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AdPR Academy Celebrates Fifth Year with Virtual Academy

The Department of Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication completed the fifth annual AdPR Academy’s on May 16-20. The Academy’s mission is to amplify the power of diversity, equity and inclusion while growing the pipeline of diverse advertising and public relations professionals. To date, the […]

ESPN’s only father/daughter duo mark one-year “In Timeout” together

A University of Georgia student just marked the one-year anniversary of her podcast with a live audience on May 13. Rising junior advertising major Ally Fleming launched the “In Timeout” podcast last May alongside her father, David. In a sea of more than 1.7 million podcasts, ESPN’s only daddy/daughter duo continue to differentiate, develop creative content […]

AdPR students win multiple honors in 2020-21 academic year

Two groups of students in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations have been honored for their stellar work in the spring 2021 semester: honorable mention in the Bateman Public Relations Case Study competition and bronze for best diversity and inclusion campaign from the 2021 Bulldog PR Awards. Six public relations students received honorable mention […]

UGA Journalism Student Awarded Internship Funded by Scripps Howard Foundation

Janelle Ward, a rising senior at the University of Georgia, will intern this summer with the Athens Banner-Herald as part of a program funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation. The internship will be administered by the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass […]

Cox Institute Director Completes CTL Writing Fellowship

Dr. Keith Herndon, director of the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership, completed the 2020-21 Writing Fellowship with the University of Georgia’s Center for Teaching and Learning. Herndon joined with nine faculty colleagues from across the university to discuss and promote best practices in the teaching of writing in a […]

For EMST students, collaboration with film composers happens 6,000 miles away in Israel

The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (JAMD) is over 6,000 miles away and seven hours ahead of Athens, Georgia and the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. But that hasn’t stopped entertainment and media studies fourth-year students from working with film composing students to score their final senior films. This […]

Postdoctoral Researcher Joomi Lee wins dissertation award

Joomi Lee, a postdoctoral researcher in the Games and Virtual Environments Lab at Grady College, has won the prestigious Annie Lang Dissertation Award. The competitive award is presented annually by the Information Systems Division of the International Communication Association. Lee received the award based on the dissertation she wrote as she finished her doctoral degree […]

Industry Insights: Careers in Crisis Communication

This article was submitted by the Crisis Communication Coalition at UGA. You can learn more about it at: https://grady.uga.edu/crisis-communication-coalition/ The University of Georgia Crisis Communication Coalition hosted the Industry Insights: Careers in Crisis Communication webinar featuring Michael Gray (ABJ ’11), GE senior communications business partner and Grady Society Alumni Board member, Leah Seay, issues management […]

University of Georgia Crisis Communications Think Tank Hosts International Virtual Event

The University of Georgia (UGA) Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT), part of the UGA Crisis Communication Coalition (CCC), hosted its third annual gathering on Zoom for members and invited guests on Thursday, April 15 and Friday, April 16. The session on April 15 focused on international perspectives of crisis communication. The session on April 16 […]