The Media Center

  • Lumos Media Services, GSMNP Partnering To Create Videos Highlighting National Park

    Lumos Media Services, GSMNP Partnering To Create Videos Highlighting National Park

    Lumos Media Services student videographer Edward Cruz capturing video in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last summer. Last summer, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) sought a video production company to collaborate with on making a training video for park employees and volunteers. Park volunteer and College of Communication and Information alumnus Steve…

  • WUOT Practicum Expands Opportunities for Journalism Junior Pierce Gentry

    WUOT Practicum Expands Opportunities for Journalism Junior Pierce Gentry

    Though junior Pierce Gentry has a good bit of journalism experience under his belt, he was still a bit surprised to be put on air the very first week of his practicum at WUOT 91.9 FM. “Day one we were writing scripts for the afternoon newscast to be read on air. So literally the first…

  • Long-time WUOT Supporter Alice Torbett Says Station Connected Her to the Community

    Long-time WUOT Supporter Alice Torbett Says Station Connected Her to the Community

    Forty-six years ago, Alice Torbett was unpacking boxes in her new hometown of Knoxville when the phone rang. Upon answering, a very excited voice on the other end exclaimed, “Oh Mary, go and get WUOT on your radio right now! They’re playing a beautiful Schumann piano piece.” Torbett wasn’t the intended recipient of that call,…

  • Beacon Editor Abby Ann Ramsey Named University of Tennessee Torchbearer

    Beacon Editor Abby Ann Ramsey Named University of Tennessee Torchbearer

    Senior and The Daily Beacon Editor Abby Ann Ramsey was named a University of Tennessee Torchbearer. Going to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was a last-minute decision for Abby Ann Ramsey. The Knoxville native and UT senior with a double major in journalism and media and religious studies grew up immersed in Tennessee Vols culture.…

  • The Daily Beacon Earns Regional Journalism Accolades At SEJC

    The Daily Beacon Earns Regional Journalism Accolades At SEJC

    The Daily Beacon Editor-in-Chief Abby Ann Ramsey and Managing Editor Bella Hughes accepting the second place award for the Beacon at the 2024 Southeast Journalism Conference. The Daily Beacon won multiple awards last month at the 2024 Southeast Journalism Conference, including placing top three in the best sports writer and best newspaper categories. The annual…

  • UT Alum, Award-winning Reporter Brittany Tarwater Brings Industry Experience to the Classroom

    UT Alum, Award-winning Reporter Brittany Tarwater Brings Industry Experience to the Classroom

    Caption: Award-winning reporter and alumna Brittany Tarwater (’09) working for WVLT News. Tarwater is the School of Journalism and Media’s newest full-time assistant professor of practice. One of alumna Brittany Tarwater’s (‘09) favorite classes as a student was Journalism and Electronic Media 460—colloquially known to students then as UT Today. The class operated similarly to…

  • Students Tell Impactful Stories Through WUOT

    Students Tell Impactful Stories Through WUOT

    Caption: Senior Caleb Colvin edits audio at WUOT-FM for his story on plans to expand Knoxville’s tree canopy. Senior Caleb Colvin’s first assignment with WUOT-FM was covering Tennessee State Rep. Gloria Johnson’s U.S. Senate bid announcement. The School of Journalism and Media major was paired with Jacqui Sieber, WUOT reporter and host of All Things Considered,…

  • Award-Winning Sports Writer and Broadcast Journalist Gene Wojciechowski Joins CCI Faculty

    Award-Winning Sports Writer and Broadcast Journalist Gene Wojciechowski Joins CCI Faculty

    Award-winning sports writer and broadcast journalist Gene Wojciechowski (’79) has returned to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, numerous times during his nearly 26-year career at ESPN. He typically makes time to stop at the College of Communication and Information—where he developed the foundational skills that propelled his career in journalism—to offer students career advice and…