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Melanie Faizer

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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mfaizer@utk.edu

Melanie Faizer has taught writing, reporting, editing and media entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee since 2012. She was interim news director at WUOT-FM, East Tennessee's National Public Radio station, from 2023-2024, working with students to produce professional journalism. Faizer is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, and continues to freelance as a reporter and editor. She previously worked for Bloomberg News.