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The Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is a college within the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States. Established in 1921, the Grady College is accredited by the
Grady College consists of three departments: Advertising and Public Relations (ADPR), Journalism (JOUR) and Telecommunications (TELE) - and provides instruction at undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare students for careers in advertising, broadcast news, magazines, newspapers, new services, photojournalism, publication management, public relations, telecommunications and new media.
Degrees offered by the college include:
Grady offers seven different majors, including:
college houses the following centers and institutes for research and education:
The school also operates WNEG-TV, which UGA acquired on Oct.
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The Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is a college within the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States. Established in 1921, the Grady College is accredited by the
Journalism Program
The Grady College consists of three departments: Advertising and Public Relations (ADPR), Journalism (JOUR) and Telecommunications (TELE) - and provides instruction at undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare students for careers in advertising, broadcast news, magazines, newspapers, new services, photojournalism, publication management, public relations, telecommunications and new media.
Degrees offered by the college include:
Grady offers seven different majors, including:
Research Programs
The college houses the following centers and institutes for research and education:
The school also operates WNEG-TV, which UGA acquired on Oct. 15, 2008.
History of Grady College
The Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication was named after one of its alumni (May 24, 1850 – Dec. 23, 1889).
Shortly after gradutaing from the University of Georgia, with a bachelors degree in 1868, he left Athens and worked for several different newspapers. The combination of Henry W. Grady's alumni status, his editorial position and his Athens birth, motivated the renaming of the journalism school at the University of Georgia.
Dean History
Steadman V. Sanford taught the first journalism course at UGA in 1913. Sanford eventually went on to establish the college’s journalism school in 1921 and served as the journalism school’s director until becoming the president of Franklin College and dean of the University in 1926.
, the second graduate of the journalism program in 1922, succeeded founder S.V. Sanford as director of the journalism school and accepted the position of dean when it was created in 1940. That same year he helped create the Peabody Awards.
Since Drewry's retirement in 1969, the school has had five deans: Warren K. Agee (1969-1975), Scott M. Cutlip (1975-1983), J. Thomas Russell (1983-2000), John Soloski (2001 -2005) and E. Culpepper "Cully" Clark in 2005.
Peabody Awards
Grady College established the George Foster Peabody Awards Program in 1940 and has since administered the award to recognize outstanding achievements in electronic media.
Prominent Alumni
Grady College alumni are working in all aspects of the media and include Pulitzer Prize, Emmy and Peabody Award winners.
Some prominent Grady alumni include:
- Jack Avrett (1950) - Chairman of Avrett, Free, and Ginsberg, New York. Former Chairman of the American Advertising Federation.
- Dennis Berry (1966) - President and COO, Cox Enterprises Inc.
- Deborah Blum (1976) - Winner of a 1992 Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting in science and technology.
- Ernest Camp, Jr. (1927) - Founder of the Society of Professional Journalists.
- Maxine Kasselman Clark (1971) - CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop
- Cathy Cox (1980) - Secretary of State for the state of Georgia.
- Jackie Crosby (1983) & Randall Savage (1972) - Winners of a 1985 Pulitzer Prize for their in-depth examination of academics and athletics at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Donald A. Davis (1962)- Former UPI reporter and White House correspondent. New York Times bestselling author of 15 books including the O.J. Simpson bestseller Fallen Hero, The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and JonBent.
- Lee Duffey, Jr. & Jenny Neal Duffey (1976) - Founders of Atlanta-based Duffey Communications
- Lewis Grizzard (1984) - Best-selling author, humorist and syndicated newspaper columnist whose column appeared in more than 400 newspapers nationwide.
- Brenda Hampton (1972) - Creator and executive producer of the award-winning series "7th Heaven". Also the creator and/or producer of "Fat Actress," "Mad About You," "Safe Harbor," and "Daddy's Girls" and was a writer for "The John Larroquette Show," "Blossom" and "The Love Boat: The Next Wave."
- John Holliman (1970) - Late correspondent for CNN where he covered the Gulf War as one of the "Baghdad Boys."
- Betty Hudson (1971) - Senior vice president of communications at National Geographic Society. Former senior vice president of corporate communications and executive producer of NBC Productions.
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault (1963) - One of two students who integrated UGA in 1961, and the first black woman to anchor a national television newscast on the PBS MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. She is now CNN International bureau chief Johannesburg, South Africa
- Josh Jackson (1994) - Co-founder/editor of Paste magazine.
- Tom Johnson (1963) - Former chairman of the CNN News Group. Former publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Times Herald.
- Randy Jones (1977) - CEO of Capital Publishing Inc. and founder of Worth magazine.
- Tom Lasseter (1999) - Award-winning correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers. Embedded with U.S. Marines during Fallujah campaign and covered Iraq's election and its aftermath.
- Earl Leonard (1958) - Former senior vice president for publc affairs for the Coca-Cola Company.
- Eric McClam (1999) - Associated Press reporter in New York whose notable stories include coverage of the Martha Stewart trial, profiles of Jessica Lynch and Ted Turner, and a series of pieces on the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
- Gene Methvin (1955) - Retired senior editor of Reader's Digest.
- Julie Moran (1984) - First woman to anchor "ABC's Wide World of Sports". Former weekend anchor and correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight".
- Powell Moore (1959) - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs.
- Dink NeSmith (1970) - President of Community Newspapers, Inc.
- Deborah Norville (1979) - Former 48 Hours reporter and Today Show co-host. Current host of the television magazine Inside Edition.
- Steve Oney (1979) - Los Angeles-based writer/author whose work has appeared in many national magazines. His book 'The Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank' was named the Best Book of 2004 by the American Bar Association.
- Don Perry (1974) - Vice president of public relations, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
- Deborah Roberts (1982) - Correspondent for ABC News' 20/20.
- Sam Starnes (1989) - Director of media relations, PR Newswire
- Tommy Tomlinson (1994) - Award-winning columnist for The Charlotte Observer. Work appeared in 'Best Newspaper Writing 2004.'
- C. Richard Yarbrough (1962) - Managing director of communications for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.
- Harry Chapman (news anchor) (1967) - Anchor WTVF (NewsChanel5) Nashville, Tennessee. Host of "Talk of the Town". Host of "Words and Music". 2001 CMA Media Achievement Award.
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