“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…
UTC students land 9 finalists in AP College Media awards
2019 Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters and Media Editors College Division contest is impressed with UTC students’ work
Feeding the homeless and hungry is a crusade for El Taylor
“Everyone Deserves to Be Fed” https://risingrock.net/2019/10/21/el-everyone-deserves-to-be-fed/ Even in the summer, El Taylor feels like Santa Claus. Every other week or so, she makes about 100 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches and then hits the street, handing them out to the homeless. “A lot of times, the majority of people I see are asleep, so it’s kind of like…
Covering comics collective to get a taste of journalism
“This class feels like a full-time job,” says senior Alex Ogle. That’s kind of the point. Ogle, who is majoring in communication, is talking about Rising Rock, the course that introduces students to real-world journalism, opening their eyes to the multiple and sometimes complicated steps it takes to put together a multimedia project that…
UTC student-led media brings home eight journalism awards
Students at UTC brought home eight awards in college journalism competition.
Bridge to Rising Rock
Communication students tell the untold stories of Chattanooga with Rising Rock.