May 12: Knoxville, Tenn.
What a whirlwind couple of days it has been in east Tennessee.
I got in late Wednesday night and checked into an interesting little bed and breakfast called the Maplehurst Inn (Google map). But it seemed as if the morning came just moments later.
It began at 6:45 a.m. Thursday with a visit to WNOX radio and an appearance on a popular radio talk show hosted by Hallerin Hilton Hill. Hill dubbed me "the grand poobah of news." From there, it was on to WUOT radio for a public radio interview with Ann Lloyd. After that, it was lunch at Rega's with my old Albuquerque Tribune Pal Jack McElroy, now editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Thursday afternoon, I met with folks from the University of Tennessee student chapter and long-time adviser Bonnie Hufford. In the evening, I had dinner with another old Abq. Trib pal, Lara Edge, now vice president editorial/interactive at Scripps Networks. The food: Eclectic Southern at Bogartz.
Friday began with a guest lecture at UT, lunch at the Riverside Tavern with members of the East Tennesee Pro chapter board, an afternoon appearance on WATE-TV and, finally, a trip to the University Club, where I gave a speech after dinner and before the Golden Press Card Awards.
Whew! I'm looking forward to some downtime on homeward-bound airplanes tomorrow. Let's hope my travel luck has improved.
Thanks to Georgiana Vines and Jean Ash for being such wonderful hostesses. Jean shot the photo. From left, Jack Lail, Lisa Hood, me, Mark Harmon and Georgiana Vines at the Riverside Tavern.
What a whirlwind couple of days it has been in east Tennessee.
I got in late Wednesday night and checked into an interesting little bed and breakfast called the Maplehurst Inn (Google map). But it seemed as if the morning came just moments later.
It began at 6:45 a.m. Thursday with a visit to WNOX radio and an appearance on a popular radio talk show hosted by Hallerin Hilton Hill. Hill dubbed me "the grand poobah of news." From there, it was on to WUOT radio for a public radio interview with Ann Lloyd. After that, it was lunch at Rega's with my old Albuquerque Tribune Pal Jack McElroy, now editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Thursday afternoon, I met with folks from the University of Tennessee student chapter and long-time adviser Bonnie Hufford. In the evening, I had dinner with another old Abq. Trib pal, Lara Edge, now vice president editorial/interactive at Scripps Networks. The food: Eclectic Southern at Bogartz.Friday began with a guest lecture at UT, lunch at the Riverside Tavern with members of the East Tennesee Pro chapter board, an afternoon appearance on WATE-TV and, finally, a trip to the University Club, where I gave a speech after dinner and before the Golden Press Card Awards.
Whew! I'm looking forward to some downtime on homeward-bound airplanes tomorrow. Let's hope my travel luck has improved.
Thanks to Georgiana Vines and Jean Ash for being such wonderful hostesses. Jean shot the photo. From left, Jack Lail, Lisa Hood, me, Mark Harmon and Georgiana Vines at the Riverside Tavern.
posted by Dave at 10:56 PM
1 Comments:
Dave, enjoyed your visit to East Tennessee and now that you are gone, summer warm weather has returned. Not sure if there a correlation, but it might be something you want to study in your SPJ travels. I did do a post on your visit here.
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