Ed Morales

  • Director of Communications, Office of Marketing and Communications
E302 Ivester Hall
eduardo.morales@uga.edu (706) 542-5143

Biography

Worked in most every aspect of newspapers, magazines and online media: Covered beats in news, sports and features; wrote sports, feature and opinion columns; designed pages for all departments; created and edited websites for news publications; led a sports desk, national wire desk, copy desk, news desk and newsroom.

Education

  • MA, Mass Media Communications, University of Georgia, candidate 2025
  • BA, English, University of Maryland-College Park, 1990

Awards, Honors, and Recognition

  • Community Building Award, Terry College of Business · Dec 2021
  • Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion, University of Georgia · April 2020
  • Investigative reporting, second place, Issued by Georgia Press Association · Jan 2016
  • Page 1 design, first place (shared with Bill Stewart), Issued by Georgia Press Association · Jan 2016
  • Page 1 design, first place, Issued by Georgia Press Association · Jan 2015
  • Feature writing, first place (shared with Rachel Bowers), Issued by Georgia Press Association · Jan 2014
  • Headline writing, first place, Issued by Georgia Press Association · Jan 2014
  • Sportswriting, first place, Issued by Georgia Associated Press · Jan 1993
  • Sportswriting, first place, Issued by Georgia Press Association · Jan 1992

Service

• Staff Representative Group, Terry College of Business, chair 2022-2024, member 2020-2024
• University of Georgia Staff Council, 2022-2024; committee chair for Belonging and Community Committee, 2023-2024
• Terry Faculty and Staff Advisory Board, 2020-present
• Local School Governance Team, Johnnie Lay Burks Elementary, chair 2021-23, secretary 2023-2024

Prior Professional Positions

  • Editor, Terry magazine, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, 2017-2021
  • Editor in Chief, Athens Banner-Herald, 2015-2017
  • News Editor, Athens Banner-Herald, 2013-2015
  • Editorial Adviser, The Red & Black, 2006-2013
  • Assistant News Editor/National Wire Editor/Page Designer/Copy Editor, The Palm Beach Post, 1998-2005
  • Sports Copy Desk Chief/sportswriter, The Tallahassee Democrat, 1997-1998
  • College football reporter, Centre Daily Times, 1995-1997
  • News Editor, The (Milledgeville) Union-Recorder, 1994-1995
  • Assistant Sports Editor, The (Milledgeville) Union-Recorder, 1992-1994
  • Soccer columnist, copy desk clerk, The Washington Times, 1990-1991