For the second year in a row, a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has been recognized in a national competition known as the Pulitzer Prize for collegiate journalism. Jules Jackson, a double major in art and communications, placed 19th in the 2022-23 Hearst Multimedia Narrative Storytelling Competition.
Journey from the past: Serretta Malaikham’s look back brings her forward
From the pages of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine: Serretta Malaikham’s grandparents fled Laos during the Vietnam War and ended up in Nashville, where they raised her. She told her family’s story to UTC Magazine and for the first time ever in her Rising Rock piece, “Journey to Freedom.”
The field below: Jerrod Niles’ project earns national acclaim
From the pages of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine: A look at recent communication graduate Jerrod Niles, who placed in the Top 10 in the national 2021-2022 Hearst Multimedia Narrative Storytelling Competition for college students.
Rising Rock students find inspiration by reporting on Chattanooga
UTC students venture into Chattanooga and find compelling stories.
Anxiety moves in as peacefulness moves out
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 There were only two plots of land that separated my house from my grandparent’s house, both of which were planted and harvested by my grandfather this past fall. The house that I grew up in was built on a plot of land that was formerly a cotton field farmed by my…
Balancing act: Keeping optimism, battling pessimism
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And,…
UTC communication students bring home top AP journalism awards
Students from UTC pick up several prizes in the Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters and Media College Competition.
The dark, the light and the in-between
By Amanda Morgan Fann Change. I have never liked it, but I know I cannot stop the inevitable, only adjust and grow from it. When I first heard the word “coronavirus” in January, I never fathomed that it would outbreak in the United States, much less shape the entire way we live our everyday lives.…
COVID-19: Repetition and Isolation
Two to 14 days. That is all the virus is supposed to live for, but the inability to stop our fast pace capitalist society from going keeps the COVID-19 going. Small businesses hurting, stock market crashing, unemployment rate increasing, people social-distancing, colleges closing. Not just the nation, but the world is having to learn new…
COVID-19: Attention vs. Intention
Two to 14 days. That is all the virus is supposed to live for, but the inability to stop our fast pace capitalist society from going keeps the COVID-19 going. Small businesses hurting, stock market crashing, unemployment rate increasing, people social-distancing, colleges closing. Not just the nation, but the world is having to learn…