Journalism
Welcome to TCU Journalism, where the culture of mentoring is the norm and courses take students on “deep dives” into specific areas of journalism such as sports, public affairs, business and broadcast journalism.
About JournalismAreas of Study
Featured
February 13, 2020
In Front of the Camera in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Name: Kristen Weaver Majors: Journalism and Spanish Hometown: Dallas, Texas Current Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Year Graduated: 2017 Kristen Weaver ’17 earned her degree in journalism and Spanish from Texas Christian University. Since the start of her first year at TCU,...
Distinguished Faculty
Our faculty have worked in major media markets and also have degrees from Harvard, Northwestern, and Missouri, to name a few.
notable alumni
Bob Schieffer, Class of 1959
Namesake of the College of Communication, and a 1959 graduate of the TCU School of Journalism, Bob Schieffer has become a journalism legend.
Latest News
January 26, 2021
Recent Journalism Faculty Publications
Uche Onyebadi & Mohamed A. Satti (2021). Does local news always dominate newspaper front-page news? A study of the Kuwait Times, 2017–2019. Published online by the Journal...
January 20, 2021
Star-Telegram Publishes Journalism Major’s News Story
A news story written by a Schieffer College student Haeven Gibbons about the state of homelessness in Tarrant County has been published in the...
November 19, 2020
Class of 2020: Renee Umsted
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas My degree: B.A. in journalism My favorite class or professor in the Schieffer College: Dr. John Tisdale and Jean Marie Brown...