On Sept. 19, 1902, the first edition of TCU’s The Skiff, the student-run newspaper, was released in Waco, the original site of TCU. Ed S. McKinney ’04 founded the newspaper as a student. He named it the ‘Skiff’ in the hopes of providing him the funds “to sail through the financial weather” and get his… Read more »
Journalism senior Haeven Gibbons was awarded the Dolly and Paul Bolton Scholarship from the Headliners Foundation of Texas, a non-profit foundation that promotes excellence in journalism through annual prizes to professionals and scholarships to students. She is one of 18 winners of 17 scholarships awarded by the foundation for the 2022-23 academic year. Awards range… Read more »
A TCU Schieffer College senior is one of 29 student journalists from across the United States selected to compete in the 62nd annual National Hearst Championships. Katherine Lester, 21, of Lincoln, Nebraska, who is completing majors in journalism and biology, will travel to San Francisco for the competition, in which she will be one of… Read more »
Five journalism students and one reporting class project placed at the Texas Association of Managing Editors annual Headliner Awards this weekend. The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors along with the Headliners Foundation of Texas recognizes outstanding journalism annually. Newspaper organizations from across the state, as well as college and university publications compete in up to… Read more »
The department of Journalism hosted the Jay and Gail Milner Distinguished Student Journalism Awards on April 28 in the Moudy South newsroom. The Milner awards, established by TCU alumna Gail Milner in memory of her late husband Jay, a long-time newspaper reporter, recognize student achievement in several categories. The judges this year were Elizabeth Campbell,… Read more »
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has awarded a 2022 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship to Jonathan “JD” Pells. The TCU journalism major will travel to Accra, Ghana, where he will move along the Cape Coast and inland to report on how gold mining has polluted rivers and farmlands that were previously the livelihoods of millions… Read more »
The Department of Journalism and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting are hosting an annual symposium on the topic of global food crisis and vulnerable populations at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The event features four panelists and will be moderated by Patty Zamarripa, assistant professor of professional practice. The panelists include: Julie Butner, CEO of… Read more »
On Saturday, March 26, Kris Gutierrez ’99, an Emmy award-winning journalist and member of the Schieffer College Board of Visitors, will host a resume workshop for journalism students. Gutierrez has more than 20 years experience as a news anchor and reporter at stations across the United States, including WBBM-TV in Chicago, NBC 5 in Dallas-Fort… Read more »
Melita Garza, associate professor of journalism, presented a historical overview of the role of “alternative” media in U.S. society at the Dallas Historical Society last week. At the event, Garza joined fellow panelists, Patrick Washington and Robert Moore, to discuss the lasting impact of alternative media and media representation of marginalized communities. To… Read more »
We congratulate our TCU Student Media journalists, who placed in seven categories in this year’s Texas Associated Press Managing Editors awards contest. The awards recognize outstanding journalism as practiced by the state’s daily newspapers. TEAM EFFORT First place – Renee Umsted, Haley Cabrera, Connor Cash, Haeven Gibbons, Braden Roux, Matthew Sgroi, Charlotte Tomlinson: Game Day… Read more »
