Rachel Wise

• Rachel Wise: Trending: Digital nostalgia brings the past to our fingertips Published 05/18/2013 at 7 p.m.

  Last week, I discovered something both frightening and fascinating: Google Web History.

• Rachel Wise: Responding to tragedy with kindness Published 04/20/2013 at 8 p.m.

  I was the only online producer working when news of the Boston Marathon explosions broke. Already having my hands full with the breaking-news story about the FBI raid at Pilot Flying J, I quickly and methodically began grabbing the few ...

• Rachel Wise: FGCU has come a long way Published 03/30/2013 at 7 p.m.

  Most people in East Tennessee assume that because I’m a 20-something living and working in Knoxville, I went to the University of Tennessee. But they’re wrong.

• Social media explodes with talk of Florida Gulf Coast Published 03/24/2013 at 10:22 p.m.

  Sunday night, FGCU (my undergrad alma mater) became the first 15-seed team to make it to the Sweet 16 in NCAA tournament history. Twitter and Facebook erupted with celebration and shock over this year's Cinderella story.

• Rachel Wise: Vine app opens new world of creativity Updated 02/28/2013 at 2:30 p.m.

  It might only be a month old, but the latest tech craze to hit the Web has taken off, captivating users six seconds at a time.

• Rachel Wise: 'Catfish' hoaxes are bizarre phenomena Published 01/27/2013 at 3 a.m.

  If something seems too good to be true, that might be because it is. That's a lesson Manti Te'o learned the hard way.

• Knoxville ice storm photos via social media Updated 01/25/2013 at 3:28 p.m.

  View a collection of photos of an ice-covered East Tennessee posted on Instagram today.

• Rachel Wise: Embrace digital tools that help you keep New Year's resolutions Published 01/06/2013 at 3 a.m.

  A former professor posted something on New Year's Eve that really struck a chord with me: "Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one!"

• Popular stories on govolsxtra.com in 2012 Published 12/27/2012 at 12:55 p.m. 5 Comments

  We reviewed our stats for govolsxtra.com and looked for the most viewed news item each week in 2012. Below you will find an abstract from each story, the date it was published and a link to read it again.

• Popular stories on knoxnews.com in 2012 Published 12/27/2012 at noon

  We reviewed our stats for knoxnews.com and looked for the most viewed news item each week in 2012. Below you will find an abstract from each story, the date it was published and a link to read it again.

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