2018 College Report

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION ABOUT US Te School of Journalism and Mass Communication cultivates strong professional, research, theoretical, critical and ethical skills in a diverse and engaging environment that prepares students to be socially responsible media professionals, scholars, and citizens. Te School ofers a nationally accredited curriculum. Undergraduate majors include: Advertising (409 majors), Digital Media Innovation (202), Electronic Media (475), Journalism (220), Mass Communication (177) and Public Relations (767). Students can also earn a concentration in Digital Media, Multimedia Production and/or Sports Media. Te Master of Arts in Mass Communication (46) features concentrations in Strategic Communication, Digital Media, and Global Media. OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCOLADES  #8 COLLEGE RADIO STATION  National Finalists in Society of Professional Journalists Awards, Online News Association Awards, and Most Promising Multicultural Student  Partnership projects connect students directly with industry professionals at: Hewlett-Packard, Wells Fargo, Texas State Athletics, Round Rock Express, Te Salvation Army, SWBC Mortgage, and Girl Scouts of America  Mass Communication Week (28 years), features more than 25 events with 50-plus speakers representing the felds across the discipline  Multiple Study Abroad and Study in America opportunities  Students gain practical experience working in student media: Te University Star (newspaper), KTSW 89.9-FM (radio), Bobcat Promotions (student-run PR frm), and Bobcat Update (student-produced cable newscast)  Te Media Innovation Lab (MILab) tracks industry and academic shifts and develops new collaborations and in 2018, MILab hosted a frst of-its-kind PhDigital Bootcamp, preparing future faculty to lead innovative curriculum  11 years of SXTXState.com covering the SXSW Interactive  2 AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS , while also fnishing second twice, and third four times  Student organizations include: American Advertising Federation, Public Relations Student Society of America, Society of Professional Journalists, Bobcat Promotions RECENT GUEST SPEAKERS: Matthew Dowd (ABC News), Hugh Forrest (SXSW) Mike Blair (EVP- GSD&M), Kirsten Danis (Te Marshall Project), Kerri Qunell (Trinity Episcopal School) Nick Whitaker (Google News Lab), Jef Hahn (Hahn Public Communication) ALUMNI (See also Distinguished Alumni) MAIRIN (HEARD) ANNEN Social Media Manager, HomeAway PAM COX Vice President of Communications, Whataburger QUITA CULPEPPER Reporter/Anchor , KVUE-TV KRISTI FAULKNER President, Womenkind VERA FISCHER President, 97 Degrees West CARMEN GRAF Senior Vice President & Executive Media Director at GSDM KATIE HARVEY CEO, KGB Texas Communications ALEJANDRA HERING Digital Media Producer, Cosmopolitan UK DEBBIE HIOTT Editor, Austin American Statesman THOMAS HODGE Creative Hybrid, McGarrah Jessee CARRIE A. HURT President/CEO, Council of Better Business Bureaus MIKE KICKIRILLO Director of Broadcasting, San Antonio Spurs KRISTIN MARCUM President, Elizabeth Christian Public Relations KOSAKU NARIOKA Wallstreet Journal Correspondent, Tokyo COLLEGE REPORT 2018 | 33