Moody College of Communication’s School of Journalism and Media has announced the winners of this year’s Dan Rather Medals for News and Guts, which are awarded to journalists who go the extra mile to hold people and institutions accountable.

Last year, Moody College of Communication School of Journalism and Media associate professor Donna DeCesare and assistant professor Raymond Thompson debuted a new gallery and speaker series to celebrate the art of still photography by University of Texas at Austin’s students and alumni. 

Mary Bock has taught courses on gender in the news at The University of Texas at Austin for more than a decade. Last year, the former journalist and associate professor in the School of Journalism and Media, released a new textbook, Gender and Journalism: An Intersectional Approach, which explores issues such as gender, race, social class, and sexuality in news.

The book is based on her course, Gender and the News, previously Women and the News, which she changed to make it more gender inclusive.