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Editor’s Note: This feature was originally written for and published on the UGAToday website Dec. 6, 2021.   Brittney Minor began working with students when she was a student at UGA herself. She served as a resident assistant for three years while she earned her bachelor’s degree in consumer journalism. “I absolutely loved being part of campus […]

Why did you choose Grady and your course of study?  I have lived and worked in Athens for the past 15 years and met and made many good friends at Grady College during my time in the Classic City. While I have worked in journalism for 30 years, I never did study it at a […]

Alise Crittendon, an advertising student from Mableton, Ga., has been selected to the American Advertising Federation (AAF) 2022 class of Most Promising Multicultural Students. “This is one of the biggest honors I’ve received thus far because it represents everything I have been striving for: increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in the media industry,” said Crittendon. […]

When Cameron Whitlock graduated from Grady in 2011 with a degree in journalism, he had no idea where the next few years would lead him. Using the skills he learned during his time at UGA and the life experiences he gathered post-grad, he now freelances and works as a wedding videographer. In college, Whitlock said […]

Yan Jin and Brooke Fisher Liu lead FDA sponsored research to gather evidence to guide future messaging. In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) and the University of Georgia (UGA) are collaborating with researchers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and […]

Wendy Hsiao (AB ‘09) will deliver the Charge to Candidates and Eden Esemuede will be the senior speaker during the virtual Fall 2021 Grady College Convocation, available to view starting at 10 a.m. on Dec. 16, 2021. Meagan Perry, a graduating public relations student and Grady College Ambassador, has been named the University of Georgia […]

What are you passionate about?  I am passionate about storytelling. It’s one of our only modes of making a world of conflict and turmoil into one of meaning and opportunity. Honestly, I’m so fascinated by stories themselves. They are powerful because they allow for us to experience a perspective entirely different than our own.  What […]

Digital Natives, part of the Cox Institute of Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership’s Journalism Innovation Lab, is launching its second year of bringing UGA journalism students with digital news expertise into Georgia newsrooms for one week to help local journalists accomplish specific digital goals. For this 2022 cohort, the Georgia Press Education Foundation has joined forces with the University […]

Nicholas Kreitz pours a cup of coffee, exchanges a few words with his boss as they pass one another by the kitchenette and slings his backpack over his shoulder as he heads to his office. His office is in the new University of Georgia Delta Innovation Hub, a sleek renovated warehouse with high ceilings, exposed […]

Why did you choose Grady and your course of study?  I decided on advertising as my course of study by sheer luck. I came into UGA without a clear idea of what I wanted to pursue and took ADPR 3100 upon the recommendation of my advisor, who suggested it because I was interested in a […]