Welcome to the November e-newsletter Alumni Award nominations close Dec. 31
The deadline to nominate outstanding alumni for the 2022 Grady College alumni awards is Friday, Dec. 31.
Four awards are presented each year to successful alumni who have made significant contributions to their professions since leaving UGA. The 2022 Alumni Award winners will be honored at Salutes: a celebration of achievement, commitment and leadership on Friday, April 29 at Athens Cotton Press.
The John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award honors sustained contributions to the profession throughout a career.
The Mid-Career Awards honors a graduate who has been influential in his or her field.
The John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award recognizes a graduate of the last decade who has experienced a successful early career.
The Distinguished Scholar Award honors a graduate for excellence and sustained contributions to scholarship in journalism and mass communication education.
Journalism students to play integral role in saving community newspaper
Grady College journalists are teaming with alumni to rescue a 148-year-old weekly newspaper in nearby Oglethorpe County with the help of an innovative experiential learning project.
Within hours of hearing that the county newspaper, the Oglethorpe Echo, was announcing its final publication, Dink NeSmith (ABJ ’70) created a plan to save the newspaper. The centerpiece of the plan includes senior journalism students, who will learn in a working community newsroom.
Beginning last month, Andy Johnston (ABJ ’88, MA ’21) assumed the role of managing editor, mentoring the students in planning, writing and editing. Johnston served more than 30 years as a writer and editor of local newspapers, including the Athens Banner-Herald, where he was sports editor from 2003 to 2007. He also served as editorial adviser for The Red & Black in 2018 and as a sports adviser from 2019 to 2020. He is currently a part-time journalism instructor at Grady College.
Local students visit UGA through program started by alumnus
A group of Clarke County School District students recently visited the College through MEU Radio Athens, an initiative created by Rick Dunn (ABJ '93) in 2017.
Dunn is CEO and executive producer of the program that introduces radio and broadcasting skills to fifth- to 12th-grade students and encourages them to graduate from high school.
The students’ visit to UGA included talks from current students, faculty, staff and other professionals in the journalism and broadcasting fields and explored the importance of higher education and career possibilities. |