When the COVID pandemic practically shut down Nashville’s animal shelters, a volunteer photographer tried something different to get more dogs adopted. She posted videos to showcase the different dogs’ personalities. Their popularity has led to an increase in both donations and adoptions.
Tennessee lawmakers seek to require parental permission before children join social media
Tennessee’s GOP-dominant Senate on Monday unanimously signed off on legislation requiring minors to have parental consent to create social media accounts.
Meet the 22-year-old from Tennessee who founded an environmental Instagram with 800K followers
When the pandemic hit, Ashley Barrientos was a freshman at Middle Tennessee State University. Her worldview, at just 19 years old, was rapidly evolving. “I started to see a lot of the cracks in the systems,” Barrientos said.
Tennessee considers banning TikTok on college campus networks
A bill making its way through the Tennessee Legislature would prohibit non-American video platforms on public institution networks, effectively banning the Chinese-owned app from public university servers.
Who’s influencing Nashville?
In this episode, we’ll talk to some of Nashville’s most influential residents on the local and national digital stage.
@ Us! This Is Nashville is reading the comments so you don’t have to
There’s an unspoken rule in internet culture that you shouldn’t read the comments. Comment sections are known for being cesspools where typically mild-mannered people turn to name-calling and conspiracy theories, hidden behind the safety of their computer screen. But that’s not always the case. That’s why at This Is Nashville, we’re digging in. Instead of […]