Department of Journalism, Grady College, University of Georgia

Department of Journalism, Grady College, University of Georgia For more than 100 years, the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has been a leading force in journalism education.

The Journalism major prepares students for jobs in news organizations including broadcast and multimedia reporting, writing, editing, and producing. Journalism majors work in photojournalism, video journalism, social media, web and publication design, media innovation and entrepreneurship, and news management. Students learn to find and tell stories that matter on multiple platforms for a variety

of audiences. They develop storytelling skills in audio, visual and written forms. They learn what makes a story important, how to gather credible information, and how to present it in the most effective way while balancing the ethical and legal needs of news organizations and audiences. Internationally acclaimed alumni include print and broadcast journalist Charlayne Hunter Gault and Tom Johnson, former publisher of the Los Angeles Times and former head of CNN. Journalism graduates edit, report, publish and produce at major news organizations, including ABC, NBC, Barrons, Financial Times, Hearst magazines, The Washington Post, USA Today, and the New York Times. Other graduates have leading positions as publishers, photographers, videographers, presentation editors, freelancers, bloggers and creators of online media. Some have found careers producing nonfiction entertainment programming such as documentaries and program series for cable networks and other digital distributors in sports, science, animals, food and travel. Graduates also attain success in public relations, law and business. Journalism students participate in experiential learning as part of their degree program and through internships, study abroad, and work at campus media. Each Journalism major graduates with a digital portfolio that highlights work done at Grady Newsource (the daily newscast) and gradynewsource.uga.edu, and in extracurricular work at UGA’s independent newspaper The Red & Black, the campus magazine UGAzine and a variety of media organizations both on and off campus. Students enrolled in the Grady master’s program pursue careers as working journalists, media analysts, and researchers. They can specialize in Health and Medical Journalism. They can earn a certificate in media industry research. Students enrolled in Grady’s new and unique Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in Narrative Media Writing learn to write nonfiction books for national and international audiences.

Ten percent of the 20 best photos from the Women's World Cup (according to SkySports) were made by students - includin...
08/24/2023

Ten percent of the 20 best photos from the Women's World Cup (according to SkySports) were made by students - including the lead by Katie Tucker and the levitating goalie by Jessica Gratigny.

Our Advanced Photojournalism class spent the day at the Georgia National Fair on Saturday. Thirteen students were coache...
10/12/2021

Our Advanced Photojournalism class spent the day at the Georgia National Fair on Saturday. Thirteen students were coached by six pros, tasked with not showing what the fair looks like, but what it means.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a gallery of their work today.

This workshop was funded by the Don E. Carter and Carolyn MacKenzie Journalism Excellence Fun.

For the last eight years, students in the Advanced Photojournalism course at the University of Georgia’s College of Journalism and Mass Communication have headed down to Perry for a long day covering the Georgia National Fair. Starting at 7:30 a.m., the students spread out across the fairgrounds t...

Each year, students and faculty nominate someone for the department's Teacher of the Year. We didn't get to celebrate wi...
09/08/2021

Each year, students and faculty nominate someone for the department's Teacher of the Year. We didn't get to celebrate with Lori Johnston last spring, so we did it today. Prof. Johnston spent years helping the department as an adjunct and now serves as a Lecturer of Journalism.

Our new partnership with The Bitter Southerner already producing amazing results!
08/31/2021

Our new partnership with The Bitter Southerner already producing amazing results!

Legendary journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault brings past and present civil rights leaders to the forefront of her guest editor week.

The Department of Journalism will be partnering with the Athens Banner-Herald/OnlineAthens.com to launch the Athens Equa...
12/08/2020

The Department of Journalism will be partnering with the Athens Banner-Herald/OnlineAthens.com to launch the Athens Equality Lab next year. Funding to hire two journalists is coming from Report For America.

The Athens Banner-Herald will receive a grant from Report for America to develop the Athens Equality Lab, which will focus on equity, diversity and inclusivity issues.

Thursday night, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar is going to have a session for students about getting work and netwo...
11/11/2020

Thursday night, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar is going to have a session for students about getting work and networking. The panel is pretty great - Maura Friedman, UGA alum and photo editor at National Geographic; Ryan Carty, UGA alum and a recruiter for Facebook and former senior recruiter for Tegna; Victor Hernandez, Executive Editor at Cascade Public Media; Sandra Brown, Senior Editor, Visuals at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The seminar this year is all online and free. Details at

Schedule, Information and Registration for the 2020 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

Faculty from the Department of Journalism try to gather for lunch each month. Sometimes it’s just a few, sometimes it’s ...
02/16/2020

Faculty from the Department of Journalism try to gather for lunch each month. Sometimes it’s just a few, sometimes it’s a crowd, but it’s always filled with idea sharing and laughter.

With professors Karin Assmann, Lori Johnston and Amanda Bright.

Picture editing and sequencing exercises in the Photo Cave with the Documentary Photojournalism students. Each student w...
02/16/2020

Picture editing and sequencing exercises in the Photo Cave with the Documentary Photojournalism students. Each student was assigned one building to document for a Sense of Place assignment, then they worked in teams to sequence the 12 images into a logical flow.

On a Tuesday, students in one of the Introduction to Photojournalism classes were out on the front lawn of Grady working...
02/15/2020

On a Tuesday, students in one of the Introduction to Photojournalism classes were out on the front lawn of Grady working with their cameras. Two days later, the tornado sirens went off and those same students headed out of the Photo Cave and into the halls to cover the news as a building-full of staff, faculty and students sought shelter on the first floor.

For the second year, students in Grady’s photojournalism program met their counterparts from the University of Tennessee...
04/13/2019

For the second year, students in Grady’s photojournalism program met their counterparts from the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga in downtown Dahlonega for an Instagram Shootout. They were given two challenge words and 90 minutes to post photos on Instagram, then two judges scored the teams.

The trophy is now adorned with two red Georgua stripes for our back-to-back victories. Head over to Instagram and search the hashtag to see the work.

If it's spring and we're in rural Georgia, it must be the Woodall Weekend Workshop. This year we have 18 students and ei...
03/31/2019

If it's spring and we're in rural Georgia, it must be the Woodall Weekend Workshop. This year we have 18 students and eight professionals working as coaches in Lumpkin County for three days of visual storytelling and exploration.

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