UTC Communication Department

UTC student media made a great showing at the Golden Press Awards on Wednesday evening in Knoxville.

Megan Cooper won first place in podcasting; Sydney Banks won first in Sports Reporting; Clara Paulson won first in Photojournalism; and Delaney Holman, Ryan Conley, Malcolm Key, and Kayelyn McCaslin won second as a team in best news story with a story on Engel Stadium and Chattanooga baseball.

Thanks to the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists for hosting this event, and also thanks to the San Diego SPJ chapter for judging the entries and their glowing comments on the work of our student journalists!

Congrats to all our newest Communication alumni and all the 2026 graduates at UTC! We are all so proud of you and wish you all the best in the next chapter! Go Mocs!

Congratulations to all the winners at tonight’s Comm Department Awards Night. We are so proud of all that you’ve accomplished and excited for what comes next!

It is a very exciting day for student media at UTC, with NASCAR visiting campus! Cup driver Austin Cindric and Talladega Superspeedway region President Josh Harris were in town to promote the upcoming Jack Links 500.

Austin and Josh were interviewed by University Echo Sports Editor Zoie Denton with the help of the the Mocs News student broadcast team.

The full video will be up soon on Mocs News, and read Zoie’s Echo story online in the coming days.

Tonight, the Communication Department held its 10th Photo Night showcase event. It was a day of workshops and instruction followed by an evening celebrating visual storytelling by UTC students and acclaimed professionals. This event is one of the highlights of the year for our department, and a chance for our student to learn and shine. Congratulations to everyone for making this such a special day!

This Thu 12/11 at 3 PM, tune in to WUTC's Scenic Roots to listen to the latest showcase of Chattanooga area stories by students from the Rising Rock Media class in UTC Communication Department at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Listen on 88.1 FM, wutc.org & the WUTC app.

As we prepare for the Fall 2025 UTC graduation this weekend, Communication Major Matt McAllister reflects on his time at UTC.

Matt spent the fall 2025 semester as a student writer in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Division of Communications and Marketing, for his internship to complete his bachelor’s degree in communication.

Read Matt's reflection on his journey to UTC, how he has a changed and grown on this campus. We wish Matt the best of luck as his future unfolds, and congratulations on a job well done!

“Sometimes, the right place finds you”: A student writer shares his UTC story | UTC News Matt McAllister spent the fall 2025 semester as a student writer in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Division of Communications and Marketing, completing his bachelor’s degree in communication. He is a 2021 graduate of Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Comm alumna Rainey Randolph ‘25 was recently promoted to News Producer for WDEF-TV 12 in Chattanooga.

In this role, Rainey produces the CBS affiliate’s 5:30 and 6 p.m. newscasts, keeping Chattanoogans up to date and informed. Congrats to Rainey for this promotion. You’re making the Communication Department and all of UTC proud!