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This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience.   Tristin Byrd is a fourth-year double dawg public journalism student interned with Home Depot as a Federal Government Relations intern as a part of the  Grady D.C. program.  Read on as she provides insight into what this internship […]

Grady College is proud to welcome three new tenured/tenure-track members to its faculty, enhancing its research expertise in the effects of digital media, AI and social media on human behavior and in the media landscape. Three scholars are joining the Department of Advertising and Public Relations: Joshua Cloudy, Mengqi Liao and Lance Porter. “The Department […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience.   Alanna Jacob is a fourth-year journalism student working with ESPN as a Production Intern. Read on as she provides insight into what this internship looks like. Briefly describe your internship and its associated responsibilities. As a Production Intern, […]

Keith Wilson, assistant professor in entertainment and media studies, has been selected to join the 2024 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  “I’m still surprised and honored to be invited to join the Academy in the 2024 cohort full of so many film artists I have long admired,” said Wilson. “My career has been a […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience.   Shweta Krishnan is a third-year journalism and political science student working for DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice as a General Intern. Read on as she provides insight into what this internship looks like. Briefly describe your […]

The film industry is thriving in Athens, Georgia, as evidenced by the 2022 opening of the new Athena Studios; growing momentum of the UGA MFA in Film, Television and Digital Media program; and now the inaugural Athens Film Festival. Several UGA faculty and MFA Film students will screen films and lead discussions during the festival […]

This is part of a series where we ask Grady College students to describe their internship experience.   Jack Little is a second-year journalism and sports media student working at Mansfield Town Football Club as a Media Intern. Read on as he provides insight into what this internship looks like. Briefly describe your internship and its […]

Nearly 70 middle and high school students from around the country explored Grady College majors firsthand during the Summer Media Academy in June.  Broadcast journalism students produced a newscast and multimedia journalism participants wrote articles for a news website. Participants in the advertising and public relations session crafted a mock campaign for Athens Area Humane […]

Faculty and graduate students from Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will present research, serve as panelists and network with other educators at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference. The 2024 conference takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 8 – 10, 2024.  Several faculty and graduate students will be honored […]

It is with bittersweet emotions that we recognize the retirements of two professors—one who has led students into the future through teaching new media technologies and the other who has educated international journalists about applying the principles of freedom of speech and an independent press in their work.     Emuel Aldridge, a senior lecturer in […]