School of Journalism and Electronic Media

Special correspondent Lisa Ling urged an audience of nearly 450 to empower themselves, seek out information of substance, and make a contribution to their local and global community.

Journalism professionals and students alike learned how to decipher financial statements, understand government filings, cover private companies and write enticing company and individual profiles all in one day during a free business journalism boot camp at UT.

This year, the Newspaper Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication honors Professor Dorothy Bowles as the Professional Freedom & Responsibility Professor of the Year.

Prospective master's program students considering study in journalism and electronic media, as well as in advertising, communication studies or public relations are invited to an open house at the University of Tennessee on October 17.

International students have made the UT School of Journalism and Electronic Media prgram their pick for study this year. The 2008-2009 undergraduate, master's and Ph. D students come from varying countries across the globe, including Norway, Serbia, Brazil and China.

John Noble Wilford, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and noted science writer for The New York Times, has received the 2008 Donald G. Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award.

Three UT students are one step closer to realizing their filmmaking dreams as HBO handpicks their work to feature on the "Entourage" Web site Monday, August 25. Sophomore Scott Murphy, and juniors Daniel Hubbard and Matt Dearman, the trio that won the 4th Annual Free Range Film Contest on campus, have entered the Hollywood scene and couldn't be happier about it.

Graduate students in the College of Communication and Information will have a new scholarship thanks to the generosity of Dr. Sally McMillan, associate professor and associate dean of the college, and her spouse, Dr. James Fields.

The Graduate School will present "Graduation Workshop for Fall 2008 Graduates" from 3 p.m.- 4 p.m., Wednesday, June 4 and from 12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m., Thursday, June 5.

A public affairs reporting class from UT's School of Journalism and Electronic Media visited the Howard H. Baker Jr. U.S. District Courthouse on April 22 as part of a study on courts and had the rare opportunity of meeting with two federal judges.