{"id":53711,"date":"2023-09-13T15:01:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=53711"},"modified":"2023-09-13T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:01:00","slug":"students-earn-first-place-awards-in-statewide-journalism-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/students-earn-first-place-awards-in-statewide-journalism-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Students earn first place awards in statewide journalism competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"UTC Student Lens - Raising Wolves\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_WfJhkcCDo?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Allie English hopes she will be able to combine her two majors\u2014communication and environmental science\u2014after she graduates from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in May.<\/p>\n<p>English recently mixed the two together and won a statewide first-place prize from the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters (TAB) in the category of Best Local Use of Digital or Social Media Platforms for <a href=\"https:\/\/risingrock.net\/2022\/12\/14\/raising-wolves\/\">\u201c<strong>Raising Wolves<\/strong>,\u201d<\/a> her short documentary on endangered red wolves.<\/p>\n<p>She produced, filmed and edited the documentary as part of her work for the Rising Rock course at UTC in which students create journalism pieces that combine writing, visual and audio components.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53713\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"53713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/students-earn-first-place-awards-in-statewide-journalism-competition\/english-allie-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Seth Carpenter&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661293935&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2022 Seth Carpenter, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"English, Allie Web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-53713 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Allie English\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/English-Allie-Web.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allie English<\/p><\/div>\n<p>English \u201ctold the story of saving the red wolf through the center and she did it in a beautifully shot video,\u201d said Associate Lecturer Billy Weeks, who teaches the Rising Rock course.<\/p>\n<p>Another Rising Rock student, Eli Rushing, was selected for TAB\u2019s Best Radio News-, Sport- or Event Coverage for his audio version of <a href=\"https:\/\/risingrock.net\/2022\/11\/21\/heathers-story\/\">\u201c<strong>Heather\u2019s Story<\/strong>\u201d<\/a>\u2014a documentary about UTC senior Heather Kounthapanya, who had to learn to walk again after being hit by a car. Instead of focusing on Kounthapanya, Rushing interviewed Athena Miller, the student with her when she was hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed a different angle because we were talking about the hit-and-run that happened to Heather. I just thought she had an interesting story and that it was kind of a different angle to approach the situation, so that\u2019s what I ran with,\u201d said Rushing, a senior in communication who grew up in Sparta, Tennessee, and graduated from White County High School.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks said Rushing \u201cdid a great job of introducing his listeners to the positive side of Heather Kounthapanya with a little help from her friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the audio story, Miller said she \u201csometimes gets flashbacks, either me turning around and seeing her on the ground and the car driving away. And then other times it\u2019s when I got to her face and she just looked so confused and lost, and sometimes it gets to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One judge in the TAB competition described Rushing\u2019s work as a \u201cvery compelling story. Such a warm, human touch to the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three other Rising Rock students were finalists in the association\u2019s awards competition. Brittany Santiago, a senior double majoring in communication and sociology, and Seth Carpenter, who graduated in May 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s in communication, were finalists in Best Radio News-, Sport- or Event Coverage for their audiocast \u201cMiss Nola\u2019s Gumbo,\u201d which focused on Tacia Taylor, owner of Nola Girls Gumbo\u2014an authentic Cajun cuisine food truck in Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>Jerrod Niles, who graduated from UTC in May 2022 with a bachelor\u2019s in communication, was a finalist in the Best TV News or Feature Story competition for \u201cBattle Buddies,\u201d about PTSD-suffering veteran Eric Dudash and his service dog, Phantom.<\/p>\n<p>English filmed \u201cRaising Wolves\u201d at Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center in Chattanooga, which is heavily involved in the conservation of red wolves, housing six of the animals. English has worked as a volunteer in Reflection Riding\u2019s plant nursery.<\/p>\n<p>In 1980, the American red wolf was declared extinct in the wild, but in 1987\u2014through captive breeding efforts\u2014the species was re-established. About 220 red wolves now live in 44 captive breeding facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really interested in both photography and video, so just being able to do stories specifically that intersect the natural world in humanity, similar to the wolf story, I would love to do that,\u201d said English, who grew up in Munford, Tennessee, and graduated from Tipton-Rosemark Academy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53714\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"53714\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/students-earn-first-place-awards-in-statewide-journalism-competition\/rushing-eli-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Seth Carpenter&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661293578&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2022 Seth Carpenter, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;58&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rushing, Eli Web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-53714 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Eli Rushing\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/Rushing-Eli-Web.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eli Rushing<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cI knew a lot of people didn\u2019t know about red wolves, particularly in this area. It\u2019s a species that I don\u2019t think a lot of people know exists, and so I figured it would be really helpful and good to try to raise awareness for them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Rushing said he and Miller had a conversation of about 40 minutes that he edited to three minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sat down with her and talked about what had happened that night and how she had dealt with some of the shock of that situation,\u201d he said. \u201cShe is a little soft-spoken. I definitely would consider her to be an introvert, but I felt like we were able to cover the topics and she was a very willing participant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His career goals involve sports journalism, especially the National Basketball Association\u2019s Memphis Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always had the dream of doing sports journalism because I\u2019ve always loved sports. I\u2019ve not really ever been that good at them, but I\u2019ve always felt like I had a knack for storytelling,\u201d Rushing said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure what the future holds, but I do know that editing audio and being able to tell a story in that format is something that is going to be valuable, no matter where my career takes me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Click below for Eli Rushing&#8217;s audio with Athena Miller<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-53711-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/athena-story-final-final_mixdown.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/athena-story-final-final_mixdown.mp3\">https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/09\/athena-story-final-final_mixdown.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h4>Learn More<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/communication\">UTC Department of Communication<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/risingrock.net\/\">Rising Rock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/risingrock.net\/2022\/12\/14\/raising-wolves\/\">&#8220;Raising Wolves&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/risingrock.net\/2022\/11\/21\/heathers-story\/\">&#8220;Heather&#8217;s Story&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seniors Allie English and Eli Rushing recently won 2023 Excellence in Broadcasting Awards from the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters. English was recognized for her short documentary, \u201cRaising Wolves,\u201d and Rushing was honored for his audio version of \u201cHeather\u2019s Story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/students-earn-first-place-awards-in-statewide-journalism-competition\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":53719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4866,123865,61,3,122313,7712,8244,661],"tags":[123288,123294,72898,123295,123290,123293,123291,119507,123289,119378,72897,122456,123292],"class_list":{"0":"post-53711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-biology-geology-and-environmental-science","8":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","9":"category-communication","10":"category-community","11":"category-experiential-learning","12":"category-faculty-and-staff","13":"category-honors-and-awards","14":"category-students","15":"tag-allie-english","16":"tag-athena-miller","17":"tag-billy-weeks","18":"tag-brittany-santiago","19":"tag-eli-rushing","20":"tag-heather-kounthapanya","21":"tag-heathers-story","22":"tag-jerrod-niles","23":"tag-raising-wolves","24":"tag-reflection-riding-arboretum-and-nature-center","25":"tag-rising-rock","26":"tag-seth-carpenter","27":"tag-tennessee-association-of-broadcasters","28":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Students earn first place awards in statewide journalism competition | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seniors Allie English and Eli Rushing recently won 2023 Excellence in Broadcasting Awards from the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters. 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