia, the work ethic Thomas learned on his family’s farm helped him graduate magna cum laude with a degree in advertising from Grady College, where he also anchored […]