Ernest Rollins
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‘Chronicling History’: Alums, Students Document Tennessee Baseball First National Title
The Daily Beacon released a special issue to commemorate Tennessee baseball winning its first Men’s College World Series title in June. After the Tennessee Vols defeated Florida State University to advance to the championship game at the 2024 Men’s College World Series Finals, it started to sink in for The Daily Beacon sports editor Caleb…
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Alumna Nikki Burdine Uses Journalism Platform To Advocate For Others
“It was the scariest and best day of my life.” That’s how School of Journalism and Media alumna and co-anchor of WKRN’s Good Morning Nashville Nikki Burdine (’05) described the birth of her first child Andi. Burdine gave birth to Andi twenty-eight weeks into her pregnancy—far from full-term. She weighed just one pound, four ounces.…
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WUOT, JEM Faculty Win Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
Jacqui Sieber remembers watching the synchronous fireflies in her backyard as a kid. But, the All Things Considered host and WUOT 91.9 FM reporter had never heard about a lottery to watch them, such as the one the Great Smoky Mountain National Park Service holds annually. She thought there was a story there and pitched…
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Students Expand Horizons As Part of CCI Study Abroad Program in Valencia
Students traveled to Valencia, Spain for the Spring 2024 semester as part of the CCI Global Communication Scholars Semester program. Since freshman year, Tonyea Pruitt has been researching various study abroad programs offered at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Studying abroad has always been a goal for the senior School of Journalism and Media major.…
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Land Grant Films, East Tennessee PBS JobPop! Series Wins Four National Telly Awards
Alumnus Seth Reynolds filming Tennessee Valley Authority’s robot dog Spot fora JobPop! video on becoming a programmer. Land Grant Films and East Tennessee PBS won four national Telly Awards for JobPop!, an innovative video series targeted at third through sixth graders and aimed at workforce development. Land Grant Films is a documentary production program in…
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Students Traveling to Paris to Cover the 2024 Paralympics for the USA TODAY Network
The school has partnered with the USA TODAY Network to cover the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games. Traveling to do so are: Professor Nick Geidner, Caleb Jarreau, Lukas Vysniauskas, Ryan Beatty, Griffin Hadley, Professor Erin Whiteside, Avery Bane, Catherine Ligon, Gabriel Jackson, Kylia Berry, Lillian Van Alsburg (not pictured) and Aman Misra (not pictured). Catherine Ligon,…
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WUOT, The Daily Beacon, JEM Faculty Win Big At East Tennessee SPJ Awards
CCI media outlets and college alums won big at the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists’ (ETSPJ) Golden Press Card Awards this past May. From the left: Professor Mark Harmon, WUOT reporter Jacqui Sieber, CCI graduate student Alexis Bishop, graduate student Nick McNeese, Beacon photographer Edward Cruz, Knoxville News Sentinel reporter and…
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Mark Littmann Named Professor Emeritus, Reflects On 33-year Career at UT
College of Communication and Information faculty and staff applaud Professor Mark Littmann (middle) during the 2023 Convocation after it was announced he plans to retire after 33 years at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. One evening while clearing out his office on the second floor of the College of Communication and Information Building, Professor Mark…
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Master’s Student, CCI Staff Member Austin Orr Views Degree As Next Step Towards Teaching Goal
Office of Student Media technology coordinator and advisor Austin Orr has aspirations of one day being an instructor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In his current role, he works with students on a daily basis helping them grow their photography and video skills through hands-on experiences in student media organizations such as Lumos Media…
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Student attends 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden greet White House Correspondents’ Association scholarship recipients at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Saturday, April 27, 2024, before the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott) Graduating senior Eli Boldt was very grateful for the opportunity to return to Washington, D.C.,…