TX daily partners with J-school
Mar 25, 2014
DALLAS—The Dallas Morning News and the School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication have created an annual Fellowship in Professional Journalism for Morning News journalists. The first sabbatical will begin in the fall of 2014 and run through the end of the academic year in the spring of 2015.
“We believe this fellowship will provide our journalists with a chance to expand their specialized capabilities and help train a new generation of professionals,” said Bob Mong, editor of The Dallas Morning News.
During the fall semester of 2014, the selected Morning News fellow will contribute expertise and editing skills to Reporting Texas (the university’s student-generated news website), hold office hours, visit classes at the request of professors and advise students. In the 2015 spring semester, the fellow will teach one course in the journalist’s field of expertise. During both semesters, the fellow will be free to audit courses with the permission of the instructor and conduct research.
The professional journalism fellowship is the latest cooperative effort between the university and the Morning News. Earlier this year the Morning News announced the creation of student fellowships at the paper’s Austin and Washington bureaus. As a result, Morning News reporter, Ed Timms, and professor Bill Minutaglio are working together to teach an investigative reporting class, and in May their collaboration resulted in a major front-page package of stories on racial divisions in Texas public schools. Additionally, Austin bureau chief, Christy Hoppe, is working with professors Tracy Dahlby and Rusty Todd to provide counsel and guidance for Reporting Texas.
This partnership has produced a half dozen stories published jointly in the Morning News and Reporting Texas.