Blog Archive

As the 2024 Election draws near, the influx of news reports, social media posts and rhetoric about the political candidates intensifies. The biggest question is, ‘what information is accurate, and what is not?’ An in-depth collection of studies of disinformation, or inaccurate information that is deliberately shared in the election cycle, is the subject of […]

De’Ondre Harris is a fourth-year journalism major in the public relations Double Dawgs program. He is a Grady College ambassador, studio intern for The Bert Show and a student bus driver for UGA Transit. He encourages all students, especially transfer students, to take advantage of resources and opportunities presented throughout their college experience. Why did […]

Tyra Hill knew when she heard Charlayne Hunter-Gault (ABJ ’63) talk about the Giving Voice to the Voiceless grant last year, she had to apply. Hill had attended the Holmes-Hunter Lecture with Hunter-Gault and Helene Gayle, president of Spelman College, when she first heard about the grant. “I was looking at the stage at these […]

Woody Lofton is a master’s candidate in Journalism and Mass Communications from Albany, Georgia. He is actively involved in Graduate and Professional Scholarships (GAPS) and serves as a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. He is set to graduate in the spring, marking the next step in his career journey. Read on to […]

In September, the Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication launched its inaugural international programs in the Netherlands. On Sept. 19, a team of CCTT U.S. members and partners led a crisis readiness executive workshop in Rotterdam based on a collaboration between the University of Georgia and Erasmus University […]

Speaking with eloquent prose through a deep voice, Wright Thompson described his new book, “The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi,” to an attentive audience at the Morton Theatre on Oct. 1. “This is an incredibly heinous murder, but the truth about it has remained virtually unknown,” Thompson said of the revisionist […]

Alissa Huelsman-Bell (BSED ’90, MED ’02) can’t get enough of the University of Georgia. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in middle school education and a master’s degree in instructional technology, she spent much of her career teaching in schools around the Athens area. However, after her youngest son was born, Huelsman-Bell decided she needed a […]

For over 100 years, the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has served as a destination for students building careers in journalism, media, advertising, public relations, and more. In recent years, the college has added new facilities to help researchers investigate how people process information and messages, the effects of virtual reality immersion, […]

The Grady College Department of Advertising and Public Relations is thrilled to celebrate its 10th annual AdPR Week from Oct. 7-10, 2024. This year’s AdPR Week will feature panel discussions, presentations, networking opportunities and a week-long giving campaign designed to inspire and equip the next generation of communicators. A highlight of the week is the […]

Davia Allen is a fifth-year Public Relations and Social Entrepreneurship for Consumer Well-Being double major from Blakely, Georgia. She is actively involved in the Morehead Honors College, serves as an Ambassador for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, works as a UGA CURO Undergraduate Researcher/Presenter for UGA’s Human Nutrition Lab and holds leadership roles […]