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  2. Journalism and Electronic Media

Inside Global Programs: Ford Sanders

February 10, 2021 by

Ford Sanders (JEM ’20) participated in the Going on Assignment in Prague program during summer 2019. A junior at the time, we checked in with Sanders, now an on-air reporter with the Nexstar Media Group in Nashville, to hear about how this program re-ignited his passion in journalism.   Learn more about CCI’s Going on Assignment in […]

Filed Under: Global Programs, News, Student News Tagged With: Ford Sanders, Global Programs, Journalism and Electronic Media, Prague, Study Abroad

Students Earn Eight Tennessee AP Awards

May 22, 2020 by

Students in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media and members of UT student media earned eight awards from the Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters and Media Editors’ 2019 college contest, which were announced in April. Tennessee students earned three first place honors for their work in investigative features, television reporting, and graphic design. Journalism and […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, News, Student News Tagged With: Associated Press, daily beacon, Journalism and Electronic Media

UT Today - Spring 2020 Staff

JEM Students Move Weekly Show Online

April 27, 2020 by

When spring semester classes moved online after spring break, School of Journalism and Electronic Media lecturer Melissa Greene-Blye was not sure about the future of UT Today. The student-led weekly TV news program is produced by Greene-Blye’s advanced multimedia reporting class. From on-camera roles to operating the teleprompter, the course gives students who want to […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, News, Student News Tagged With: COVID-19, Journalism and Electronic Media, Marcella Tocco, Savannah Smith, UT Today

Geidner: ‘Goodnight with Dolly’ Off to Great Start

April 9, 2020 by

With Dolly Parton’s new 10-week bedtime-story series Goodnight with Dolly under way, the honorary UT alumna is doing her part to comfort kids all over the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to Associate Professor of Journalism and Electronic Media Nick Geidner, who produced and directed the documentary film The Library That Dolly Built. […]

Filed Under: Faculty News, Featured Story, News Tagged With: Dolly Parton, Imagination Library, Journalism and Electronic Media, Land Grant Films, Nick Geidner

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John Jackson Miller: From Daily Beacon Editor to Star Fantasy Writer

March 19, 2020 by

After graduating from the University of Tennessee where he served as editor of The Daily Beacon, John Jackson Miller (JEM ’90) set his sights on the stars.  Specifically, the stars in a galaxy far, far away and the ones in the far-flung future where no man has gone before. Miller turned his lifelong passion for […]

Filed Under: Alumni News, Featured Story, News Tagged With: Alumni, daily beacon, John Jackson Miller, Journalism and Electronic Media, Star Wars

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Dolly Parton Film by Land Grant Films to Debut Nationally April 2

March 4, 2020 by

The Library That Dolly Built, a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, student-driven film and documentary about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, will premiere April 2 in New York City and be screened in theaters across the nation. Associate Professor of Journalism and Electronic Media Nick Geidner is the director and producer of the film, which was crewed […]

Filed Under: Faculty News, Featured Story, News, Student News Tagged With: Abby Bower, Brock Zych, documentary, Dolly Parton, Journalism and Electronic Media, Land Grant Films, Nick Geidner

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Student Blog: Networking Trips to New York City and Washington, D.C.

February 25, 2020 by

This January, students from the School of Advertising and Public Relations and School and Journalism and Electronic Media traveled to New York City to get an insider’s view of the industry. In February, the Communications Studies club ventured to D.C. to learn more about professional opportunities with a Communication Studies degree. They were hosted by […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, News, Student News Tagged With: Advertising and Public Relations, Communication Studies, Journalism and Electronic Media, Networking, Savannah Smith

Robin Lloyd

Scientific American’s Robin Lloyd to Give 28th Annual Hill Lecture

February 25, 2020 by

[highlight color=”gray2″] Event Canceled Please note this event and all campus events are canceled March 16 to April 5. To find the most updated campus information, please see utk.edu/coronavirus. [/highlight] Robin Lloyd, a writer and editor for Scientific American and adjunct professor of science writing at New York University, will talk about “The End of […]

Filed Under: Events, Featured Story, News Tagged With: Hill Lecture, Journalism and Electronic Media, Robin Lloyd

JEM Students Place Second at SEJC Competition

February 18, 2020 by

A student team from the UT School of Journalism and Electronic Media placed second among 26 schools in the onsite, deadline-driven team competition at the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC), which was held Feb. 13-15 at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Tennessee team earned two individual first-place finishes in the onsite competition: […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, News, Student News Tagged With: Journalism and Electronic Media, SEJC

On to the Next Assignment: Longtime Beacon Editor Graduates

January 21, 2020 by

Kylie Hubbard is ready for her next story. Hubbard concluded her third semester as editor-in-chief of UT’s independent student newspaper, the Daily Beacon. She graduated in December with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and electronic media. Though she’s all in now, Hubbard stumbled into journalism. From White House, Tennessee, she came to UT as a […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Student News Tagged With: daily beacon, Journalism and Electronic Media

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