The School of Journalism and Electronic Media participated in the 36th annual Research Symposium hosted by the College of Communication and Information on Feb. 26.
Master’s student Chris Samoray received the award for best master's paper. His work is titled “Fearing Yourself: Genetic Privacy and Discrimination in an Age of Human Genome Revelation."
Acclaimed Wall Street Journal medical writer Ron Winslow will present the 22nd annual Alfred & Julia Hill Lecture on Mar. 11. The event will be held at 8 p.m. in the McClung Museum Auditorium.
During his time at the Journal, Winslow has published more than 1,400 articles and won many honors for his work, including the Victor Cohn Prize for Medical Writing in 2011.
His lecture titled “Covering Science: Worst of Times, Best of Times” will explore the state of science writing in the media landscape.
JEM senior Kristen Barnett has been selected for the 2014 IRTS Multicultural Career Workshop, which takes place Mar. 6-7 in New York City.
Now in its 30th year, the IRTS workshop introduces communications students to industry leaders and human resources professionals from top media companies.
“I am really excited to be a part of such a prestigious networking opportunity!” said Barnett, who is interested in television development and production. Currently, she is an intern at WBIR-TV news and a reporter and producer for UT Today.
As Knoxville prepares to host the 2014 Medal of Honor Convention, the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will host an expert panel to discuss how news media cover veterans. The event will be held Saturday, Feb. 22 at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room of the Bearden Branch Library.
Veteran journalists Ed Hooper and Fred Brown will join Dr. Nick Geidner, a JEM assistant professor and the director of the Medal of Honor project. WBIR anchor John Becker will moderate. The event is free and open to the public.
The Medal of Honor Project traveled to Chattanooga Friday, Feb. 7 to interview WWII Medal of Honor recipient Charles Coolidge.
Coolidge, 92, is the only living MOH recipient from Tennessee, and one of 32 recipients hailing from the Volunteer state. He received his medal for actions in France as a technical sergeant in the U.S. Army.
JEM graduate student Joe Kuczynski interviewed Coolidge who shared freely about his life and legacy for over an hour and a half. The raw footage from the interview is posted on the MOH Project website.
Additional support was provided by JEM graduate student Jake Thompson, JEM undergraduate Katherine Donnelly, video specialist Mike Wiseman and Assistant Professor Nick Geidner.
College Broadcasters, Inc. recently featured The Volunteer Channel (TVC) in its Station Spotlight series. TVC Director of Operations Mike Wiseman promoted the station, now in its 18th year, and vouched for the unique opportunity it affords students who are interested in broadcast journalism.
"I don’t know of many college stations that let freshman walk in the door on their first day of class and start using thousands of dollars worth of equipment!” he said. “Students who work at our station leave with invaluable experience that can compete in any market.”
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