MTSU alumna Christi Underdown-Dubois, left, explains how she participated in the “Story Slam” competition at the recent National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn.
MTSU alumna Christi Underdown-Dubois, a relative newcomer, was a part of the recent 2012 National Storytelling Festival in historic Jonesborough, Tenn. The October event celebrated 40 years of storytelling that started in the tiny East Tennessee town and has become an international movement.
This special report on the storytellers and the National Storytelling Festival features some of the prominent artists who practice the profession as well as the founder of the festival, Jimmy Neil Smith. Smith conceived the idea of a storytelling festival in a conversation with his students in the early 1970s after listening to comedian Jerry Clower. The first festival was held around a wagon on the courthouse square; today, the National Storytelling Festival features multiple venues in and around Jonesborough.
The fall semester already is more than half over, and the November edition of "Out of the Blue," the university's monthly video magazine, is more proof that MTSU never slows down! Enjoy this month's features on: students working alongside their music-industry pro peers to capture the annual "Capitol Street Party" in…
OXFORD, Miss. — Two MTSU media students got a hands-on taste of their future careers during the recent Lens Collective 2019 multimedia storytelling workshop at the University of Mississippi. Christine Eschenfelder, an assistant professor in the College of Media and Entertainment’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media, accompanied students Christyn…
by Lily Manyara and Andrew Oppmann MANCHESTER, Tenn. — Emmy-winning producer Tom Steel makes his living doing big-scale livestreams for high-profile music events like this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. This past weekend, he teamed with students and faculty from Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Media and Entertainment to…
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