School of Journalism & Media

Torchbearer Justin Crawford reflects on JEM-CCI experience, opportunities.

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Justin Crawford on the set of ABC's Good Morning America. Image courtesy of Justin Crawford. For Torchbearer and recent alum Justin Crawford, an undergraduate program in Journalism and Electronic Media was about more than just a degree.

Throughout the past four years of packed semesters, summer internships, and extracurricular programs, he found time to work as a career advisor with the Center for Career Development, a student director helping new arrivals in the Ignite program, and as an anchor and producer across the Knoxville media market, scoring spots at NBC, FOX, and ESPN affiliates.

That perseverance and dedication to his craft led to not one, but two prestigious post-graduation internships. In May, Crawford set off … Read more “Torchbearer Justin Crawford reflects on JEM-CCI experience, opportunities.”