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  • WUOT Covers Hurricane Helene, Raises Funds For The Region In Partnership With East Tennessee Foundation

    WUOT Covers Hurricane Helene, Raises Funds For The Region In Partnership With East Tennessee Foundation

    Caption: WUOT Reporter and All Things Considered host Jacqui Sieber (center) and WUOT Reporter Pierce Gentry (right) interview Carter County Public Information Officer Ivan Sanders (left) on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. The reporters traveled to Carter County to report on the city of Elizabethton and nearby towns, which saw some of the worst of the flooding wrought…

  • Students Encourage Voter Participation Through the Election Project 

    Students Encourage Voter Participation Through the Election Project 

    With messages such as “Voting is Key” and “Rock the Vote,” students in Professor Rob Heller’s class once again designed billboards in partnership with Lamar Advertising to encourage Tennesseeans to vote this November. Heller said six billboard designs shared with Lamar Advertising began running on digital billboards throughout Tennessee on October 4 and the company…

  • WUOT Covers Hurricane Helene, Raises Funds for the Region in Partnership with East Tennessee Foundation

    WUOT Covers Hurricane Helene, Raises Funds for the Region in Partnership with East Tennessee Foundation

    Caption: WUOT Reporter and All Things Considered host Jacqui Sieber (center) and WUOT Reporter Pierce Gentry (right) interview Carter County Public Information Officer Ivan Sanders (left) on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. The reporters traveled to Carter County to report on the city of Elizabethton and nearby towns, which saw some of the worst of the flooding wrought…

  • Students Get Hands-On Experience Covering Adaptive Sports At The 2024 Paralympics

    Students Get Hands-On Experience Covering Adaptive Sports At The 2024 Paralympics

    School of Journalism and Media student Griffin Hadley interviewing athletes at the 2024 Paralympic Games for USA TODAY Senior Griffin Hadley was first exposed to the sport of goalball while visiting the Philippines with the VOLeaders Academy at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A year later, the School of Journalism and Media major and Tennessee Vol…

  • Students Get Hands-on Experience Covering Adaptive Sports at the 2024 Paralympics

    Students Get Hands-on Experience Covering Adaptive Sports at the 2024 Paralympics

    School of Journalism and Media student Griffin Hadley interviewing athletes at the 2024 Paralympic Games for USA TODAY Senior Griffin Hadley was first exposed to the sport of goalball while visiting the Philippines with the VOLeaders Academy at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A year later, the School of Journalism and Media major and Tennessee Vol…

  • Renovated TV Studio Enhances Students’ Experiential Learning Experiences at CCI

    Renovated TV Studio Enhances Students’ Experiential Learning Experiences at CCI

    Students producing Rocky Top Rundown as part of Professor Guy Harrison’s course in the newly renovated TV studio. While interning with WVLT-News over the summer, School of Journalism and Media senior Ella Grey Macnicoll had the opportunity to produce news packages and work on the production side of the newsroom. As part of her experience,…

  • CCI Launches The Media Center to Boost Real-World Experience for Students

    CCI Launches The Media Center to Boost Real-World Experience for Students

    School of Journalism and Media student Eliza Noell shooting at Macmillan Publishers office in New York City for Land Grant Films’ Shooting for an A: Video Games and Education documentary. The College of Communication and Information officially launched The Media Center this summer as an initiative to provide more high-quality, real-world experiences for students.  “Working…

  • ‘Once-In-A-Lifetime’: Students Report On The 2024 Paralympic Games For USA TODAY

    ‘Once-In-A-Lifetime’: Students Report On The 2024 Paralympic Games For USA TODAY

    The School of Journalism and Media partnered with the USA TODAY Network to cover the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France this summer. School of Journalism and Media junior and sports writer Gabriel Jackson was sitting in the press box at the Place de la Concorde reporting on the 2024 Paralympic Games opening ceremonies in…

  • ‘Once-In-A-Lifetime’: Students Report On The 2024 Paralympic Games For USA TODAY

    ‘Once-In-A-Lifetime’: Students Report On The 2024 Paralympic Games For USA TODAY

    The School of Journalism and Media partnered with the USA TODAY Network to cover the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France this summer. School of Journalism and Media junior and sports writer Gabriel Jackson was sitting in the press box at the Place de la Concorde reporting on the 2024 Paralympic Games opening ceremonies in…

  • Gentry Explored Election Intimidation, State of American Democracy During News21 Fellowship

    Gentry Explored Election Intimidation, State of American Democracy During News21 Fellowship

    Getting someone to open up about election intimidation and the death threats they received as a result of their commitment to ensure fair and just elections is no easy task. However, that was what School of Journalism and Media (J&M) senior Pierce Gentry was tasked to do as he spent his summer conducting in-depth field…