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McGill Fellows selected for 2019 Symposium
Twelve students have been named McGill Fellows by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The class, selected by a faculty committee for their strengths in academics, practical experience and leadership, includes 10 journalism majors, one PR major and one graduate student. The McGill Fellows are: Gabriella Audi, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania Yash Bhika, Cartersville, […]
Deputy general counsel for The New York Times to give the 41st McGill Lecture
The New York Times top newsroom lawyer, David McCraw, will address fake news at the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s 41st McGill Lecture. McCraw will deliver “Fake, Fake News: The Press, The President and the Future of the First Amendment,” Nov. 13, 2019, at 4 p.m. in room 150 of […]
Health and Medical Journalism students report on coronavirus
When four Introduction to Health and Medical Journalism students sat around a table with several intensive care unit nurses, infection preventionists and public relations professionals at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center on February 27, 2020, they were discussing the possibility of coronavirus coming to the area. The discussion at the time was hypothetical. Little did […]
Trusting News project expands research and training through Grady College partnership
Trusting News, a project intended to empower journalists to earn consumers’ trust, is adding research and training support from a partnership with Grady College. The Trusting News project, which was founded at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, has worked with more than 50 news outlets since […]
Tyler Wilkins awarded first Krensavage-Knight Scholarship
Tyler Wilkins, a fourth-year journalism and political science double major, is the first recipient of the Krensavage-Knight scholarship. The annual scholarship goes to a senior journalism student and is provided by Michael Krensavage (ABJ ’89, MBA ’90) and his wife, Mary Krensavage. The scholarship is named for David Knight who was Michael Krensavage’s beloved journalism […]
#GradyGrit: Meet Hayden Schwartz
What motivates you? I am extremely motivated when I see a tangible change has been made that positively affects a mass quantity of people, especially at the university level. When I see students take chances that implement this positive change, it in turn motivates me to do the same. I believe indecisiveness is extremely inefficient […]
Grady student selected to participate in the 2020 Roger Hatchuel Student Academy
Gracie Blount, a junior advertising major, was selected as one of three U.S. students to participate in the Roger Hatchuel Student Academy at the 2020 Cannes Lions Festival. Due to COVID-19, this year’s festival has been canceled, but participants are invited to be a part of the Academy next year. The Roger Hatchuel Student Academy […]
Gibbons named Grady’s Abney Award recipient
Grady College is proud to announce Austin Gibbons, a senior from Stone Mountain, Georgia, is the recipient of the 2020 George M. Abney Honors Award. Gibbons will graduate in May with majors in public relations and political science. The Abney award is presented by Grady College annually to the senior who has achieved the most […]
Grady Entertainment & Media Studies students win multiple awards at the 2020 GCA Student Film Festival
Grady EMST students won four statewide awards at the Georgia Communication Association sponsored 2020 Student Film Festival. To honor award recipients, an awards dinner and ceremony took place on Friday, Feb. 21, at the GCA 90th Annual Convention at Georgia Highlands College in Cartersville, Georgia. Among the winners, Kiana Washington won first place for her documentary, “Breaking […]
How local and national news editors cover a pandemic
Grady College asked news managers with experience in local and national media how outlets should cover the coronavirus pandemic. Bob Furnad is 50-year veteran in broadcast news production and management with ABC and CNN among others on his resume. He served as president of CNN Headline News before retiring He also was a visiting associate […]