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Jack McElroy

Title: Editor
Department: Editorial/Editor
Contact: 865-342-6300 | Send Jack an email

Recent Work

  • The Upfront Page: Sports journalists aren't boosters Published 02/20/2010 at 12:25 p.m. 28 Comments

    A letter writer complained about a photo in Sunday's paper showing a Kentucky player bouncing the basketball off the head of the Vols' J.P. Prince:

  • McElroy: Kiffin departure: vitriol and class Published 01/24/2010 at midnight 63 Comments

    A few days after the Lane Kiffin debacle, I got a call from Robin Kiffin, his mom and Monte Kiffin's wife. She was very upset by a sentence in a story about reaction to her son's departure:

  • Duly noted: UT still not saying what Dooley will be paid Published 01/21/2010 at 6:14 a.m. 20 Comments

    The UT Athletic Department isn't saying what Dooley will be paid or what the other terms of his employment are because the agreement hasn't been finalized. Tiffany Carpenter, the department's director of public relations, says she hopes to have numbers ...

  • New Vols football writer starts Published 09/01/2009 at 6:09 a.m. 34 Comments

    Austin Ward took over our UT football beat Monday. He comes to us from the Star-Tribune in Casper, Wyo., where he covered University of Wyoming football and was named 2008 Wyoming sportswriter of the year.

  • McElroy: SEC edging out independent media Published 08/23/2009 at midnight 3 Comments

    The SEC wants to be the NFL.In recent years, the National Football League has slapped restrictions on press credentials to control what the media can do with the content it gathers. Rules limit how video, photos, archives and more can ...

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