“Hotel Rwanda” Screening Benefits Sudanese Victims

Written by Eric Holder, University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations department head, the Peabody Awards

ATHENS, Ga. — A capacity crowd of 500 packed the University of Georgia Tate Theater last week to watch a special 35mm pre-release screening of “Hotel Rwanda,” and support the Sudan programs of Amnesty International and the International Crisis Group.
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International media professionals to meet at UGA for the Inaugural Peabody Seminar to discuss “Global Implications of Media Industry Consolidation”

Written by Eric Holder, University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations department head, the Peabody Awards

Athens, Ga. — The Peabody Center for Media and Society at the University of Georgia`s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will convene the inaugural Peabody Seminar at UGA Nov.

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Peabody Awards Archive staff discover lost episode of “The Jackie Gleason Show” featuring “The Honeymooners”

Written by Eric Holder, University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations department head, the Peabody Awards

 

Athens, Ga. – Within its massive collection of radio and television programs, staff in the Peabody Awards Archive at the University of Georgia has discovered a new “lost episode” of the acclaimed television comedy “The Honeymooners.”
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VIACOM/MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation Named Recipients of the Peabody/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award

Written by Eric Holder, University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations department head, the Peabody Awards

New York – Monday, May 17, 2004 at the 63rd Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon hosted by Katie Couric, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, it was announced that Viacom/MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation’s “Know HIV/AIDS and Fight for Your Rights: Protect Yourself Campaigns” have been awarded the prestigious Peabody/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Programming.
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THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO IN NEW YORK CITY: LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT

Written by Eric Holder, University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations department head, the Peabody Awards

Announcement Available Via Live Satellite Video Feed and Webcast

WHAT:

64th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards winners announcement, honoring excellence in electronic media in 2004

The Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals.… read more