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What a Time at Warner Bros. Discovery!
The NMI recently adventured to Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in Atlanta for our first in-state site visit of the academic year. We began the day with a tour of WBD’s broadcast studios, most of which are used for their sports league partnerships. Our students even sat in the chairs that belong to Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie…
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Introducing Small Talk 101
Friday, February 21, 202510:30A – 12:30PThe Water Tower in Buford Through our hit Professional Fridays series, the NMI has gathered years of feedback from industry partners about what traits help graduates land jobs. One common request is the development of soft skills. They need employees who can work on a team, solve problems, and demonstrate…
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Inspiring Young Journalists to Leverage AI
The NMI’s Lauren Baggett took part in the Georgia Scholastic Press Association (GSPA)’s annual conference on October 24, presenting to young journalists on the opportunities and pitfalls of integrating AI into their work. Lauren provided a brief overview of generative AI and discussed some of the existing AI tools reporters and content creators can use to brainstorm, refine, and…
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A Journey Into the Future at TEDNext
This month, Curator Isabella Martinez represented TEDxUGA at TEDNext 2024, a transformative five-day experience focused on professional and personal growth. The TED conference included collaborative workshops with worldwide TEDx organizers, interactive discovery sessions, and over 45 inspiring TED Talks. One impactful moment for Isa was Adam Munder‘s TED Talk on inclusivity, where he demoed OmniBridge, a venture that uses AI to…
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NMI Buds Take Beantown
We are still buzzing from our recent site visit to Boston where NMI students had the opportunity to learn from professionals at DraftKings and iRacing. On day one, we toured DraftKings, a leader in fully-online sports broadcast content creation. Our day included a meeting with UGA alumnus Jonathan Bell, who shared how he works with data to predict customer…
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Lauren Baggett
Director of Communicationslbaggett@uga.edu Once NMI fam, always NMI fam. Once a graduate assistant, Lauren has come full circle to rejoin the NMI as a full-time faculty member and Director of Communications. As a graduate assistant from 2015 to2017, Lauren wrote the NMI newsletter, worked with Megan to get students work and world ready in Digital…
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Web Dev Workbook Gets a Boost
An NMI faculty team of John Weatherford, Chris Gerlach, Tyler Mazurek, and Kyla Sterling were selected to receive an $8,500 Affordable Learning Georgia Continuous Improvement Grant to revise and enhance its OER (Open Educational Resource) for the NMI’s Web Development course. OERs are free-to-access materials used for teaching, learning, assessment, and research purposes. The NMI has long made use of these types of…
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NMIXpert: Sarah Walker
Xpertise: Design Xpert Hours: T 7:00-9:00P Sarah Walker, swalker15@uga.edu, is in her second year of the Emerging Media Master’s program at the University of Georgia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina. After completing her undergraduate studies, Sarah moved to Athens to further her education with the NMI.…
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NMIXpert: Erica Techo
Xpertise: UX/UI Xpert Hours: R 2:00-3:00P, F 2:30-3:30P Erica Techo is a second-year EM student set to graduate in Spring 2025. Erica is the Director of Marketing & Communications for UGA’s College of Public Health, and this is her second master’s program. She previously studied English and political science as a undergraduate at UGA before getting…
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NMIXpert: Torin Smith
Xpertise: Design | Web Dev Xpert Hours: T 8:00-10:00A, R 8:00-10:00A Torin has been involved with the NMI for two years as an Emerging Media Double Dawg. He plans to start the EM Masters program in the Summer of 2025. Torin is a fourth-year journalism student graduating in December 2024. He is also in the Sports…