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  • Bane Named a Top 20 Winner in Hearst Journalism Awards in Photojournalism Competition

    Bane Named a Top 20 Winner in Hearst Journalism Awards in Photojournalism Competition

    School of Journalism and Media junior Avery Bane took this photo while covering the Paralympic Games for USA TODAY and submitted it for consideration for the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Photojournalism News and Features Competition.  School of Journalism and Media junior Avery Bane finished in the top-20 of competitors in the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism…

  • Tennessean Journalism Academy Reinforces the Power of Journalism For Students

    Tennessean Journalism Academy Reinforces the Power of Journalism For Students

    The Tennessean hosted 12 college students for their annual Tennessean Journalism Academy in January. Representing the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, were journalism and media seniors Kylia Berry and Catherine Cox. Pictured above in the back row are, from left to right, Shauna Reynolds, Samuel McCormick, Faith Vance and Brianna Sorrell. In the middle row are…

  • Graduating Master’s Student, Dental Hygiene Educator Teresa O’Daniel Says Communication Courses Made Her a Better Teacher

    Graduating Master’s Student, Dental Hygiene Educator Teresa O’Daniel Says Communication Courses Made Her a Better Teacher

    When Teresa O’Daniel first became a dental hygienist, she never thought she would be working in public health much less as an educator in the field. But public health eventually became more than just a career option for O’Daniel, who is a dental hygiene instructor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.…

  • From Chile to UT, PR Masters Grad Valentina Gomez is Ready to Help Families Like Hers

    From Chile to UT, PR Masters Grad Valentina Gomez is Ready to Help Families Like Hers

    Valentina Gomez (‘23, ‘24) is set to receive her master’s degree in public relations in just three semesters, following her undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she majored in journalism. She will graduate from the College of Communication and Information with a job already secured. During her time at UT, both for…

  • Graduating Senior Allison Seaton Found Her Passion After Transferring to Rocky Top

    Graduating Senior Allison Seaton Found Her Passion After Transferring to Rocky Top

    Graduating senior Allison Seaton showing off her media credentials. Transferring to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, turned out to be the right move for graduating senior Allison Seaton. The East Tennessee native and School of Journalism and Media major may have started her collegiate career elsewhere, but Rocky Top is where she found her passion…

  • Three CCI PhD Students Receive Graduate Research Awards

    Three College of Communication and Information doctoral students received fall 2024 Graduate Student Research Awards from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s, Graduate School. These awards are intended to not only support the students’ work but also gives them experience in writing grants and enhances their relationships with faculty. The three PhD students are: Scott Greeves:…

  • Live Election Day Special Helped Students Hone Skills, Milestone for TVC

    Live Election Day Special Helped Students Hone Skills, Milestone for TVC

    TVC students celebrate after successfully producing “Voting Matters,” a live Election Day special, on Nov. 5, 2024. Three weeks before Election Day, School of Journalism and Media Assistant Professor of Practice Brittany Tarwater reached out to the student leadership at The Volunteer Channel (TVC) with an idea to produce an Election Day live special. Inspired…

  • Land Grant Films’ Howard Baker Documentary Premieres at CCI Board Meeting

    Land Grant Films’ Howard Baker Documentary Premieres at CCI Board Meeting

    Former U.S. Ambassador and longtime friend of U.S. Sen. Howard H. Baker, Jr., Arthur “A.B.” Culvahouse, Jr., addressing the crowd ahead of the screening of Land Grant Films’ Baker for America documentary. College of Communication and Information master’s student Seth Reynolds vividly remembers his dad’s reaction when he shared he was selected to work on…

  • Student-Produced Documentary Batmite Set to Premiere at Film Fest Knox

    Student-Produced Documentary Batmite Set to Premiere at Film Fest Knox

    The Film Fest Knox poster for Batmite, a student-produced documentary about the Knoxville skating community. The film will premier at the Film Fest Knox Festival on Nov. 17, 2024 in the Regal Riviera movie theater. After moving to Knoxville, senior Emma Caskill was looking for a way to get plugged into the local skating community.…

  • Election Project Endeavor Includes Extensive Coverage and Live TV Special

    Election Project Endeavor Includes Extensive Coverage and Live TV Special

    The College of Communication and Information established The Media Center this year to create more opportunities for students to get exceptional hands-on opportunities to learn through experience. That goal is already coming to fruition in The Media Center’s first endeavor, in collaboration with the School of Journalism and Media, to produce coordinated coverage on a…