The Dallas Morning News and University of Texas Partner to Create
Two Fellowships, Supporting the Future of Journalism
DALLAS, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas
Morning News and the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin announced today a new
collaborative initiative to educate and promote the next generation
of journalists.
The program creates two fulltime fellowship positions for recent
UT graduates to work at The Dallas Morning News'
bureaus in Washington, D.C. and
Austin. The reporters will work
under the supervision of Washington bureau chief Todd Gillman and Austin bureau chief Christy Hoppe on various projects and public
affairs reporting. This real-time senior mentoring ensures that
students will gain hands-on experience by working directly with
seasoned reporters during heavy news cycles in policy-rich markets.
The Washington, D.C. fellowship
runs annually, September through June, while the Austin fellowship is a full year in
duration.
"This fellowship program – along with the broader collaboration
between The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas – demonstrates our shared
commitment to excellence in journalism," said Jim Moroney, publisher and CEO of The
Dallas Morning News. "The media landscape continues to
evolve at faster rates every day. It's critical that we help train
the next generation of reporters in how best to use the vast array
of news tools and communications channels in the marketplace, and
that we help them to develop skills enabling them to adapt to
ever-changing modes of news reporting."
The fellowship program is the latest cooperative effort between
The Dallas Morning News – the state's largest news
organization – and the University. Morning News reporter
Ed Timms and UT's Bill Minutaglio, professor of communication,
currently work together to teach an investigative reporting class.
Additionally, Austin bureau chief
Hoppe is working with professors Tracy
Dahlby and Rusty Todd,
providing counsel and guidance for Reporting Texas, the
school's student-generated news website. This partnership has
produced a half dozen stories that were published jointly in the
News and Reporting Texas, including a front page
article.
"These efforts to teach and train the University of Texas journalism students will no
doubt produce skilled journalists for the future," said Morning
News editor, Bob Mong.
Further commitments to the institution were established by The
Belo Foundation. The Foundation, Maureen H. and Robert W. Decherd and the Moroney family were
the principal donors for the Belo Center for New Media, the
state-of-the-art building that opened on the University of Texas at Austin campus in the fall of
2012, which houses the the School of Journalism and parts of the
College of Communication.
The A. H. Belo Corporation is the founder of The Belo Foundation
and publisher of The Dallas Morning News. The company
acts as the financial backing for the fellowships and allows the
students' published works to achieve maximum exposure.
"We are grateful for the continuing support of A. H. Belo
Corporation and the commitment of The Dallas Morning
News," said Glenn Frankel,
director of the School of Journalism. "They have provided the
school and its students with a world class building to house our
courses and prepare our students to meet the promises of the
digital world, while sustaining the values of journalistic
excellence."
About The Dallas Morning News and DMNmedia
Established in 1885, The Dallas Morning
News (dallasnews.com) is Texas' leading newspaper and the flagship
newspaper subsidiary of A. H. Belo Corporation. It has
received nine Pulitzer Prizes since 1986, as well as numerous other
industry awards recognizing the quality of its investigative and
feature journalism, design and photojournalism. Its portfolio of
print and digital products reaches an average daily audience of
more than 1.1 million people and includes online news and
information sites; iPhone, Android and iPad apps; Al
Dia (www.aldiatx.com), the leading Spanish-language daily
in North Texas;
neighborsgo (neighborsgo.com), a consumer-generated
community news outlet; and Briefing, the free,
home-delivered quick-read.
To advertisers, the portfolio of products is represented by
DMNmedia (www.DMNmedia.com), the marketing solutions group
of The Dallas Morning News, Inc.
About A. H. Belo Corporation
A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC), headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, is a distinguished
newspaper publishing and local news and information company that
owns and operates four daily newspapers and related
websites. A. H. Belo publishes The Dallas
Morning News, Texas' leading
newspaper and winner of nine Pulitzer Prizes; The
Providence Journal, the oldest continuously-published daily
newspaper in the United States and
winner of four Pulitzer Prizes; The
Press-Enterprise (Riverside,
CA), serving the Inland Southern California region and
winner of one Pulitzer Prize; and the Denton
Record-Chronicle. The Company publishes niche
publications targeting specific audiences, and its investments
and/or partnerships include Classified Ventures, owner of Cars.com,
508 Digital, Speakeasy, and the Yahoo! Newspaper
Consortium. A. H. Belo also owns and operates commercial
printing, distribution and direct mail service
businesses. Additional information is available
at www.ahbelo.com or by contacting Alison K. Engel, Senior Vice President/Chief
Financial Officer, at 214-977-2248.
SOURCE The Dallas Morning News