Visual Journalism
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Election 2022 in Photos: UGA Students Canvas for Candidates, Turnout
Students in the Advanced Photojournalism course were charged with showing the story of campaign workers during the 2022 midterm election cycle. Working with canvassers, organizers and volunteers, they researched who makes campaigns and elections happen, then spent time in the field with them. Click to experience the visual storytelling.
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Back to Perry: Visual Journalists Capture Moments from 2022 Georgia National Fair
For the eighth time, students from Grady College’s Advanced Photojournalism course spent an entire day, from the opening of the gates to the fireworks display 15 hours later, scouring the Georgia National Fairgrounds for the moments that show what the fair means to the attendees, working with coaches who gave…
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How To Engage in Multimedia Journalism
Students creating their first multiplatform reporting assignment are tasked with engaging their audience in a story that contains several aspects to fully present the narrative, but what does it really mean to shoot photo and video or produce audio and graphics — not to mention write an article? The following…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Paul Eidson
Paul Eidson, U.S. Air Force, retired Once word came in that the United States was under attack, his unit issued a Threatcon Delta, which is the highest awareness level of security for a terrorist attack, and that was the only time he experienced that call. He said experiencing 9/11 reinforced…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Kayla Bergeron
Kayla Bergeron, a 9/11 survivor, at the Special Equestrians of Georgia center in Alpharetta, Georgia “Life is fragile. It can change in a second. I went from the dream job with a view of the Statue of Liberty on the 68th floor in the north tower. And it was taken…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Bob Hart
Bob Hart, Athens artist who created a memorial trail as a tribute to those who were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks “There was still smoke coming up a month later that you could see there. It was a New York like I’d never seen before. When you’re in…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Dylan Cruz
Dylan Cruz, student veteran and employee of the Student Veterans Resource Center at the University of Georgia “When 9/11 happened, I was 8 years old. My parents sat me down and told me — from what I can remember — that things were going to be different, that things were…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Chris Huskey
Chris Huskey, U.S. Army, retired “I had a full-time job. I was actually rolling beer for Budweiser, and I looked around and I saw 40-year-old guys that were in the same position as I was as a 19-year-old kid and I was like, ‘there’s more to life than this.'” “I…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Joel Lumley
Joel Lumley, a CNC Machinist at Benchmark in Statham, Georgia “I was working at Fowler Products in Athens when it happened. It was just a normal day to start with. I was working in the office in the machine shop when somebody walked in and said an airplane had hit…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Andrew Dykes
Andrew Dykes, Captain at City of Monroe Fire Department “Ironically, I was working on an ambulance, in Chick-fil-A, when the news broke with the first plane. So I was actually working in public safety at the time. And that was, yeah, I guess it’s like every generation has their moments,…