{"id":61990,"date":"2023-05-24T14:29:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T18:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jem.utk.edu\/beta\/?page_id=60274"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:43:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Journalism &amp; Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-text-cta-media has-light-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-c7b3064f wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-condensed-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:3px;text-transform:uppercase\">School of Journalism &amp; Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">A legacy of success<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than 75 years, our school has molded the next generation of Vols by giving them the tools, guidance, and opportunities to become leaders in their field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide utkwds-link-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-utkwds-link-group-2up\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/about\/directory\/\">Faculty &amp; staff directory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/about\/faculty-showcase\/\">Faculty showcase<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/about\/visit-us\/\">Visit us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-utkwds-left-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/about-JEM-75th-Dinner-81-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"An alumnus speaks at the 75th anniversary of the School of Journalism and Media.\" class=\"wp-image-61227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/about-JEM-75th-Dinner-81-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/about-JEM-75th-Dinner-81-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/about-JEM-75th-Dinner-81-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/about-JEM-75th-Dinner-81.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of the School of Journalism and Media is to contribute to the evolving world of media and journalism, to instill in students an appreciation of journalistic ethics and professionalism, one that enhances the quality of news reporting and dissemination. Writing, editing, graphic design and production skills, along with critical thinking, ethics, media literacy and research skills are given both interdisciplinary and media-specific emphases. The school is dedicated to continuously ascertaining and serving the needs of its students and of media organizations with print, broadcasting, online and mobile communication platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school recognizes that teaching is the core of the university\u2019s mission of education. In our teaching, we provide majors with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their careers and to become responsible media professionals. This includes both hands-on professional skills as well as a well-rounded academic background. This background features critical thinking skills, information, and expression skills needed for success in life as well as in a career. In an era when careers evolve and change on a regular basis, we provide not only basic skills, but also the knowledge and abilities to adapt to whatever opportunities arise throughout a career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school\u2019s goal is to hire and retain faculty members who are active in the profession through scholarship, creative activity, and service. In doing so, we not only contribute to society at large and stay active and involved with the field as instructors, but we demonstrate to our students the value of continued learning and inquiry. As our field changes and evolves, we not only recognize and integrate these changes into the curriculum, but also we strive\u2014through leadership and excellence in research, creative activities, and service\u2014to influence and to shape that evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school is a diverse and inclusive community that affects change by inspiring our students and pursuing scholarship and engagement that makes a difference. We shape socially conscious, ethical leaders who tell stories, solve problems, and serve as the foundation of an informed and responsible media industry in the United States and globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-utkwds-cta-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/about\/accreditation-information\/\">Student statistics and accreditation information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/AEJMC-Web-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Logo for the A-C-E-J-M-C Accredited Program\" class=\"wp-image-67592\" style=\"width:437px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/AEJMC-Web-logo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/AEJMC-Web-logo-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/AEJMC-Web-logo-768x386.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The School of Journalism and Media at the University of Tennessee is committed to providing superior undergraduate and graduate academic programs, research, and service, thereby enhancing its national reputation. The School will continue as the leader in Tennessee in providing a comprehensive education in journalism and media with a growing emphasis on international perspectives and on new technologies and emerging media. Through interdisciplinary research and teaching as well as service courses, the School will remain central to the missions of the College and the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"School of Journalism &amp; Electronic Media&#039;s 75th Anniversary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BXlVtsjz1F4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-horizontal-single has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9a4c8acf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide utkwds-horizontal-single has-light-background-color has-background is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5da3ba9d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-842e24a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of the School of Journalism and Media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Excerpts and information from Paul G. Ashdown, Professor Emeritus)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1923, the English department offered a few courses for Journalism for the first time. The courses included instructions on \u201cpractical exercises in the writing of the news story, the sport-story, and special feature-articles\u201d and \u201cexercises in headline-writing, criticism, and editorials, together with a study of the mechanics of modern printing.\u201d Then in 1940, we moved to the School of Business which implemented logistics, debentures and nascent consumerism that took precedence. Later in 1946, The Tennessee Press Association requested that the University &#8220;expand its offerings in the field of journalism to enable the youth of the state to specialize in this profession.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of the Department of Journalism, it became the School of Journalism within the College of Business. When television and radio became more relevant in the 1950&#8217;s, it helped to create the Department of Broadcasting, which in turn created the College of Communication and Information. In the year 1968, we began offering graduate courses, and by 1970 we had started our new master&#8217;s program. When the program was succeeding, we created a doctoral program. It was the first program to offer a doctoral program for journalism in the South.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-utkwds-right-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1680\" src=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/web-History-of-JM.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white photo of a man using an enlarger to expose film to photographic paper.\" class=\"wp-image-68184\" style=\"width:386px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/web-History-of-JM.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/web-History-of-JM-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/web-History-of-JM-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/web-History-of-JM-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/web-History-of-JM-1097x1536.jpg 1097w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The School began its very first international exchange program with the Dutch School of Journalism in Utrecht and the Danish School of Journalism in Aarhus. Opportunities to travel multiplied, getting to travel to Ecuador, India, Germany, Russia, China, Egypt, Ireland, England, Belgium, France, Nigeria, Israel, Indonesia, Canada, Turkey, Scotland, Denmark, Japan, Thailand, and Belarus. Suddenly, our program became global and began to realize and learn how journalism was a growing industry that provided many opportunities for up-and-coming journalism majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The School of Journalism and Media&#8217;s mission is to educate a new generation to tell stories, and those of us who studied or taught here were all part of a great adventure that began with words, images and gossamer dreams spun in red brick buildings on the bank of the Tennessee River.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide utkwds-horizontal-single has-light-background-color has-background is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5da3ba9d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-842e24a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-utkwds-right-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/05\/web_tall_JEM_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60546\" style=\"width:386px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/05\/web_tall_JEM_banner.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/05\/web_tall_JEM_banner-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The School of Journalism &amp; Media student facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The School of Journalism and Media at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,<\/strong>&nbsp;is one of the premier schools in the country, with its graduates employed by some of the most prominent media outlets, from CNN to ESPN and the Discovery Channel,&nbsp;<em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Sports Illustrated<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Tennessean<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housed in the College of Communication and Information (CCI), students have access to <a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/student-experience\/labs-and-facilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">state-of-the-art facilities and labs<\/a>, and media platforms through <a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/the-media-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Media Center<\/a>. The school and CCI provide an optimum experience in converged journalism for future leaders in the media and journalism worlds. The school also offers <a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/student-experience\/career-development\/#internships\" class=\"ek-link\">internships<\/a> with some of the top media platforms, both national and international; <a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/student-experience\/travel-opportunities\/#study-abroad\">study abroad programs<\/a> around the world; and <a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/networking-trips\/\">networking trips<\/a> within the country. These hands-on opportunities allow students to broaden their perspectives, learn more about their chosen field, and meet professionals in the journalism and media industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/about\/directory\/\">Faculty members<\/a>\u00a0of the school have extensive media experience and are some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. 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