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Students Produce Documentary On Red Dead’s History, Popular UT Class, Book

Students and faculty advisors with Lumos Media Services and Land Grant Films pose for a group photo following Red Dead Redemption series actors Roger Clark and Rob Wiethoff after they surprised students in one of Associate Professor Tore Olsson’s Red Dead History course this past spring. Alumnus and Lumos Media Services advisor Austin Orr (’22,’24) …
Student Documenting Triathlete’s Journey To The 2024 Paralympic Games

Senior Lukas Vysniauskas (left) in Park City, Utah with triathlete Carson Clough (right) ahead of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Senior Lukas Vysniauskas did not know what to expect when he traveled to Park City, Utah, this summer to film US Paralympian Carson Clough’s training ahead of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Vysniauskas…
Alumna Cecelia Prewett Sees Her Study Abroad Scholarship Impact by Joining Ireland Trip

When Cecelia Prewett (’93) was studying journalism at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she had one of the most impactful experiences of her life when she participated in a study abroad trip to the Netherlands. “It changed my life. So, when I was asked to join the Board of Visitors and they said, ‘You can…
Students Attend Realscreen Summit 2024 in New Orleans

Students attended Realscreen Summit in 2024 in New Orleans. From left to right: Adjunct Lecturer Clint Elmore, Adjunct Lecturer Melissa Sykes, Fulton Myrick, Garrett Wright, Lukas Vyniauskus, Aaliyah Hammontree, Sierra Scott and, Katlynn Gill On his first day at Realscreen Summit 2024, senior Lukas Vysniauskas attended a speed networking session. He met around twenty individuals…
Students Participate In Tennessean Journalism Academy

The Tennessean from Jan. 9-11, 2024, hosted 13 college students for an inaugural Journalism Academy. From left to right, the students who attended were Stevie Paige from the University of Memphis, Garrett Bland from Tennessee State University, Symone Maxwell from University of Memphis, Marisa Sardonia from East Tennessee State University, Braden Simmons from Belmont University,…
Graduating Senior Sarah Grace Kennedy Hopes To Reflect The Volunteer Spirit In Her Work

Learning about the Volunteer spirit convinced graduating senior Sarah Grace Kennedy to attend the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. “Tennessee stood out to me from most of the schools I got into because I liked the Volunteer spirit,” Kennedy said. “Helping the community is really important to me and I like that we are the Volunteers.…
Graduating Senior Peyton Gravell Grateful For Hands-On Experiences At UT

Graduating senior Peyton Gravell loves being on-air, but the School of Journalism and Media major was not always comfortable being in front of the camera. The first time she was on-air for The Volunteer Channel (TVC), she was eager but a bit stiff. “I could tell she was a natural but she was all in…
Students Document UT Alum, Medal of Honor Recipient Larry L. Taylor’s Story For Future Generations

Above: School of Journalism and Media student Sarah Grace Kennedy interview UT Alum and Medal of Honor Recipient Capt. Larry L. Taylor in Chattanooga. Twenty years ago, the total number of living Medal of Honor recipients was in the hundreds. Today, fewer than 100 living recipients remain. For the past decade, students with the School…
UT Student Media Organizations Win CMA Individual Pinnacle Awards

The Daily Beacon won a second-place 2023 CMA Individual Pinnacle Award for best special section, four pages or less., for its piece focusing on the impact of the “12th man” during the Tennessee Volunteers’ win over Alabama in October 2022. Ablaze magazine and The Daily Beacon won three College Media Association Individual Pinnacle Awards last…
Students Attend SPJ23 Journalism Convention in Las Vegas

Students traveled to Las Vegas in September to attend SPJ23 Journalism Convention. Pictured from left to right is Jack Foster, Peyton Gravell and Assistant Professor Michael Martinez School of Journalism and Media senior Peyton Gravell has been a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) student chapter at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville since…