Founded in 1900 as a weekly, the entirely student-run and independent Daily Texan is now one of the largest college newspapers in the nation. From venerated broadcaster...
Journalism professor Mary Angela Bock weighs in on the rise of “fake news.”
These days, the media landscape is like the Wild Wild West. If you don’t have a...
Bill Helmer (far right), on a campus visit from NYC, circa 1962
When writer and editor Bill Helmer, BJ ’59, MA ’68, returned to Austin in the early 1960s after...
Sama’an Ashrawi interviewed famous artists and comedians, hung out with legendary rappers, and started his own TV show—all while he was still a student at UT....
Hannah Kelly is a Forty Acres Scholar who recently completed her first semester at UT. She spoke with the Alcalde about her brand-new hobbies, her relationship with...
Keep discovering long after you leave the Forty Acres.
In the summer of 2001, I arrived at the University of Texas for orientation certain about what I wanted to...
At the height of the Cold War, investigative journalist Bob Woodward received a phone call from a high-ranking Naval intelligence officer. “I have a story for...
Mary Bock is an assistant professor at UT’s School of Journalism. She is a former journalist who is an expert in photojournalistic practice, journalism ethics,...
“It’s become pretty common for folks like me to tell folks like you that journalism is doomed.”
So said New York Times correspondent John Schwartz on...
UT’s School of Journalism is celebrating its centennial this year, and this week it kicked off its next 100 years by announcing a key hire: R.B. Brenner, a...
