Special Initatives and Programs

Summer Camps
Learn more about summer camps that will equip you with the skills to create the content you're passionate about from talented graduate students, professors, and media professionals.
UT Student Opportunities and Programs

The Drag Audio
Join this audio production house built by students, professors and Moody College alums as you create long-form podcasts that guide listeners through complex stories and conversational podcasts.

Dallas Morning News Innovation
Bringing students and professional news organizations together to develop new media initiatives through experiential learning projects.

Reporting Texas
This digital media initiative showcases the best work of undergraduate and graduate students through quality, in-depth reporting to local, state, and national news outlets through new approaches in storytelling as we combine aspects of community reporting with multimedia resources.

Student Documentary Photography Contest
20 news and documentary student photographs will be selected by an outside professional juror to be printed, framed and displayed in the School of Journalism and Media Photo Gallery.

Photojournalism Mentorship Program
Selected student will receive mentoring from a world renowned and respected Canon creative providing the student one-to-one professional guidance, portfolio reviews, and other specialized career advice for 6 months.

Dan Rather Medals
The Dan Rather Medals for News and Guts honor the process of journalism as much as the end product. They are awarded to professional and collegiate journalists who go the extra yard — overcoming obstacles like stonewalling and harassment — to get the story that tells truth to power.