Reporter Annotations
Grady students are producing journalism, but also reflecting on what makes quality reporting. Reporter annotations allow others to see inside the reporting process.
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ANNOTATED: Behind the Scenes of Newsource at 5
On Monday and Wednesday evenings, students in the Newsource broadcast capstone class create Newsource at 5. Over the course of each half-hour show, the broadcast journalism students watch the television packages they’ve spent the day assembling, take turns serving as the anchors and critique their work after the show. However,…
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ANNOTATED: A New Era: Number of Female Politicians Grows in Athens
One of Sydney Fordice’s goals for this story was to bring awareness to the changes in the political atmosphere in Athens. The amount of women in office make Athens a “progressive pocket” among many small conservative cities in Northern Georgia, according to Fordice, and her she explains the process…
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ANNOTATED: LGBTQ Representation In Government And The Driving Force Behind It
Representation has been vital to our government since the inception of the United States. With almost 1,000 LGBTQ people in office across the country, that number would need to rise to about 30,000 for the community to be proportionately represented. Senior journalism student Vesper Henry discuses the reporting process for…
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5 Ways to Use Video to Tell the Story
Storytelling is important in any journalistic story, but video showcases emotions in a way that words sometimes cannot. Hannah Gaber, winner of a 2021 Religion News Association award for her short video, Oakwood Baptist Church hid a pastor’s disturbing secret from its congregation, offers insight on using video to…
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ANNOTATED: Sustainable Solution for Green Pollution: How Nonnative Privet Impacts Georgia
Transcript The iconic hedges that surround Dooley Field at UGA’s Sanford Stadium are a symbol of the University of Georgia. But did you know they aren’t Georgian at all? They’re an invasive plant species called Chinese privet, and today I’m joined by Laura Lenz to discuss the reporting process for…
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ANNOTATED: The Struggles Of Graveyard Workers During COVID-19
Riley Armant is a graduate journalism student at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
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ANNOTATED: BikeAthens: Laying Foundations For Transportation
BikeAthens is a nonprofit that runs a bike repair, education donation and redistribution program. Listen to Caroline Odom to discuss her process covering the organization. Transcript Hi, I’m Alex Aneau, a journalism graduate assistant at Grady college. BikeAthens is a nonprofit that runs a bike repair, education donation and redistribution…
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ANNOTATED: Sam Perez Talks About Covering the Athens Area Diaper Bank
Riley Armant is a graduate journalism student at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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ANNOTATED: Protests on Masks, Vaccines at the University of Georgia (Twitter Thread)
Listen to the audio reporter annotation below to learn about the process that Grady Newsource reporter Shaelyn Carroll and digital producer Ballard Ackaway used to report on the demonstrations for and against mask and vaccine mandates on the UGA campus on the week of Sept. 13. They discuss the…
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ANNOTATED: How Madison County Residents Successfully Lobbied Legislators Over Pollution Concerns
Listen to the audio reporter annotation below to learn about the process that Grady Newsource Reporter Jared Gilstrap used to report on his hometown, contact government officials, and utilize audio and video clips to enhance a story. Crysta Jones is a graduate student in emerging media at the Grady College of…