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 May 2013  

   

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Do You   WUOT Like Kate?

 

"I am an equal opportunity listener...I enjoy everything on WUOT!" says donor Kate Caldwell. "Thanks for supporting the public in our ability to speak intelligently and compassionately to some of the most urgent issues of our time."

 

If WUOT informs and entertains you like it does Kate, please make a donation now. Your help will ensure that this public radio station continues to be a place on the radio where diverse viewpoints, music and stories are shared. Thank you for your support.

  
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Jessel receives TEA School Bell Award  

 

WUOT reporter Christine Jessel has received a School Bell Award from the Tennessee Education Association (TEA) for Outstanding Coverage by an Individual Reporter.

 

The award recognizes Jessel's "consistent and thorough coverage" of East Tennessee's public schools. Jessel began covering education issues for WUOT in early 2011 as a reporter and producer for the Southern Education Desk, a project supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

 

TEA School Bell Awards are open to reporters, hosts, editors and news stations across Tennessee. Media representatives must first receive a letter of recommendation from a local teachers' association to be considered. A panel of judges from both inside and outside the education field then selects winners based on "coverage of education news and issues as well as the tremendous role they play in shaping public opinion."

 

TEA is the state's largest professional organization representing over 46,000 elementary and secondary teachers, school administrators, education support professionals, higher education faculty and students preparing to become teachers.

  
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WUOT series wins Regional Murrow Award

 

WUOT has won a 2013 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTNDA) for Mother and Child.  

  

The three-part series aired in 2012 and examined the ways in which prescription drug abuse is destroying that sacred bond.
Each piece profiled one East Tennessee woman who has seen or experienced the effects of prescriptions drug abuse. The series was produced by WUOT's director of news content, Matt Shafer Powell. 

   

A record number of entries were submitted to the regional awards. Judges selected winners from 13 U.S. regions and around the world. WUOT won for Writing in the Small Market Category of Region 8, which includes Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.

 

Regional winners automatically are entered in the national competition, which will be judged this summer. A complete list of the 2013 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards winners is online at rtdna.org.   

  

RTDNA is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism. RTDNA represents local and network journalists in broadcasting, cable and digital media in more than 30 countries. 

 

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CD Winner


Congratulations to May's CD winner, Suzanne E. of Knoxville, Tenn.! She won contemporary jazz and blues vocalist Catherine Russell's album Inside This Heart of Mine. It's warm, bluesy and spans decades of poignant classics. Enjoy!  

  

Each month, we'll randomly draw a name from our list of valued members and the winner will receive a CD. It's just another way for us to say "thanks" for your support.

  

Details about the prize drawing

  

  

FROM THE NATIONAL DESKS

  

 

All The News That's Fit To Sip 
Many cities take their coffee seriously, but only San Diego can boast a newspaper devoted entirely to coffee shops. As part of Morning Edition's "Coffee Week," David Greene talks to John Rippo, publisher of The Espresso, about what makes coffee shops the places to catch the juiciest moments of the human experience.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/23/177779265/newspaper-takes-the-pulse-of-san-diego-coffee-culture  

 

 

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Monty Python's Life Of Brain 
The brain is a complex organ.. especially when explained by Monty Python's John Cleese in complete gibberish. Cleese uses nonsense words that sound convincingly English to torture the Closed Caption bot in a featured video clip, and demonstrates the agility the human brain has compared to artificial intelligence.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/04/04/176258637/monty-pythons-john-cleese-almost-explains-our-brains  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! Live in Theatres May 2 

 

On Thursday, May 2, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! motors into theatres, and we can't...wait wait!

 

The show will simulcast live at select theatres nationwide, and will be shown locally at 8 p.m. ET at the West Town Mall 9 in Knoxville and Tinseltown in Oak Ridge. An encore performance is May 7 for those who missed the first show...or want to see it again!

 

Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell will be joined by Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca and Tom Bodett, as well as special guests and listener contestants. All they need is YOU.

 

Just think--you can tell all your friends you had a date night with Carl!
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Dialogue  

  

Dialogue WUOT's monthly live call-in program. Hosted by a member of WUOT's News Staff. 

We'll take your calls at 865-974-5050; tweet us @WUOTFM; or submit your question on WUOT's Facebook page.
Wednesday, May 8, at 1 p.m. 
(Note this is a week later than usual.) 

  

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Studio 865/Flipside

Studio 865 button WUOT's monthly program featuring local music and musicians, hosted by Todd Steed. 

Next up on Studio 865: Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, in a special live performance and interview from Knoxville's Preservation Pub. Hear the truly fresh sound of steel pans in a jazz format. 

Wednesday, May 1, at 8 p.m.
Studio 865 on Facebook
Listen to Flipside on iTunes

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New Opera Series Begins This Month 
 
Saturday afternoon broadcasts from The Metropolitan Opera wind up on May 11 with Wagner's epic "Gotterdammerung" which has an early start time of noon (This American Life will air at 10 p.m.). Productions from Lyric Opera of Chicago start on Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m., with Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra."
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WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters  

 

The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT programming in April. There's a complete list of WUOT's sponsors with links to their websites on the Underwriters page of our website. Please thank these organizations for supporting WUOT Public Radio!
 
 

All Underwriters

  

If you'd like to raise awareness for your organization or a special event by becoming a WUOT underwriter, contact Cindy Hassil at (865) 974-6167.