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Rosalind Bentley produces new documentary focused on Valerie Boyd’s life and research into Black women writers

September 30, 2024

Valerie Boyd, biographer of Zora Neale Hurston, Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and creator of the Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Nonfiction program, is the subject of a posthumous documentary produced in part by fellow nonfiction mentor Rosalind Bentley.

Stories Like Sandwiches: Mentor John T. Edge on the South, Good Food, and the Importance of Sharing Diverse Narratives

August 28, 2024

"Compared with dinners that unspool like novels, the best sandwiches, eaten on the fly, are short stories, swift and smart and telling," writes John T. Edge, a mentor in UGA's Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Nonfiction program. "Good sandwiches make good memories." And Edge knows something about memories, and how to craft them into compelling narratives.

It’s podcast season at UGA

May 1, 2024

It’s podcast season at UGA! Check out these Bulldog-led channels that make it their mission to educate while inspiring their peers through storytelling. Georgia on your Mind: This Emerging Media capstone project allows students to apply skills from their courses in web development, user experience, app development,…

The Peabody Awards Are Moving to Sunny California

March 4, 2024

This year, the famous Peabody Awards ceremony will be hosted in Los Angeles for the first time in its 84-year history. Previously hosted in New York City, this year's ceremony will take place at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on June 9th in LA.

Short-form Journalists Turns Author

February 1, 2024

What is your X factor? Explore what makes you exceptional and develop it. Grady Alum Polina Marinova Pompliano shares how she uncovers news-worthy subjects' X factors.

Low-Residency visiting writers infuse podcast content.

September 5, 2023

One of the many benefits of the Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Media Writing are the two required, on campus residencies over the course of the program. These two 8-day residencies allow students to immerse themselves in an intensive writing environment and provide students with the opportunity to build a…

The Peabody Awards – An Honor Like No Other

May 16, 2023

The Peabody Awards is an honor like no other with a history like no other. Housed at University of Georgia’s Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Peabody Awards celebrate excellence in entertainment in documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, youth, and public service programming. The awards are presented…

MFA Nonfiction Alum Fulfills Dream

April 13, 2023

Tracy Coley graduated in 2019 from the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Narrative Media Writing with a concentration in Narrative Nonfiction. She is the former editor of the local lifestyle publication Boom Magazine, teaches undergraduate journalism part-time at the University of Georgia and recently launched Lucky Dog Press,…

UGA alumna values flexibility in Low-Residency MFA

November 17, 2020

Samantha Bresnahan graduated from UGA in 2018 from the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Narrative Media Writing program. Bresnahan pursued this degree while working for CNN International in their global features unit, where she has produced and written special programs and documentaries for 11 years.  “I’ve had…

MFA Student Lands Book Deal First Year in the Program

August 6, 2020

Pursuing a graduate degree at UGA had been a desire of Brandon Fleming’s for some time. Initially, he wanted to continue his studies in English or Social Science, however, he was recruited by Valerie Boyd, Director of UGA’s Narrative Nonfiction MFA program. “We connected in another capacity and…