Blog Archive
Lance Porter named King Distinguished Professor in Advertising
Lance Porter (MA ’98, PhD ’02), a leading scholar and practitioner in digital marketing and internet strategy, has been named the inaugural Karen W. and Daniel J. King Distinguished Professor in Advertising. Porter will join the faculty in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations in Fall 2024. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Lance […]
Profiles of Tenacity: Siena Miyamura
Siena Miyamura is a fourth-year entertainment and media studies student. Siena Miyamura is a fourth-year entertainment and media studies student. She encourages students to go outside their comfort zones and seek new opportunities. Why did you choose your major? I originally came to UGA as a marketing major and added EMST simply because it sounded […]
Students combat election misinformation at What the Hackathon
As the U.S. continues through another election cycle, University of Georgia students learned how to identify and combat election-related misinformation at the spring 2024 What the Hackathon. The event was sponsored by the What the Hack podcast, hosted by Adam Levin. Students learned how fake online content deepens political divisions while eroding trust in democracies […]
The Peabody Awards and Center for Media & Social Impact launch “We Disrupt this Broadcast”
Quinta Brunson, Damon Lindelof, Ramy Youssef, Pamela Adlon, Charlie Brooker, and more medium-defining industry showrunners and writers are the featured guests on We Disrupt This Broadcast, a new podcast debuting this month from the Peabody Awards in partnership with the Center for Media & Social Impact and distributed by public media organization PRX. Featuring intimate […]
Profiles of Tenacity: Kayla Freeman
Fourth-year advertising major Kayla Freeman is driven to succeed by the community around her and the values the opportunities she’s found through the college. Read on as she shares her experience in Grady. Why did you choose your major? In my sophomore year, I made the decision to transfer from Clemson University to the University […]
Grady College graduate students earn recognition
It’s been an active spring of recognition for the outstanding work of graduate students at Grady College. Several students from the Grady College Graduate Studies program have been recognized for their early research contributions to the industries they will serve. “Our Ph.D. students consistently receiving awards and recognition for their teaching, research, and scholarship illustrates […]
Kim Landrum’s teaching practices, career and favorite local food
Listen to the full episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Kim Landrum is a senior lecturer in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at Grady College and the program director for the Summer Studio Creative Portfolio Program. She teaches Social Media Content and Production, Integrated AdPR Campaigns, and Podcast Branding and Production, among other courses, at the […]
Journalism Innovation Lab team finishes third in national innovation competition
The Journalism Innovation Lab’s second student innovation team, from the University of Georgia’s Cox Institute of Innovation, Management and Leadership, finished in the top three teams in the nation in the 2024 Reynolds Journalism Institution Student Innovation Competition. It is a UGA team’s highest placement ever, and the students involved — journalism majors Sarah Fredrickson, Allison […]
Profiles of Tenacity: Sophie Difusco
Fourth-year student Sophie Difusco is a leader in and out of the classroom. From her involvement in Grady organizations to student-run nonprofits, her passion for serving the UGA community shines through. Why did you choose your major? During my freshman year, I signed up for the UGA Mentor Program and was matched with a former […]
NMI students create study app for Apple Vision Pro
The app, Tranquil Study, was one of the first 600 applications available on Apple Vision Pro’s app store on the day the product was released. It was last summer, June 2023, when Jack Forthman first heard that Apple, his favorite tech company, was going to release Apple Vision Pro. He immediately sent a Slack message […]