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"Scenic Roots" offers conversations that matter in the heart of Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.From the mountains to the river, our conversations are rooted deep within every corner of our community - reflecting who we are, who we were and who we can become.We engage with the news that affects our community, behind and beyond the headlines. We build bridges that span from creators and innovators to storytellers and the outdoors. We focus on our challenges as many communities in one - as we celebrate what inspires us. We resonate with countless voices - in words and spaces, sounds and songs.We are "Scenic Roots."Ray Bassett hosts and produces "Scenic Roots" at WUTC.

Student Storytellers At UTC Learn Their Craft

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Rising Rock

Here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, there is a class for storytellers called “Rising Rock.”

Billy Weeks is the lecturer in communication who teaches it.  Among his students in the class this semester are:  Nessa Parish, a senior; MacKenzie Carver, a junior - and Haili Jackson, a senior. 

Sierra Wolfenbarger is a senior and also a Rising Rock student this semester - as well as an intern here at WUTC, helping us to produce “Scenic Roots.”  Her piece for Rising Rock profiles the woman in Chattanooga who set a new record for hugging a tree and why she did it.

We look forward to sharing more stories from this semester’s Rising Rock class next month here on “Scenic Roots.”

Ray is the host and producer of Scenic Roots, Mondays - Thursdays at 3 PM on WUTC.
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