"The Long March," an award-winning documentary on the American civil rights movement produced by three graduates of the University of Tennessee, two of them from JEM, and overseen by journalism professor Bob Legg, will air on East Tennessee Public Television (ETPtv) at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, and at 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19.

Professor Carol Tenopir, director of CCI's Center for Information and Communication Studies, is weighing in on the national debate about increasing access to scholarly publishing. She is serving on the U.S. Congressional roundtable to study how the results of federally funded research can be more widely disseminated.

Disgraced celebrities, athletes and politicians who attempt to save face by issuing a hangdog apology to the public are a sad sight. In this Commercial Appeal story, Karen Hilyard, assistant professor of public relations in the UT College of Communication and Information, says delivering a heartfelt mea culpa to a public audience can be a career saver.

Jessica Waugh spends her days working as a librarian in the Chesterfield County Public Library in Richmond, Va.