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There is a synergy to Lauren Musgrove’s life that makes her busy schedule feel supported and aligned. Musgrove not only teaches, but she is also a co-founder of a woman-owned production studio called Purple Magnet Productions, and she directs films. She recently directed, co-wrote and produced her first feature film, “Ugly Sweater,” which has been […]

Kelsie Pearson is a senior Journalism major with a certificate in Entrepreneurship from McDonough, GA. She is deeply involved with campus life serving asthe President of Society of Entrepreneurs, represented UGA at the SEC Pitch Competition, took second in the UGA Venture Prize Pitch Competition and is the Founder and CEO of Sisterhood of the […]

When politicians commit a scandal, they try all sorts of different ways to fend it off.  Researchers from Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Communication at The University of Miami tried to crack the code on the most effective crisis communication for a politician who misbehaves.  They conducted experiments testing […]

Brown James is a third-year Ph.D. student and lecturer at Grady. Using primarily qualitative methods, his research focuses on the intersection of news media and the American political and legal systems. Brown also studies the interactions and relations between news media and the U.S. military. Before coming to UGA, Brown served as a court coordinator […]

Each semester, Grady College selects four students to be Yarbrough Fellows. Madden Callahan, Shannon Lorusso, Lila Maiolo and NaYoung Song have been named as the 2024 Yarbrough Fellows. The Yarbrough Fellows program offers Grady College students the opportunity to gain communications experience while serving the College. Callahan and Lorusso are Yarbrough-Grady Communications Fellows, working with […]

Vicki Freimuth, a pioneer in health communications and founding director of the Center for Health and Risk Communication at UGA, died Oct. 20, 2024, at her home outside Cincinnati. She was 80 years old. Freimuth served as director of communication for the Centers for Disease Control for nearly eight years, after which she joined the […]

Cole Doherty is a senior advertising major with a business minor and music business certificate from St. Louis, MO. Cole is deeply involved in campus life, serving as Co-President of the UGA Pickleball Club, a member of UGA Spirit, a Digital Dawg, and a Grady Ambassador. Why did you choose your major? Choosing advertising was […]

University of Georgia students interacted with expanded and new Google tools for finding disinformation and won prizes, including Cox Institute medals, at the fall 2024 What the Hackathon.  The event was sponsored by the What the Hack podcast, hosted by Adam Levin, and offered students guidance from a Google News Initiative trainer on leveraging these […]

Sihao “Max” Zhou (MA ’23) is a Ph.D. student concentrating in public relations. His research interests are health and science communication, social media data analytics and the framework of U.S. and international countries’ news coverage. Zhou recently received the 2024 Spring Cision Insights Fellowship for his research on how personalization algorithms shape consumer perceptions of […]

Transferring to a new college comes with its own set of challenges. Grady students offer advice to incoming transfers. Featured in this piece are Alexia Rule, a fourth-year public relations student, Madeline Parker, a fourth-year public relations student, and Olivia Wilson, a fifth-year Journalism student. Grady College: What advice would you give other transfer students? […]