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Jonathan Peters recognized with Russell Award
Jonathan Peters, associate professor of journalism, is one of three University of Georgia faculty members named a recipient of the Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes outstanding instruction by faculty members early in their academic careers. Peters teaches communication law courses to undergraduate and graduate students and has a […]
Four students earn top awards at 2021 BEA Festival of Media Arts
Editor’s Note: Taylor Potter and Ana González are BEA Best of Festival winners. Their television pilot script won out of all first place winners in the student category. They will split the $1,000 prize. Students in Grady College’s Department of Entertainment and Media Studies won big at the Broadcast Education Association’s creative competition, Festival of Media Arts. Fourth-year […]
Happy Birthday to Lessie Smithgall
As we approach April 1, 2021, we wish Lessie Smithgall a happy 100th birthday. Read this 2021 interview with Smithgall, published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. If it was not for Lessie Smithgall, the Peabody Awards may not be at the University of Georgia. Or, the awards may not be around at all. In a year […]
#ProfilesOfTenacity: Suzanne Kebanli
What has been your proudest moment in the past year? Being an Orientation Leader for virtual orientation last summer is one of the accomplishments that I’m most proud of. Working with New Student orientation at UGA has been my dream since I attended my own first-year orientation session in 2017. I knew one day that […]
Cox Institute Graduate Assistant Earns Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing
Mikaela Cohen, a graduate assistant for the Cox Institute, recently earned the Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing. Cohen completed the online training program through the Poynter Institute’s News University in partnership with the American Copy Editors Society. Cohen completed the training as part of an independent study course with Dr. Keith Herndon, director of the […]
Cox Institute Journalism Innovation Lab Relaunches Online Poverty Reporting Toolkit
Community, local and national journalists can turn to Covering Poverty for tips, tutorials, resources and inspiration to write and report on people and poverty-related matters. The University of Georgia Journalism Innovation Lab, a student project of the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership, relaunched the updated website at a new url — coveringpoverty.uga.edu — […]
Glen Nowak named associate dean for research and graduate studies
Grady College proudly announces the appointment of Glen Nowak as the college’s new associate dean for research and graduate studies. Nowak, a professor of advertising and director of the Center for Health & Risk Communication, assumes the new role as current associate dean, Jeff Springston, takes on a new role of Director of MFA Programs. […]
#ProfilesOfTenacity: Jake Strickland
Why did you choose Grady and your course of study? I came to UGA as a political science major. And I love politics, but I just felt like there was something missing in my coursework. Did I want to add journalism or international affairs? And then – lo and behold – Twitter of all places […]
John Huland Carmical Sports Media Institute established at University of Georgia
Sports media education, already a signature program at the University of Georgia, is expanding with the establishment of the John Huland Carmical Sports Media Institute. The Carmical Sports Media Institute will give UGA’s undergraduate Sports Media Certificate program a home base and a distinct brand as well as the resources to increase student support and […]
Grady students adapt EMST club to handle COVID-19 changes
When The Industry was created in the fall of 2018, then-freshmen Ashton Bruce and Emily Minnick had no idea they’d be running the club in the middle of a pandemic during the last semester of their college career. The Industry provides a variety of opportunities for students to connect with each other as well as […]