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Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of a feature originally posted on UGA Beyond the Arch. To read the complete feature and see the videos and photos, visit that webpage. Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca.  All are top of mind when thinking of premier film festivals, but for film students in Georgia, Backlight is the place to […]

Noah Buice is a fifth year from Barnesville, Georgia, majoring in journalism with a Certificate in Sports Media. Noah works as a digital marketing intern for Georgia Bulldog Sports Marketing. This past summer, Noah interned for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, where he was then promoted to a producer.  Read his Q/A below. Why […]

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced the winners selected to represent the most captivating and inspiring stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2024. The winners were chosen by a unanimous vote of 27 jurors from over 1,000 entries from television, podcasts/radio and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service, and […]

For Shonté Hodnett, a Master of Fine Arts Narrative Media student, “Hidden Lines” is more than just a script she wrote for an assignment. It’s important cultural history that has a personal family connection. Hodnett was recently recognized as a quarterfinalist in the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay competition, an impressive showing for a first-time scriptwriter. […]

Cicero Independiente journalists have been named the recipients of the Rollin M. “Pete” McCommons Award for Distinguished Community Journalism. The award recognizes the group for their investigative series, “The Air We Breathe: Environmental concerns in the majority Latinix town of Cicero, Illinois,” that they reported on in collaboration with MuckRock, a non-profit collaborative new site. […]

A multidisciplinary team from the Center for Advanced Computer-Human Ecosystems (CACHE) researching public health impacts through cutting-edge immersive media technologies is the recipient of the Presidents’ Award of Distinction from the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA). The award, presented at the Georgia CTSA’s annual conference in March, is given to a research […]

It was a day for celebration, with a touch of sentimentality, as alumni, faculty and friends of Grady College gathered for Grady Salutes on April 25, 2025. For the second year in a row, Grady Salutes took place over lunch on the Schnitzer Family Media Lawn in front of the College that means so much […]

Camden Flinn is a third year entertainment & media studies major from Decatur, Georgia. He is set to graduate in May 2026. Flinn now serves as the president of the Backlight Film Festival, after holding the role of programing coordinator. He is also an active member of the Entertainment Media Industries Club and contributes to […]

A recently published wine book from two Grady faculty members earned a silver award in the Nonfiction Book Awards sponsored by the Nonfiction Authors Association. “Wine Conversations: Exploring Meaning, Mystery and Myth” was produced by Keith Herndon, author and interviewer, along with Charlotte Varnum, editor. The book, featuring 16 interviews with prominent wine industry experts, […]

University of Georgia students participated in new research studies on digital misinformation and won prizes at the spring 2025 What the Hackathon. The event was sponsored by the What the Hack podcast, hosted by Adam Levin, and offered more than 40 students guidance on how people interpret and respond to misinformation online, drawing from current […]