School of Journalism & Media
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Students Win Telly Awards for Paralympics Coverage, Documentary Work
School of Journalism and Media students won five national Telly Awards for their coverage of the 2024 Paralympic Games. The awards program honors the best work created in television and video. The program receives more than 13,000 entries globally each year from some of the most respected companies in television, advertising, filmmaking, and online content.…
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Alum, WUOT Reporter Pierce Gentry Wins 2nd in Hearst Journalism National Competition
Pierce Gentry, far left, with the other contestants in the Audio category at the Hearst Journalism National Championship. As Pierce Gentry (‘25) walked through San Francisco in early June, he soaked in the colorful sights of the largest Chinatown in the world outside of China, but what he really focused on were the people and…
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Emmy Award-Winning Chief Meteorologist Heather Haley to Join CCI and WUOT in Fall 2025
There is one news event that affects everyone—it can help break the ice as small talk, it can make a day better or worse, and it can devastate entire communities: it is, of course, the weather. It’s important to have meteorologists reporting on the weather who are trained in both science and journalism, which is…
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Julie Andsager Named Professor Emerita at the School of Journalism and Media
School of Journalism and Media Director Amy Jo Coffey (left) and College of Communication and Information Dean Joe Mazer (right) present Julie Andsager (middle) with an award to celebrate her retirement and being named Professor Emerita. After more than three decades of teaching—10 years at the School of Journalism and Media— Professor Julie Andsager was…
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Professor Barbara Kaye Retires After 24 Years At UT
Professor Barb Kaye talks to the crowd after accepting a recognition for her retirement after 24 years from CCI Dean Joe Mazer. To mark her retirement, Professor Barbara Kaye painted her nails Tennessee orange with white letters spelling out “retirement” across all 10 digits. “It is with gel nail polish, so I can’t change my…
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WUOT Shines at ETSPJ Golden Press Card Awards
WUOT 91.9 FM’s focus on growing its local coverage as East Tennessee’s NPR station was validated with a slew of first-place awards won by its news team at the recent East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalist’s Golden Press Card Awards, notably winning the top Golden Press Award in the All Media category for its continuing…
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Land Grant Films, WBIR Partnering To Share Student- Produced Documentaries On Station’s Streaming Platform
School of Journalism and Media students Carter Moore and Eliza Noell on set with WBIR anchor Brittany Bailey to discuss the Land Grant Films’ documentary Carving the Creative Vision on May 20, 2025. Land Grant Films and WBIR Channel 10 are partnering to air student-produced documentaries on its streaming platform. The first documentary—Carving the Creative…
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Students, Faculty Dominate at ETSPJ Golden Press Card Awards
Students and faculty from the College of Communication and Information took home top awards in several categories at the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists’ Golden Press Card Awards, including a significant second-place award that has previously never been given to student work: the Horace V. Wells Jr. Community Service Award. This award is given…
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Torchbearer Rylie West Graduates with Master’s, Aiming to Enter Sports Broadcasting
After four years of devoting every spare moment she had to the Lady Vols softball team, this past year of focusing solely on academics gave graduating master’s student Rylie West the chance to dive deeper into her studies and gain even more real-world experience in journalism and media. West graduated this semester after completing the…
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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…