A fond farewell

photo Staci Martin-Wolfe
Knoxville is the largest city in East Tennessee and ranks third largest in the state according to the government. It was rated the #1 Best Place to Live for cities under 1 million by the Places Rated Almanac Millenium Edition. Knoxville is home to The University of Tennessee (go Vols!) and now, me.

It's so long and goodbye for me.

Ah the memories. Like our first go at a breaking news story with the robbery at Emprise Bank. Or the gruesome coverage of a squirrel who jumped to an untimely death and took out power for most of campus. Or the time that Adam, Jimmy, Rylan and I covered the Boardwalk fire in the wee hours of a Sunday morning. Good times, good times.

I will truly miss the Multimedia Newsroom and working with the students, faculty and staff. I learned a lot about journalism, new media, and myself in the three years I have been at the J-School.

photo Staci Martin-Wolfe
Students from the very first Online Writing, Editing and Production class presented a plan for the new tv.ku.edu web site in fall 2004.

I look forward to seeing where we go with new media. IMHO, this is an exciting time to be a journalist, the world is changing, technology is evolving and our jobs as communicators, data miners and information managers are more important than ever. As young journalists in 2006, we tend to forget where we came from, how hard journalists have struggled and how important the First Amendment is to democracy and our society. If you find yourself ever wondering why you want to be a journalists, stop and look at history.

This is my last post on eHub, but I will still be around, lurking...reading your posts. Goodbye and good luck.