EXECUTIVE STAFF
Katelyn Cohee
Program Director
Katelyn is a senior Mass Media and Strategic Communications major focusing in Broadcasting and Multimedia Production, from Thompsons's Station, Tenn. She serves WUTM as the Program Director. Outside of WUTM, Katelyn also serves as a PEP Leader and College Leader on campus for incoming freshmen where she helps them get acclimated to college life and serves as a person for them to come to with anything. She also does sideline reporting for Westview High School and UT Martin football. Katelyn is also a co-host on the award-winning sports talk radio show, The Bench. After graduation, she hopes to work as a sideline reporter for the NFL or a communications coordinator in Formula 1 or IndyCar.
LeeAnne Morefield
News Director
​LeeAnne is a senior Broadcast Mass Media and Strategic Communications major from Dresden Tenn. LeeAnne is Assistant News Director for WUTM. She helps to create and edit the daily news for the station. LeeAnne also is the host of the radio show Faith in Focus. Her other campus involvement includes being an active member in Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She is also an active member in her church Martin First United Methodist Church. After she graduates she hopes to become a news anchor.
Ja'Tyria Greer
Assistant News Director
Ja'Tyria is a senior Mass Media and Strategic Communication major focusing in Broadcast and Multimedia Production from Memphis, Tennessee. She joined the WUTM team in September 2025 as Assistant News Director, helping News Director, LeeAnne Morefield, produce news content and keep the campus informed. Ja'Tyria is also an active member of the Black Student Association and Women of Excellence at UT Martin. Passionate about storytelling and with hopes to connect with her community, Ja'Tyria plans to pursue a career in broadcast journalism after graduation.
Daniel Mancusi
Sports Director
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Daniel Mancusi is a junior Mass Media and Communications broadcast major from Kansas City, Missouri. Daniel is a play-by-play announcer/color analyst for WUTM on football and basketball broadcasts for Westview High School and UT Martin. Daniel is also a co-host of the award-winning sports talk show The Bench. He also participates on campus at the Wesley Foundation. After graduation, Daniel hopes to continue his broadcast announcing career in the professional ranks.
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Ty Bartlett
Assistant Sports Director
Ty is a freshman Mass Media and Strategic Communication Major with a focus in Broadcasting and Multimedia Production. Ty is from Cookeville, Tennessee and joined WUTM in August of 2025. He is statistician for the Westview High School football games and communicates with the Sports Director, Daniel Mancusi. Ty is a co-host on the award-winning sports talk radio show, The Bench. Although he has a while until he graduates, he is planning ahead and knows he wants to be a broadcast announcer and to climb the ranks in a professional broadcasting career.
Christian Bryson
Chief Forecaster
​Christian Bryson is a junior Meteorology major from Jackson, Tenn. Christian is the Chief Forecaster, responsible for your reliable and relatable daily rundown, weather-wise, for the Ken-Tenn region. Don't you dare limit him to weather, though, as his passion and jubilation for sports place him on the WUTM's sports crew as a play-by-play and color analyst for Westview and UT Martin football and basketball games. He is also the co-host of The Bench, the popular award-winning sports talk show on WUTM. Christian is the vice-president of UT Martin's Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, a Student Alumni Council member and the NAACP Student Chapter member. After graduation, Christian aspires to become a broadcast/digital meteorologist. In doing so, he longs to innovate and collaborate on revolutionary methods of communication, education, inspiration and legislation to effectively enhance the safety of sectors of people through all modes of weather.
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Chloe Kent
Web Services Director
Chloe Kent is a senior Mass Media and Strategic Communication major with a concentration in Media Design and Digital Content Production from Cornersville, Tennessee. She takes care of updating, redesigning and upkeep of the WUTM website. On Mondays at 7pm, she is the host of the country music radio show, Spin the Steel. Chloe is also Managing Editor for UT Martins student newspaper, The Pacer, and president of Media Design Club. Chloe is also a member of Alpha Alpha Alpha (Tri-Alpha), an honor society for first generation students. After graduation, Chloe will be pursuing a career in design while earning her master's, with an end goal of becoming a professor.
Carson Alexander
Digital Media Director
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Carson is a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin, majoring in Mass Media and Strategic Communication with a concentration in media design. She manages social media branding and design for WUTM 90.3 The Hawk and hosts Let’s Talk Greek, a program highlighting the positive impact of Greek life. In 2025, she was named Best Social Media Director at the International Broadcasting Awards in New York City. On campus, Carson serves as Chaplain for Alpha Omicron Pi, leads Bible studies, and is a 2025 PEP Leader for incoming freshmen. She is also a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success. Beyond campus, she mentors middle school students through First Baptist Church in Martin. After graduation, Carson hopes to pursue a career with her camera in branding, entertainment or sports while earning her master’s in communications and working toward becoming a professor.
