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Graduating Senior Addison Lafayette Found Confidence & Impactful Opportunities at CCI
There have been many impactful moments in and out of the classrooms at the College of Communication and Information for Addison Lafayette, who is majoring in communication studies. Whether she was learning how to refine her public speaking skills, making new friends, going on networking trips around the country, or sitting in a class taught…
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UT Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society Initiates New Members
Twenty-five students from the School of Journalism and Media and the Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations were initiated into the UT Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society on May 6. Founded in 1910, KTA is the only national organization honoring scholarship in the fields of journalism, advertising, and public relations. Friends and family gathered…
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Graduating Senior Grey MacNicoll Views Experience on Rocky Top As ‘Second to None’
Grey MacNicoll was initially going to decline Assistant Professor of Practice Brittany Tarwater’s invitation to enroll in her Advanced Television News Reporting and Producing course. But MacNicoll’s parents encouraged her to reconsider. “Professors don’t say that to anybody. You should take advantage of whatever she is seeing in you that you don’t see in yourself,…
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CCI Honors 2025 Faculty and Staff Award Recipients, PhD Grads, and Retirees
Every year the College of Communication and Information (CCI) honors its faculty, staff, and graduate students with awards recognizing excellence in academic, professional, and service areas. Award winners, as well as four retiring faculty members and six graduating PhD students, were celebrated May 7 at a CCI faculty and staff event. Below are all the…
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Gentry Awarded White House Correspondents’ Association Scholarship
As journalism and media major Pierce Gentry entered the White House grounds as part of a scheduled tour of the press briefing room, Marine One landed on the White House South Lawn. The graduating senior and the other college students visiting the White House that day as part of the 2025 White House Correspondents’ Association…
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Communication Studies Launches Inaugural Atlanta Networking Trip for Students
Even though junior Sydney Eyerly has five domestic trips and one study abroad trip with the School of Communication Studies under her belt, she was still blown away by her experience during the school’s newest student trip destination: Atlanta. Eyerly said learning about career options from professionals and networking with alumni in the Georgia metropolis…
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TVC Earns Gracie Awards Honorable Mention for 2024 Election Day Live Special
The Volunteer Channel (TVC) received a 2025 Gracie Awards Honorable Mention for the student-run television station’s hour-long Election Day live special Voting Matters. The special was a mix of pre-recorded segments and live interviews with local public officials as part of the Election Project—a collaborative reporting initiative between the School of Journalism and Media and…
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WUOT’s Todd Steed Receives J&M Alumni of the Year Award
Alumnus Todd Steed (‘84) can still recall the first time he began using his journalism degree after earning it at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was working at a music school in Lithuania. One day a woman came up to him on the street because he looked American. She was looking for someone who…
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J&M Students and Faculty Win Broadcast Education Association Awards
Sophomore Eliza Noell had never touched a professional camera until her freshman year, when she joined the documentary production unit Land Grant Films at the College of Communication and Information (CCI). “I was a complete beginner. It was really neat to be able to walk in and have this opportunity to try it out and…
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Alan and Wendy Wilson Communication and Leadership Academy Dedicated
The Alan and Wendy Wilson Communication and Leadership Academy, which will kick-off its inaugural year this fall, was dedicated April 11, 2025, in Circle Park. Along with several notable University of Tennessee, Knoxville, administrators and faculty, the event was also attended by students from the inaugural cohort of the Wilson Academy and media outlets that…