Showcase: AWARDS
UNT's award-winning Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism produces both students and journalists who have received state, national and international recognition in all of parts of the profession.
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George Getschow, the Mayborn School of Journalism writer in residence, was a finalist for the national reporting Pulitzer in 1984. His honored series was called “Dirty Work,” which disclosed the existence of temporary slave labor camps throughout the southwest United States.
- Dan Malone, a UNT journalism alumnus, and Lorraine Adams won the investigative reporting Pulitzer in 1992 for reporting “that charged Texas police with extensive misconduct and abuses of power.” Malone is an instructor in communications at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.
- David Klement, a 1962 UNT journalism alumnus, won a spot news reporting Pulitzer along with the staff of the Detroit Free Press for covering the Detroit riots of 1967. The Pulitzer recognized “both the brilliance of its detailed spot news staff work and its swift and accurate investigation into the underlying causes of the tragedy. Klement also worked at the Daily Oklahoman and spent 32 years at the Bradenton Herald. He is currently the director of the Institute for Public Policy and Leadership at University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee.
- Leona Allen, a 1986 UNT journalism alumna, won a public service Pulitzer along with the staff of the Akron Beacon Journal in 1994 “for its broad examination of local racial attitudes and its subsequent effort to promote improved communication in the community.” Allen’s part of the project was about housing in Akron. She said of her win, “Winning the top award was like validation for my decision to choose journalism. We opened some eyes on how people of different races actually lived in the city and brought people who normally wouldn’t talk to each other come together to discuss the issues that divide and unite us.” She is currently the deputy managing editor at The Dallas Morning News.
- Joe Murray, a 1961 UNT journalism alumnus, won a public service Pulitzer in 1977 at The Lufkin Daily News for an obituary of a local man who died in Marine training camp. The story grew into an investigation of the death and was the start of a reform in the recruiting and training process of the U.S. Marine Corps. Murray is retired and lives in Lufkin, Texas.
- Howard Swindle, a 1968 journalism alumnus, led The Dallas Morning News to three Pulitzer prizes while he was an editor in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Dan Malone’s win. He died in 2004.
Faculty Highlights
Thorne Anderson joined the news division in the Mayborn School of Journalism this fall. Here is one of his photos published in Time magazine October 20, 2009.
Student Accomplishments and Awards - 2009
Students of the Mayborn Graduate Institute published a series in the Longview News-Journal on the anniversary of desegregation in Longview, Texas (Sept 13, 2009).
Graduate student alumnae, Marissa Alanis, and graduate student, Sarah Perry, won 1st and 2nd place, respectively, in the investigative reporting essay competition at the 2009 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.
Six students were awarded the 2009-2010 Mayborn Graduate Student Scholarships: Elise Brooking, Noah Bunn, Tasha Hayton, Rebecca Hoeffner, Sarah Perry and Jayme Rutledge.
Copywriter Dave Fox and art director Sean Leonard, a creative team in the Advertising Portfolio class, won Best Campaign in the National Student Addy Awards for their U-Haul campaign. The ad was also showcased in CMYK, a national magazine featuring student creative.
Belo Scholarships were awarded to Christena Dowsett and Lindsay Barber.
Press Club Scholarships were awarded to Shaina Zucker, Kerry Solan, and Kip Mooney.
Two finalists for One Show Student Competition – Johnny Bolsinger (writer) and Nathan Beasley (art director)
Justin Tennison – Photographer’s Forum Magazine 28th Annual Student Photography Contest Finalist
Two students wrote cover stories for the Dallas Morning News Metro - Victoria Smithee and Matt Goodman.
Michael Mooney will be featured in the 2009 anthologies for The Best American Crime Reporting and The Best Sports Reporting. Mooney is a staff writer at New Times, a Village Voice Media alt-weekly based in Fort Lauderdale.
Lowell Brown, Mayborn student, and alum Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe from the Denton Record-Chronicle won a national award for the “Behind the Shale” narrative series on gas drilling. It’s a first-place award in “Outstanding Small Market Reporting-Print” from the Society of Environmental Journalists.
Other Student Awards
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 2008, alumna Rachel Slade won the H.M Fentress Award for outstanding service as a newspaper intern.
In 2003, the UNT Collegiate Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists won National Chapter of the Year.