Maddy Kennedy
Business & Traffic Director
Maddy Kennedy is a junior Public Relations and Strategic Communication major originally from Seymour, Tenn. Maddy is the WUTM Business and Traffic Director, and helps to manage the station traffic and music scheduling. Outside of the endless commercial logs, Maddy is also an active member and Historian of the UT Martin University Scholars Organization and Vice President of the UT Martin chapter of PRSSA. In her free time, Maddy is an avid music enthusiast and loves to expose herself to new genres. Highlighting this love is WUTM music history program, The Marquee, in which Maddy hosts and explores impactful albums through time.
Marquez Hampton
Senior Producer
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Marquez Hampton is a senior Mass Media and Strategic Communication major with a concentration in Broadcasting and Multimedia Production. He currently is the producer of all UT Martin basketball and football games, as well as Westview High School football games. Marquez is part of the National Honors Society. After graduation, Marquez hopes to work in the production crew of WREG or WKNO.
Izzy Burdette
Production Director
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Izzy is a sophomore Mass Media and Strategic Communication major with a focus in Broadcast and Multimedia Production from Union City, Tennessee. Izzy joined WUTM as the Production Director in September of 2025. She also is the Web Designer for UT Martins student newspaper, The Pacer. Izzy is also co-host for PacerPoints, a viewpoint podcast made by The Pacer. Izzy hopes to have a future in radio production after she graduates.
ADVISORS & FACULTY
Dr. Richard Robinson
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Robinson is a Professor in the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication and has been the faculty advisor for WUTM since 2001. He teaches courses in radio broadcasting and public speaking, public relations, and broadcast writing. Robinson worked in the radio industry for 20 years in various roles, including on-air talent, morning show host, news reporter, and sales and programming. He also worked 14 years in state government public relations for the Department of Human Services in his home* state of Arkansas. Robinson was names the University of Tennessee Alumni Association's "Outstanding Teacher of the Year" twice, in 2007 and 2020. In 2020, He was presented with the prestigious University of Tennessee System's President's Award in the category of "Educate." Robinson holds a bachelor of science journalism from the University of Central Arkansas, a master of arts in journalism (radio-television-film) from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and a Ph.D. in mass communication and media arts from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.​
Mr. Rodney Freed
Director of Broadcast Services
Mr. Freed is an Instructor in the Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication and is the Director of Broadcast Services at UT Martin. He worked in the television industry for many years, including a dual role as the Director of Production for WBBH-TV (NBC) and WZVN-TV (ABC in Ft. Meyers, Florida. As the Director of Broadcast Services, Freed is responsible for all production for ESPN+ sports broadcasts and all other productions at UTM Television, where is serves as the faulty advisor. He is revered as an outstanding photographer, videographer, editor, director, and producer. He has worked as a freelance director for the local PBS affiliate WLJT (West TN PBS). Freed holds membership in the National Press Photographers Association and the Society of Broadcast Engineers. He earned a Bachelor of Science in journalism and a Master of Arts in Journalism from Murray State University.
Brian Thomas
Senior Broadcast Engineer
Skilled in many aspects of the broadcast industry, Mr. Thomas has been a broadcaster in both radio and television for over 20 years in the West Tennessee and Southwest Kentucky markets. A multifaceted broadcast professional, Thomas has served in the roles of Disc Jockey, Engineer, Digital Director, and Operations Manager positions for nearly two decades in radio. In television, Thomas has produced newscasts, served as a reporter, videographer, and engineer, produced television ads, and has been a technical director for local television programs. Brian holds certifications in both on-air and digital advertising from the Radio Advertising Bureau. In addition to WUTM radio and UTM Television. In 2023, Thomas was honored by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System with the prestigious "Tom Gibson Outstanding Engineer Award." Thomas currently serves part-time roles as a disc jockey, a news writer, a reporter and a weather forecaster. He performs contract work as an engineer for several radio stations across Tennessee. During times of severe weather, Thomas can be found at at ktweather.net tracking storms on his live streams also carried on West Tennessee radio stations. In addition, Thomas is an amateue radio operator and Skywarn storm spotter.
Dr. Robert Nanney
Department Chair
Dr. Nanney serves as department chair with 15 years’ experience in print journalism as a reporter, photographer, and managing editor. He has won several teaching awards including the Outstanding Teaching Award by the UT National Alumni Association and has been a faculty member with the TN Governor’s School for the Humanities for 20 years. He is co-founder of the department’s Media Design sequence. His research specialty is community journalism, and his creative activity involves photojournalism and desktop publishing. He is immediate past president of the UTM Faculty Senate. He holds numerous committee assignments, including the Tennessee Press Association Journalism Committee and the National Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Contemporary Leadership Committee.
