UNT Department of Journalism

Showcase: AWARDS

UNT's award-winning Department of Journalism produces both students and journalists who have received state, national and international recognition in all of parts of the profession.

More than seven Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded to people associated with UNT's journalism program:

Howard Swindle, 1968 graduate, three Pulitzers awarded to the Dallas Morning News for investigative and explanatory journalism while he served as projects editor in the 1980s and early 1990s;
Joe Murray, alumnus, one Pulitzer in 1977 for meritorious public service to the Lufkin (Texas) Daily News, during his tenure as editor;
Leona Allen, alumna, one Pulitzer given to the staff of the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal; and
Bill Moyers, former undergraduate student, two Pulitzers for staff reporting, Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.).
Dan Malone, a 2006 alumnus of the department's graduate program and a former adjunct professor, won a Pulitzer in 1992 with Lorraine Adams, for investigative journalism while reporting for the Dallas Morning News.

Journalism students participate in state and national conferences, winning awards for reporting, photojournalism, advertising and public relations work. Most recently, students won numerous awards in multiple categories from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association at the 2007 spring convention. Also, the Association of Journalism and Mass Communication and
the William Randolph Hearst Foundation awarded certificates of special merit to two UNT photojournalism students in 2007.

Since 2005, students have won several awards for investigative journalism for the department's Light of Day project on Taser use in Texas, including an award from the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas.

In 2003, the UNT Collegiate Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists won National Chapter of the Year.