Blog Archive

Recent graduate Olamide Ogunjobi (AB ’20) was recently named one of the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF)  Most Promising Multicultural Students. She and about 50 other students from across the country participated in the program’s virtual session in late January. “Ola is one of the most hard-working, deserving honorees I have ever had the pleasure of […]

Why did you choose Grady and your course of study? I chose Grady because I had an interest in science communication, but wanted to focus on writing, rather than the actual science. I also enjoyed design work and wanted to work on that skill. What has been your proudest moment in the past year? My […]

Jonathan Peters, associate professor of journalism, is one of three University of Georgia faculty members named a recipient of the Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes outstanding instruction by faculty members early in their academic careers. Peters teaches communication law courses to undergraduate and graduate students and has a […]

Editor’s Note: Taylor Potter and Ana González are BEA Best of Festival winners. Their television pilot script won out of all first place winners in the student category. They will split the $1,000 prize. Students in Grady College’s Department of Entertainment and Media Studies  won big at the Broadcast Education Association’s creative competition, Festival of Media Arts.  Fourth-year […]

As we approach April 1, 2021, we wish Lessie Smithgall a happy 100th birthday. Read this 2021 interview with Smithgall, published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. If it was not for Lessie Smithgall, the Peabody Awards may not be at the University of Georgia. Or, the awards may not be around at all. In a year […]

What has been your proudest moment in the past year? Being an Orientation Leader for virtual orientation last summer is one of the accomplishments that I’m most proud of. Working with New Student orientation at UGA has been my dream since I attended my own first-year orientation session in 2017. I knew one day that […]

Mikaela Cohen, a graduate assistant for the Cox Institute, recently earned the Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing. Cohen completed the online training program through the Poynter Institute’s News University in partnership with the American Copy Editors Society. Cohen completed the training as part of an independent study course with Dr. Keith Herndon, director of the […]

Community, local and national journalists can turn to Covering Poverty for tips, tutorials, resources and inspiration to write and report on people and poverty-related matters. The University of Georgia Journalism Innovation Lab, a student project of the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership, relaunched the updated website at a new url — coveringpoverty.uga.edu — […]

Grady College proudly announces the appointment of Glen Nowak as the college’s new associate dean for research and graduate studies. Nowak, a professor of advertising and director of the Center for Health & Risk Communication, assumes the new role as current associate dean, Jeff Springston, takes on a new role of Director of MFA Programs. […]

Why did you choose Grady and your course of study? I came to UGA as a political science major. And I love politics, but I just felt like there was something missing in my coursework. Did I want to add journalism or international affairs? And then – lo and behold – Twitter of all places […]