Mount de Sales Academy, a Catholic private school in Macon, Georgia, has announced that award-winning journalist Ed Grisamore will join the faculty for the 2026–27 academic year as a journalism and mass communications teacher.

Grisamore brings more than four decades of experience as a journalist in Macon and Middle Georgia. He has written for The Macon Telegraph and currently contributes weekly columns to The Macon/Monroe County Reporter. He previously taught journalism at Stratford Academy and served as advisor to The Cavalier Chronicle at Mount de Sales.

He is the recipient of the 2024 John Holliman Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and has earned multiple first-place awards from the Georgia Press Association.

Grisamore said he believes journalism is one of the most valuable liberal arts disciplines a school can offer.

“It’s not just one class but a dozen classes going on at the same time,” Grisamore said. “There is no textbook. Our classroom is the campus and community. No two days are the same. That’s what I love about it.”

Grisamore will teach a Journalism and Mass Communication course. The course objective is to teach mass communication skills to curious, enthusiastic and hard-working young people. Students learn to write, research and report stories, generate ideas, interview, photography, videography, broadcasting, podcasting, website layout and design, advertising/public relations/marketing, social media savvy and ethics. Journalism provides amazing opportunities for team building.

“I have had students go on to major in journalism in college and find careers in the field,” Grisamore added. “But even if they don’t work in journalism, I see journalism in their work.”

“Ed Grisamore has spent a lifetime telling the stories of Macon and Middle Georgia, and that experience will be an incredible gift to our students,” said Emily Brown, upper school head. “He brings not only professional expertise in writing and journalism, but also a deep understanding of people, community, and the importance of paying attention to the world around you.”