Eric Gedenk is a sophmore Majoring in Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee with an emphasis on news and magazine writing. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he has called Knoxville home for more than 10 years.

Eric is a recent addition to the Tennessee Journalist, but has contributed to the local environmental paper, The Hellbender Press.

In January of 2008 , he accompanied three other UT students in attending a foreign correspondents training course sponsored by TOL Magazine in Prague, Czech Republic. He receieved hands on training from professional freelance journalists working for BBC, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, and the Associated Press. His hope is to one day be a foreign correspondent/freelancer himself.