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JEM Students Place Second at SEJC Competition
A student team from the UT School of Journalism and Electronic Media placed second among 26 schools in the onsite, deadline-driven team competition at the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC), which was held Feb. 13-15 at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Tennessee team earned two individual wins in the onsite competition: senior…
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Q&A: JEM Alumnus’ Work Featured on the Today Show
Journalism and electronic media alumnus Yuan Yue (C&I ’18) recently had his coverage of Americans being evacuated from the coronavirus outbreak in China featured on the Today Show. More than 500 Americans have been evacuated, and, once back in the United States, spent 14 days in quarantine at military bases. As of Feb. 11, the…
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Successful Alumni: Sharrie Williams’ goals led her from Tennessee to Philadelphia, the number four broadcast market in America
By Lisa Byerley Gary Instructor, JEM 414, Fall 2014 When Sharrie Williams began her first full-time job in television after graduating from UT, a news job with a small station in Jackson, Tennessee, she also waited tables to make ends meet. “It paid that poorly,” she said. But Williams had goals. She wanted to…
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A Message to Freshmen: Alumnus Kendall Downing Gives Advice to Journalism Students on how to Reach their Goals Post-Graduation
By Kelsey French JEM 414 Fall 2018 Kendall Downing has worked in various markets: WYMD-TV in Hazard, Kentucky, WPSD-TV in Paducah, Kentucky, WXIN-TV in Indianapolis, and back to his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee at WMC Action News 5. For Downing, it was always a childhood dream to work in news. It’s no wonder he…
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Successful Alumni: Jordan Lawson’s experience at UT led him to work as a web content editor in Atlanta
By John Vandergriff Jem 414, Fall 2018 Jordan Lawson is a content editor for Discovery. Photo Courtesy of Jordan Lawson A journalism major opens many doors, not just those to hard news. Just ask Jordan Lawson, a graduate of the University of Tennessee’s School of Journalism and Electronic Media, and an online editor for Discovery.…
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Successful Alumni: From Naps to News, Claire Dodson’s journey took her to Teen Vogue
By Lindsey Owen JEM 414, Fall 2018 Claire Dodson grew up hearing the sound of The Daily Times being printed from underneath a journalist’s desk where she would sleep while her father worked. Her father, Richard Dodson, could be found working in the Maryville, Tennessee, newsroom during late hours when the paper was printing. These…
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Successful Alumni: David Cobb journeyed from immature freshman to blossoming NBA beat writer
*David Cobb now works for CBS Sports covering college basketball and football. By Blake Von Hagen JEM 414, Fall 2018 Five years ago, if someone had told David Cobb he would be leaving a job as a Tennessee football and basketball beat writer in 2018, he likely would have told them they were crazy. If…
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Successful Alumni: Courtney Anderson used experience, determination, to make it in TV news
*Courtney Anderson is now the Web Producer for WREG-TV By Madi Bowling, JEM 414, Fall 2018 A day in the life of Courtney Anderson starts bright and early as she enters the office of WREG in Memphis at 5:30 a.m. Anderson organizes the calendar of events that will be televised by the station that…
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Successful Alumni: Andrea Hall teaches journalism and tenacity
*Andrea Hall now teaches at Troy University as an Instructor. By Lexie Little, JEM 414, Fall 2018 Students in their first journalism classes find themselves daydreaming about reporting on the sidelines for ESPN, interviewing A-list stars for People magazine or co-hosting a major network’s morning talk show. But for some, the road to success…
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Alumni Garners Regional Emmy Nomination for UT Swimming Documentary
Watch Triple A, Bar None Isaac Fowler (JEM ‘18), Tim Morris (JEM ‘18), and Patricia Forrester (Sport Management ‘17) have been nominated for a Midsouth Regional Emmy in the historical documentary category for Triple A, Bar None, a VFL Films production about legendary University of Tennessee swimming and diving coach Ray Bussard. Bussard coached the…