Maha Ayesh, president of the Muslim Community of Knoxville, talks about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, how the messages of media and political leadership affect Palestinians, and how the current conflict is affecting some residents of Knoxville's community.
Melanie is WUOT’s interim news director and Professor of Practice in journalism at the University of Tennessee, where she has taught reporting, editing and media entrepreneurship since 2012. Before teaching, Melanie worked for Bloomberg News for 11 years in a variety of cities and roles, from managing the multimedia desk to producing television. In between her journalism jobs, Melanie worked as director of information services at Opera America, putting her M.A. in musicology, from Montreal’s McGill University, to good use.