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Northeast Georgia News
Harnessing the Sun: How Residential Solar Tackles Family Emissions
Hartwell, Georgia resident Patricia Burrows owns a completely self-sustaining home and feels proud to be a solar energy homeowner. “By going solar, the greatest benefit is to the environment. We are no longer using fossil fuels, which the electric companies use to then generate the electricity and send it to…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Students Struggle With Lack of Reliable Transportation Options
As the clock strikes 8:50 a.m., thousands of students pour out of their dreaded Monday morning classes. For many, the day goes from bad to worse when they see that the bus stop is crowded. Adding insult, seating is limited after the rush of students squeeze through the bus doors. …
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: How A UGA Physicist Builds On A Century Of Knowledge To Research The ‘Impossible’
Quantum computers have the power to make calculations that would take our current technology thousands of years to perform, but how are they made? Why are they important? And how does the language we use help our readers join in the conversation? Science journalist Alaina O’Regan answers these questions and…
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Doing Journalism
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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Doing Journalism
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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Education
Professor Uses Twitter to Challenge Status Quo
Professor Janet Frick’s recent Twitter activity has been noticed by news outlets who have included her opinions about the University System of Georgia mask mandate and January’s runoff election in their coverage. The associate professor in the psychology department at UGA has been on Twitter since 2010, but Frick…
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Education
Media Literacy: You Think You Know More Than You Do
John Weatherford, a senior lecturer at the University of Georgia’s New Media Institute, talks to David Velez about the importance of media literacy in today’s digital age. David Velez is a senior majoring in journalism, minoring in sport management, and earning a Certificate in Sports Media in the…
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Education
The Balancing Act: How One UGA Student Juggles Being Full-Time Student and Entrepreneur
It’s 10 a.m., and Abbie Alf heads to her kitchen with a list detailing orders for the week. Dressed in her favorite baking attire, an oversized white T-shirt and black leggings, she pulls back her long, brown hair into a ponytail. A cheerful smile flushes across her face despite her…
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Athens-Clarke County
Kids In America: Athens Art Program Opens New Opportunities
As high school arts budgets continue to see cuts across the nation, a teacher reopens the door to creativity for young people in the Athens area with Youth Space 2021. This free, youth-led arts intensive and social practice program is housed in classrooms and gallery spaces at the University of…
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COVID-19 Coverage
Jaylen Black Recounts Her Last Days In U.S. Capitol Before COVID-19 Closures
Jaylen Black, a University of Georgia alumni, tells her story about being an up-and-coming professional in the U.S. Capitol. Working as a communication fellow in the office of then-Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond, her success was halted due to increased COVID-19 cases in the Washington D.C. area and many business…