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  2. Posts By Hillary Tune
Alumni Lelan Statom in a suit and an orange and white striped tie, smiling, in front of Channel 5's newsroom.

Nashville Broadcast Meteorologist, CCI Alum Lelan Statom Recognized with Alumni Professional Achievement Award

September 26, 2023 by Hillary Tune

Lelan Statom (‘86) has always been a weather nerd. When he was in middle school, he never missed a forecast, and he had his own weather station in the backyard. Fast forward a few decades, and Statom was honored by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Alumni Board of Directors with an Alumni Professional Achievement Award […]

Filed Under: Alumni News, Featured Story, Impact Stories, News, School of Journalism & Media

Four Fellows Named for CCI’s Information Integrity Institute

September 21, 2023 by Hillary Tune

Four inaugural Information Integrity Institute fellows have been selected from among the faculty at the College of Communication and Information, one from each school and all of whom are already conducting research that falls under the institute’s scope: “I wanted to have representation from the schools and also a mixture of rank from full professor, […]

Filed Under: CCI Research & Innovation Center, Faculty News, Featured Story, News, School of Advertising and Public Relations, School of Communication Studies, School of Information Sciences, School of Journalism & Media

Curt Anderson sits to the left of his son, Ty Anderson, at a table with a laptop in front of them.

PhD Student Finds the Magic in Communication Studies

September 15, 2023 by Hillary Tune

From left: Curt and Ty Anderson When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Curt Anderson’s career as a professional magician came to an abrupt stop. It was time for him to pull a new kind of trick out of his hat, and a suggestion from a professor at the University of Alabama encouraging Anderson to finish his […]

Filed Under: DEI News, Featured Story, News, School of Communication Studies, Student News

NPR’s Rob Stein to Speak at Hill Lecture Series Oct. 19

September 12, 2023 by Hillary Tune

When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged and took over the world, it also took over the news. Behind many of those stories keeping a quarantined public informed were science journalists such as Rob Stein, award-winning journalist, correspondent, and senior editor on NPR’s science desk. Stein is the featured speaker for this year’s Hill Lecture Series 7-8 […]

Filed Under: Events, Featured Story, News, School of Journalism & Media

CCI alumni Peyton Manning and Barry Rice stand together in an office

CCI Alum, VFL Film’s Barry Rice Retires After 34 Years

September 8, 2023 by Hillary Tune

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s football team has been recording games since the 1920s to scout and evaluate performances. They started by using 16mm film but in 1989 a decision was made to switch to video—which posed a bit of a problem, since no one knew how to use the video editing equipment that had […]

Filed Under: Alumni News, Featured Story, School of Journalism & Media

Students listen as Peyton Manning joins Associate Professor John Haas in the Communication Studies capstone course class.

Peyton Manning Joins First Class as CCI Professor of Practice

August 28, 2023 by Hillary Tune

After the recent announcement that Peyton Manning (’97) was named a professor of practice for the College of Communication and Information, the CCI alumnus dipped his toes into his new profession as teacher and joined a Communication Studies class for a Q&A session with his former instructor and advisor, Associate Professor John Haas, Monday.  The former […]

Filed Under: Alumni News, Faculty News, Featured Story, News, School of Communication Studies, Student Experience Stories

A booklet from CCI Convocation that says "CCI Successes"

CCI Welcomes 11 New Faculty this Fall

August 24, 2023 by Hillary Tune

Eleven new faculty have joined the College of Communication and Information this year, ready to add their expertise, scholarship, and instruction to their respective schools, the college, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Here’s a little bit more about them: The School of Communication Studies  Lecturer of Practice Abigail Barnes Barnes comes to the school […]

Filed Under: Faculty News, Featured Story, News, School of Advertising and Public Relations, School of Communication Studies, School of Information Sciences, School of Journalism & Media

Dean Joe Mazer speaks to CCI faculty and staff at the 2023 Convocation

CCI Celebrates Faculty Promotions at Convocation

August 23, 2023 by Hillary Tune

The College of Communication and Information honored seven of its faculty who earned promotions this year at the 2023 CCI Convocation. The work these faculty do, in their research, classrooms, and service work, will continue to make an impact on their fields and on future generations to come. Here’s a little bit about them: School […]

Filed Under: Events, Faculty News, Featured Story, News, School of Advertising and Public Relations, School of Communication Studies, School of Information Sciences, School of Journalism & Media

Abbey Barnes

Tennessee Speech and Debate Society Moves into CCI, Gains New Coach and Support

August 10, 2023 by Hillary Tune

The Tennessee Speech and Debate Society has operated on the campus of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for nearly 200 years, and for the past 14 of those, the team has been a student organization. As an organization, student members led the team in both its competitive endeavors and in fundraising to support their travels and […]

Filed Under: Faculty News, Featured Story, News, School of Communication Studies, Student Experience Stories

Jody Hamblett

WUOT-FM Welcomes New General Manager Jody Hamblett

July 17, 2023 by Hillary Tune

Jody Hamblett has worked with public radio stations across the country, and there’s one she’s always had her eye on: WUOT-FM, East Tennessee’s NPR station. So, when she saw a job posting for the general manager position at WUOT-FM, she jumped at the opportunity to apply. “When the WUOT job opened I said, oh yeah, […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, News

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