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100-Year-Old UGA Football Memorabilia Put on Display Preceding Homecoming Game
Sports
October 19, 2019
100-Year-Old UGA Football Memorabilia Put on Display Preceding Homecoming Game
Herschel Walker. Rodrigo Blankenship. These names may ring a bell. On Oct. 15, there was an exhibit that took fans back more than 100 years in Georgia football history with memorabilia such as Walker’s 1982 helmet and Blankenship’s 2018 jersey and cleats. The Exhibit In 2019, “goat” means the “greatest…
Warrior Farms
In-Depth
October 19, 2019
Warrior Farms
Daniela Rico is a senior majoring in journalism in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. This story was produced during the 14th Annual Woodall Weekend Workshop in Dahlonega, Georgia.
Former Escaped Oconee County Jail Inmate is Now Parole Eligible
Criminal Justice
October 18, 2019
Former Escaped Oconee County Jail Inmate is Now Parole Eligible
A larger discussion of parole for inmates serving life sentences began recently in response to a text post on the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page about Aaron Wright’s parole eligibility last Thursday. For background, most inmates become eligible for parole after serving at least one-third of their prison sentence.…
Mandi Woodruff, Content Director at LendingTree and Grady Alum: Guest Curator for September 2019
Doing Journalism
October 18, 2019
Mandi Woodruff, Content Director at LendingTree and Grady Alum: Guest Curator for September 2019
To further our mission to talk about process and quality in journalism, each guest curator has highlighted what he or she sees as the “don’t want to miss” pieces posted to Grady Newsource that month, along with some constructive reflection about the journalism. About This Month’s Guest Curator Mandi Woodruff…
ANNOTATED: UGA Invests $2 Million Into Campus Safety
Doing Journalism
October 18, 2019
ANNOTATED: UGA Invests $2 Million Into Campus Safety
Watch this video annotation as Skylar Nicholson describes the process of using multimedia journalism to tell a recent story on UGA’s investment into campus safety. Jonathan Crandall is a graduate student in journalism at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
A Year’s Work Pays Off at Georgia National Fair for 2019
In-Depth
October 17, 2019
A Year’s Work Pays Off at Georgia National Fair for 2019
Not everyone heads to the Georgia National Fair to unwind; for some, it’s the culmination of a year’s worth of work. Raising crops and creatures, Georgians compete to see who has the best cow, whose goat stands proudest. For some, it’s a joyous moment as the early mornings pay off.…
Democratic Debate Coming to Georgia: Expert Says State May Turn Purple
In-Depth
October 16, 2019
Democratic Debate Coming to Georgia: Expert Says State May Turn Purple
The fourth Democratic presidential debate happened last night in Westerville, Ohio, but the fifth, on Nov. 20, will be held in Georgia. Why Georgia? Georgia has a strong potential to become purple state, according to University of Georgia Political Science Professor Charles Bullock. This is due to the close gubernatorial…
UGA to Name College of Education After First African-American Graduate
Diversity
October 16, 2019
UGA to Name College of Education After First African-American Graduate
The University of Georgia’s College of Education will be named after the first black graduate from the university, Mary Frances Early. As part of the university’s Black History Month celebration, the naming ceremony will take place in February 2020. Early attended the university as a graduate student and earned a…