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Spike Johnson

Spike Johnson, a native of West Sussex, England, is now a citizen of the Mayborn after graduating with a master's degree. His award-winning photos of a Texas militia have generated buzz among photographers. Read more about Spike.

Grad Students Master Their Craft

With real world experience
Noah Bunn

For a long time, Noah Bunn thought he’d have to choose between being a writer or an art director.  But a conversation with an award-winning writer helped debunk that notion.

Our Alumni Achieve Their Dreams

Writing their own futures
Tim MacMahon

ESPN reporter Tim MacMahon’s advice to students is simple: “If you want to succeed in this business, get as much experience as possible.”

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Internships

Our internship program maintains strong ties with industry leaders in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, the fourth largest media market in the country. This provides excellent networking and job opportunities at some of the nation's top newspapers, magazines, publishing companies, television and radio stations, web companies, and advertising and public relations agencies.

Mayborn Benefits

Students receive hands-on opportunities to use state-of-the-art video/audio technology, computers and software in our classrooms and labs. Our students gain real-world experience creating campaigns and projects for advertising and public relations clients. They produce content for broadcast, via Denton Community Television. They write material for magazines like the MAYBORN magazine. Students publish in the NT Daily newspaper and write online at NTNewsnet.com and DentonLive.com.

Success Starts Here

Pulitzer winners, acclaimed faculty, national accreditation, dynamic curriculum, social media experts, the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction conference & your path into the future of journalism.