Land Grant Films is proud to present a special, public screening of "The Library That Dolly Built" on Tuesday, September 1st at 6:30 at Kern’s Bakery outdoor stage. The event is free and open to the public.
Nick Geidner
@ngeidner.bsky.social
Professor of Journalism and Director of The Media Center and Land Grant Films at the University of Tennessee. Ohio State grad. Youngstown native.
Dolly’s legacy will be felt in a million ways across East Tennessee, the nation and the world. We are honored to have documented part of that legacy in “The Library That Dolly Built.” We hope you watch the film, learn about the Imagination Library and consider supporting the program.
And you can watch my film, The Library That Dolly Built, about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library on Kanopy! www.kanopy.com/video/11521109
kanopy.com
Mo Ryan@moryan.bsky.social · 9mo agoReminder that not only do library systems have physical media (& many also lend tools, electronics etc), your library card may give you access to streamers Kanopy and Hoopla. We just watched Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of The Rainmaker via a hoopla the other night. Pretty good!
Great to have WBIR, Knoxville’s NBC affiliate, cover the amazing journalism happening at The Daily Beacon, UT’s editorially independent student newspaper. m.youtube.com/watch?v=3U2z...
Students at 'The Daily Beacon' have been closely following the firing of professor Tamar Shirinian
YouTube video by WBIR Channel 10
m.youtube.com
A job well done by Caden Dyer — who is also the editor-in-chief — and Olivia Lee.
Here is their report: www.utdailybeacon.com/campus_news/...
Public records reveal behind-the-scenes details of Shirinian termination
UT System President Randy Boyd referred to the days after Tamar Shirinian’s controversial termination as “a firestorm” in records recently acquired by The Daily Beacon.
utdailybeacon.com
To that end, in my newsletter — in the “closing my tabs” bonus section for paid subscribers — I shouted out some college student journalists tonight: www.lawdork.com/p/court-bloc...
Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10mo agoI feel like Person of the Year should go to college student journalists
Shouts into the void: There is more than 50 years of political comm and poli sci research addressing this topic! But yes, let’s do this new kind of polling. Ugh.
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10mo agoI’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
Hi all. A little clarification: the Purdue student journalists did OFFER to do this but "Unfortunately and understandably, the IDS declined the offer, fearing expulsion of its student leaders and more firings of its professional staff." They printed and delivered a statement of solidarity instead
Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4USpresident@gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 11mo agoPurdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
That said, if you’re working multiple jobs simultaneously, have a side hustle, etc., I’d love to chat with you, especially if you’re an earlyish career worker. (Though this definitely doesn’t just impact young workers—it’s across the board.) DMs open, email rainesford.alexandra@gmail.com
Dropped a call out over on LinkedIn looking to talk to people about working multiple jobs and the response has been so overwhelming, we’d have to do a series to even come close to tackling it all. Which says a lot about cost of living, student loans, worries about layoffs, etc.
Will Chief Justice John Roberts and the Republican appointees end the notion of co-equal branches by raising the executive above all else in backing Trump’s unending desire for more power and fewer limits? That is the question of this term, and Law Dork will be covering all of it.
It's already time for a new SCOTUS term. Or, the summer that wasn't.
A look back, a look ahead. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
lawdork.com
Not only is WUOT an amazing news source for East Tennessee, it is also a training ground for student journalists in the University of Tennessee’s College of Communication and Information. Give today! Every dollar helps!
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11mo agoOK, all! Support public radio! WUOT is East Tennessee's public radio station, based out of UT Knoxville, where my brother, @ngeidner.bsky.social, is a communications professor and the head of the Media Center (of which the NPR affiliate station WUOT is a part). I donated today!
In addition to the programs being dropped, UNL will cut administrative staff in: * College of Business * College of Engineering * College of Fine and Performing Arts * College of Journalism and Mass Communications JOMC "fared poorly" on the metrics used. journalism.unl.edu/news/deans-u...
J. Chris Pires@jchrispires.bsky.social · 12mo ago#University of #Nebraska to eliminate multiple programs as part of $27.5 million budget cut #AcademicSky www.dailynebraskan.com/news/breakin... and budgetprocess.unl.edu/proposed-bud...
The conversation he had with IT and HR before he started reporting this story must have been wild.
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · last yr.New: I looked at 90 porn sites to test the new age-verification law rewriting the web. The ones following the rules, and scanning visitors' faces, are crumbling, while the lawbreakers are doubling or tripling their traffic. One of many unintended consequences for an experimental tech wapo.st/47QuttW
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
nytimes.com
Hey y’all! Henry is selling popcorn for Boy Scouts again! Over 70% of all money raised comes back to support scouts locally in East Tennessee! If you’re interested, you can buy online or just make a donation! trails-end.com/store/scout/...
Support Henry G's Scouting adventures.
Please help Henry G reach their fundraising goal!
trails-end.com
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.
One last thing on this for the moment: Scorched Earth Conan was incredible TV for a few weeks, and Scorched Earth Conan's enemy was fucking Jay Leno. Scorched Earth Colbert should be really good TV.
$118M in Tennessee K-12 funding is held up in Trump federal funding review tennesseelookout.com/2025/07/09/1... @itsmelissabrown.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com @chalkbeat.org
$118M in Tennessee K-12 funding is held up in Trump federal funding review • Tennessee Lookout
Memphis-Shelby County Schools district officials say 100 teacher and staff positions could be cut if the Trump administration withholds funds.
tennesseelookout.com
The National Press Photographers Association says it has cashflow issues and is laying off staff. The NPPA is one of the most important organizations for a profession already under significant pressure. nppa.org/news/797
An update from the NPPA Board of Directors, and emergency meeting planned for July 9.
All members are invited to attend the virtual meeting.
nppa.org
Student & early career journalists in Appalachia, send pitches! We're looking for different kinds of stories—politics, labor, education, cultural trends, life + identity, and more! Rates start at $100 for opinion, $200-$400 for reporting & can increase based on scope. Pitch guide and form below:
A New Call for Pitches for a New Appalachian Era
We continue to tell the stories of our region, with an eye toward deeply-reported modern-day stories of Appalachia’s challenges and triumphs. And if you’re a writer or journalist in the region, we wan...
100daysinappalachia.com
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
ipm.org
This is a real bummer. So many talented folks at Pineapple Street Studios www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/a...
Prestige Podcast Company Pineapple Street Studios Shuts Down
nytimes.com
Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30. By @rhersher.bsky.social
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30.
n.pr
In Outlook Calendar, is there no way to copy and paste an event??