Blog Archive

InternViews is a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience. Max Redmond is a second-year advertising major from Macon, Georgia. This year, he’s spending his summer as a public relations and social media content intern at See Spark Go, an integrated public relations, creative and marketing agency in Athens. Read more […]

There is little that speaks to authenticity more than practicing what you teach. David Fortune is teaching MFA Film students about short film screenwriting this summer, and at the same time, he is celebrating the nationwide release of his debut feature film “Color Book.” The film, for which Fortune served as director and screenwriter, premiered […]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Grady College have announced a new fellowship program that will unlock new learning opportunities for UGA students and add the AJC’s journalistic expertise into the curriculum. “We’re simply thrilled to formalize the longstanding partnership with the AJC,” said Charles N. Davis, dean of Grady College. “This is such an important partner […]

InternViews is a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience. Emma Gleason is a fourth-year advertising major from Atlanta, Georgia. This year, she’s spending her summer as a brand strategist intern at Ogilvy, an advertising, marketing and public relations agency in New York City. Read more about her internship experience below. […]

The “Wines We Drink” podcast produced by Grady faculty Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum received two Awards of Distinction in the 32nd Annual Communicator Awards. The podcast was recognized for its lifestyle content in the individual episode category, while Herndon and Varnum were cited in a category for Best Co-Hosts. With thousands of entries received […]

Nearly 68 years after graduating from the University of Georgia with a journalism degree, Beverly Copen still uses skills she learned in school in her everyday life. “The first thing I learned is how to question and how to listen carefully, then reflect and not always do the talking,” Copen said. “I thought of myself […]

The Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) at the University of Georgia convened its 2026 CCTT Asia-Hub annual symposium in Hong Kong on May 29–30, 2026, hosted by Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and in partnership with Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). The two-day program, themed “READINESS & GOVERNANCE in Crisis Management: Navigating Challenges in Digital, […]

The first time Jennifer Duck saw Jeffery Ames’ passion project “Requiem for Colour;” it was essentially a home-video recording. After finishing it, she said she immediately felt it deserved a broader audience and wanted to help make that happen.  The effort Duck, a clinical associate professor of journalism at Grady College, put in paid off when she […]

Several Grady College faculty and staff were recognized for outstanding service during the 2025-2026 academic year at an end-of-semester celebration on April 28. Teachers of the Year are recognized by each department at Grady College and are annually selected by peers based on excellence in the classroom and student feedback. Congratulations to the following faculty […]

Three Grady College journalism students in the Griffiths Innovators program received third place nationwide and earned the fan favorite award at a national competition through the Reynolds Journalism Institute on April 30, 2026.  Shad McMillan, Makenna Reavis and Maura Potvin, in partnership with WSB-TV, developed an asynchronous online program called Bridge to train social media influencers (referring […]