Journalism

Scope and Contents Demonstration tape to show limits of TV programming for rural areas. Tape includes a broadcast of Action 10 News out of Knoxville covering topics such as airport construction, city council decisions, activities of the Knoxville Utilities Board, TVA, and Knoxville Housing Authority, University of Tennessee, and Captain Kangaroo's visit to Knoxville and surrounding areas. This clip is followed by an episode of the Model Valley News, an imagined local news program for the Model Valley, which is...

Scope and Contents Papers of William Rule(1839-1928), a newspaper editor, mayor of Knoxville (1873, 1898), and postmaster (1873, 1877) in Knoxville, Tenn. Born in Knox County, Tenn. Married Lucy Anne Maxey in 1858. Worked with William G. Brownlow on Knoxville Whig. Served in Sixth Tennessee Volunteer Regiment, Union Army, 1862-1865. Published Republican newspaper, the Knoxville Chronicle. Founded the Knoxville Journal in 1885, which merged with the Tribune in 1888 to become the Journal and Tribune. Rule was...