Student Organizations

Active participation in student and professional organizations provides students with invaluable opportunities to gain experience and connections that may further their career. The School of Journalism and Electronic Media strongly encourages its students and faculty to maintain active memberships in organizations appropriate to their interests.

Student Organizations

JEM Media Outlets

• Scoop - Magazine published by the School of Journalism and Electronic Media
• TNJN - Online news site of the School of Journalism and Electronic Media
• The Volunteer Channel - Student cable channel
• WUTK -  Student radio station

Student Publications Board Media Outlets

• The Daily Beacon - Student campus newspaper
• Phoenix - Student literary and arts magazine
• The Volunteer Annual - UT's student annual

Student Chapters of Professional Associations

• National Broadcasting Society/AERho - Pre-professional society for students interested in electronic media careers. AERho is an affiliated honors society. Local chapter has a website here. National website is available here.
• Radio-Television News Directors Association
• Society for Professional Journalists - local student chapter website

Other Student Organizations

• Kappa Tau Alpha - honorary society for journalism and mass communication students. National organization website is available here

Professional Associations in Journalism and Electronic Media

• IRTS Foundation (International Radio & Television Society)
• National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
• National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
• National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ)
• RTNDA (Radio and Television News Directors Association)
• Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
• Tennessee Association of Broadcasters (TAB)
• Tennessee Press Association (TPA)

Academic Associations in Journalism and Electronic Media

• ACA - American Communication Association
• AEJMC - Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
• BEA - Broadcast Education Association
• ICA - International Communication Association
• NCA - National Communication Association
• WCA - World Communication Association
• AAPOR - American Association for Public Opinion Research
• AoIR - Association of Internet Researchers
• ACEJMC - Acrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications