The McGill program honors Ralph McGill's courage as editor of The Atlanta Constitution. McGill was regarded as the "conscience of the south" for his editorials challenging racial segregation in the 1950s and 1960s. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for "long, courageous, effective leadership."

Associated Press reporter to receive UGA McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage [March 5, 2012 - pdf]

ProPublica Editor Steiger to Deliver McGill Lecture [October 20, 2011 - pdf]

Current TV reporters held by North Korea win McGill Medal [March 30, 2011 - pdf]

Media Advisory: Coverage of Mexican drug war opens UGA's McGill Symposium [October 14, 2010 - pdf]

Twelve University of Georgia students selected as McGill Fellows [October 7, 2010 - pdf]

UGA awards McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage to Chauncey Bailey Project reporters [February 23, 2010 - pdf]

UGA's Grady College announces 2009 class of McGill Fellows [October 16, 2009 - pdf]

Editor of the Year to Deliver 2009 McGill Lecture [October 6, 2009 - pdf]

Jerry Mitchell to receive first McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage. [April 23, 2009 - pdf]

UGA Grady College unveils new journalistic courage Web site [January 22, 2009 - pdf]

Leading U.S. journalists to gather at UGA's Grady College [October 1, 2008 - pdf]

UGA's Grady College announces 2008 class of McGill Fellows [September 23, 2008 - pdf]

Iraq War correspondent to present UGA's 30th McGill Lecture [September 10, 2008 - pdf]

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