Athens, Georgia

What do you do after a couple of brilliant days with educators who may not all be from the south? You take them to Waffle House, of course.

Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

With a couple of closing sessions, we wrapped up the Journalism Educators Institute.

And committed to doing it again, this was awesome.

Athens, Georgia

Day two and we had folks mingling and learning at the first Journalism Educators Institute.

Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

For a dozen years, I was part of a great educators program down in Florida, co-directing it for many of those years. In the winter of 2023, they decided they didn’t want to continue it.

Knowing how valuable, if not profitable, it was, one of the other organizers and I decided to rebuild it, a joint project between the University of Wisconsin and the University of Georgia. Today, Katy Culver and I welcomed more than 50 faculty members from around the world to the new Journalism Educators Institute.

Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Friends in town, took them to the best BBQ joint around.

Athens, Georgia

Rockdale County, Georgia

Pride, I guess.

Late breakfast in Atlanta en route to an airport pickup.

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Interesting that these leaves lasted through the winter.