Visual Journalism
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2026 Election
PHOTO GALLERY: Early Morning of Election Day 2026 in Athens
The polls opened at 7 a.m. this morning in Athens for Election Day 2026. The photojournalism students were there at 6:15 a.m. It was dark. Street lights lit poll workers placing “Vote Here” signs around the Athens-Clarke County Library and Clarke Central High School, which turned into polling stations for…
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Visual Journalism
Momentos of Home
Students in the advanced photojournalism course captured two photos — a portrait of a first-year student at the University of Georgia and one object that student brought from home. These freshmen were also asked what they hoped to accomplish in their first year in Athens. See and read their stories…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Alum Uses Journalism to Prepare Youth
Rick Dunn enrolled in the University of Georgia in 1971, and he said he faced adversities for being a Black student at a predominantly white institution during his time at UGA. He ended up leaving college and started working as a radio host for WXAG — for more than 30 years. Later,…
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Doing Journalism
The Lead: Daniella Zalcman on reimagining documentary photography
Daniella Zalcman is an award-winning documentary photographer with work in National Geographic Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and in The New York Times — just to name a few places. She joins The Lead to discuss how photojournalists can reimagine documentary photography to tell compelling stories, the inspiration…
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In-Depth
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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In-Depth
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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In-Depth
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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In-Depth
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…