Month: January 2021

  • Ask a lawmaker on Saturday

    Ask a lawmaker on Saturday

    The League of Women Voters of Knoxville/Knox County and the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists are holding a “Legislative Webinar” on Saturday at 10 a.m. to hear lawmakers talk about key issues that will be taken up by the Tennessee General Assembly this year. In pandemic style, it’s being held virtually via Zoom. You…

  • Learn more about the Black in Appalachia podcast

    Learn more about the Black in Appalachia podcast

    Journalist and activist Angela Dennis and University of Tennessee sociologist and critical studies scholar Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin will talk about the Black in Appalachia podcast in a session for the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists on Feb. 2 at noon. Registration details for the one-hour Zoom event are on the ETSPJ website. It will…

  • The storming of the Capitol is archived

    The storming of the Capitol is archived

    The FBI and District of Columbia police are searching for people involved in the violence at the Capitol on Wednesday — and they’re finding them and they are likely to find and arrest more. Along with these official law enforcement efforts, volunteers are scouring and scraping up visual evidence. It’s an amazing effort. There is…