Magazine Track Overview

The magazine program is designed to introduce students to the world of magazines and add to students' appreciation of the role of magazines in the diverse American society. In addition, the program offers students a chance to work on burntORANGE, the four-color UT student magazine produced by School of Journalism magazine students each semester.

On finishing the magazine program, students should be prepared for employment at any type of magazine — consumer, specialized/niche, trade/business or association.

Although many jobs exist in the magazine industry today, both nationally and locally, many magazine graduates of the School of Journalism are drawn to New York. To make the transition easier, UT has an active and vibrant core group of alums working in The Big Apple on magazines such as Entertainment Weekly, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Jane, Time, Cosmopolitan, Sports Illustrated, Redbook, Citing and Twist. In addition, the editor-in-chief of Woman’s Day and the managing editor of Business Week are UT grads.

The UT magazine program, headed by Professor Dave Garlock, is also well-known to the prestigious American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) summer internship program. Although the program is highly competitive and few schools can count on consistently winning a spot, UT usually places a student in the yearly program.

Magazine program students find national internships in many other places, ranging from National Geographic to Rolling Stone to Texas Monthly to specialized and trade magazines around the United States. In addition, some 20 to 30 local Austin publications regularly use our students, and our graduates hold responsible jobs on dozens of trade and association magazines based in Austin.

Learn about burntOrange Magazine.

Learn more about getting involved with campus media.