{"id":287,"date":"2019-01-25T14:29:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T19:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prod.cci.utk.edu\/migrate\/adpr\/2019\/01\/25\/adpr-alum-behind-some-of-your-favorite-stories\/"},"modified":"2019-01-25T14:29:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T19:29:16","slug":"adpr-alum-behind-some-of-your-favorite-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/adpr\/2019\/01\/25\/adpr-alum-behind-some-of-your-favorite-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"ADPR Alum &#8220;Behind Some of Your Favorite Stories&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/adpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/Chris_Grabenstein.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Grabenstein\" title=\"Chris Grabenstein\" style=\"float: left\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\"><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 60px\"><em><em>&nbsp; New York Times<\/em> bestselling author Chris Grabenstein earned his BS in communication in 1977 from the College of Communication and Information. While attending the University of Tennessee,&nbsp;&nbsp; Knoxville, the Chattanooga native acted in dozens of plays and contributed to the <em>Daily Beacon<\/em> as an editor, columnist, and cartoonist. It was this experience that propelled him to a stellar&nbsp; professional career.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.utk.edu\/s\/1341\/alumni\/interior_alumni.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=11862\">Read more here.<\/a><em> <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein earned his BS in communication in 1977 from the College of Communication and Information. While attending the University of Tennessee,&nbsp;&nbsp; Knoxville, the Chattanooga native acted in dozens of plays and contributed to the Daily Beacon as an editor, columnist, and cartoonist. 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