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Students’ Participation In 2024 IACS Summit Helps ‘Demystify’ Research Process
A research team from the School of Journalism and Media traveled to Los Angeles over spring break to present at the annual Summit on Communication and Sport, organized by the International Association for Communication and Sport. For doctoral student Ariel Newell, her favorite part about the latest research project she is involved in is getting…
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Undergrad Ava Franzoy Gets First Research Paper Published
When junior Ava Franzoy was approached by School of Communication Studies Assistant Professor Jessica Frampton about conducting research, she had no idea that saying yes would eventually lead to the resulting paper, “An Investigation of Technology’s Role in Coping with Infidelity,” being published in the Qualitative Research Reports in Communication journal. “I honestly didn’t even…
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HGTV Editor Jessica Yonker Named School Of Journalism And Media 2024 Alumna Of The Year
HGTV Digital Content Editor and 2024 School of Journalism and Media Alumna of the Year Jessica Yonker (’12) poses in an HGTV pumpkin outside the Discovery Offices. Alumna Jessica Yonker (’12) first learned about a potential job opportunity at HGTV from a fellow student. During her senior year, she applied for a summer digital internship…
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CCI students meet with Tombras School Alumni during academic trip to Atlanta
Several College of Communication and Information students had the opportunity to travel to Atlanta with the Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations to visit multiple professional industries and get a first-hand look at how their degrees are used in the real world. Students visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Omnicom Group, American…
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TV Producer James Glover Makes an Impact with Annual Giving
When James Glover (’00) was a speech communication major at the College of Communication and Information, he had no idea that one day he’d work for legendary Judge Judy of the eponymous court television show. But that’s exactly where he landed several years after he packed up his bags and moved from Knoxville to Los…
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Master’s Student Plans to Use Online Degree to Create Better Public Health Communications
Siobhan Dodds enjoys tackling big challenges and overcoming the odds. That’s part of why she started taking online courses to earn her master’s in communication and information, with a concentration in strategic digital communications, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. As an epidemiologist, she manages the Tennessee Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence (TN Food…
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MSIS Alumna Says UT CALL Grant and Internship Opportunities Helped Her Obtain New Position at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Jessica Atkins (‘22) is starting her new career as a senior data collection analyst at the Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She says she wouldn’t be where she is today without the opportunities she had at her universities and during her internships. Atkins completed her undergraduate degree in anthropology…
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Tombras School Professor Travels to China Connecting with PR Professionals
Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations Assistant Professor of Practice Joseph Stabb spent his winter break on the other side of the world. From December 2, 2023, to January 10, 2024, Stabb was traveling across China building a relationship between the Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations and Liaoning University in Shenyang, China.…
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The Daily Beacon Earns Regional Journalism Accolades At SEJC
The Daily Beacon Editor-in-Chief Abby Ann Ramsey and Managing Editor Bella Hughes accepting the second place award for the Beacon at the 2024 Southeast Journalism Conference. The Daily Beacon won multiple awards last month at the 2024 Southeast Journalism Conference, including placing top three in the best sports writer and best newspaper categories. The annual…
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SIS Alumna Quanta Wyatt Receives the 2023 Arkansas Library Association Renetta Patrick Award for Outstanding School Librarianship
Alumna Quanta Wyatt (‘95) loves conducting research. Her passion is what helped her gain the Arkansas Library Association (ARLA) Renetta Patrick Award for outstanding school librarianship, but she says she couldn’t have done it alone. Wyatt is originally from Monticello, Arkansas, and lived there until she was fifteen. Her family then moved to West Memphis,…