The Month in Mayborn - September 2019

September 2019

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Month in Mayborn, a monthly roundup of news and events involving students, faculty and staff at UNT's Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism. A monthly, digital format will allow us to keep you more informed of timely news and reflects journalism's growing trend toward digital, video and interactive.

Got a news item or tidbit you'd like to have included? Please share your Mayborn news to journalism@unt.edu.

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A Message from the Dean

On the day I write this, it is early in September, and I started my story as Dean of the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism two short months ago. What a whirlwind it has been already! The enthusiastic welcome I received from staff, faculty, alumni and students has been humbling, and it speaks to the comradery that is present and the cooperation that is yet to come. I am honored to be a part of this fantastic School. The new academic year will be another time of transition as the School settles in under the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. The Mayborn will retain much autonomy, but we look forward to the collaborations and partnerships that will make the School even stronger.

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Faculty & Staff Retreat

Faculty and Staff of the Mayborn School of Journalism prepared for an amazing year at the annual Compass Retreat in August. The Mayborn faculty brings more than 400 years of real-world experience to the classroom each day to benefit the school's nearly 1,200 students.

Mayborn in London

Each summer, Mayborn students fan out across the globe to study journalism and strategic communications practices abroad. Check out this video from this year's "Mayborn in London" class.

College Days

Students line the hallway at Sycamore Hall to learn more about the Mayborn's always-active student organizations during College Day on August 21. Mayborn students participate in a number of groups, including SPJ, NABJ, NAHJ, NPPA, Ad Club, PRSSA, SWOOP and HATCH.

2019 Mayborn Literary nonfiction Conference

July 2019 saw the 15th annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, held each year in Grapevine, Texas. The event-themed "Justice in America"-featured keynotes by Nicole Hannah-Jones, Taylor Branch and Hampton Sides, and also featured "Hidden Figures" author Margot Lee Shetterly.

The conference features writer's workshops, numerous sessions and panels with notable authors and journalists, and a Multimedia High School Workshop.

Next year's theme? "20/20: Bringing Truth into Focus. To follow who we're lining up, visit www.themayborn.com.

Our Alumni Do Amazing Things

Mayborn alumni are hard at work throughout the DFW Metroplex and around the world. Drs. Jim Mueller and Koji Fuse, and PR Lecturer Kim Keller, met with Kimmy Davis ('14) [left] and Brooke Traister ('09) [right], president of PRSA's Fort Worth chapter.

New Website for the North Texas Daily

Greetings, Mayborn Family!

The North Texas Daily website has a new look! NTDaily.com has been remodeled to provide a sleeker, more user-friendly look that will allow for more multi-media elements. In addition to the relaunch of the website (same address, new look), the students will also create a weekly newsletter that will update viewers on what's going on in and around the UNT campus delivered right to your inbox. Thanks to director Adam Reese for his leadership on these projects this summer.

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Mayborn Newborn

Join us in welcoming the newest addition to the extended Mayborn Family - Samantha, born August 23 to photojournalism alum Tyler Cleveland and wife Alexandra, also a UNT graduate.

Congratulations!

Congrats, Gravitas!

The Mayborn's GRAVITAS competition ad team made 2019 a stellar year, bringing home a winning trophy for District 10 National Student Advertising Competition - a first for Mayborn advertising students in what is considered one of the nation's most competitive districts.

The group's pitch for client Wienerschnitzel incorporated all elements of advertising - research, strategy, creative, social media and broadcast.

Watch the presentation

Congratulations to Hope Alvarez

Mayborn photojournalism student Hope Alvarez has been selected to participate in this year's Eddie Adams Workshop, one of only 100 chosen from universities across the United States. The program teams workshop participants up with top professional photographers and editors for a four-day gathering that includes assignments, portfolio reviews, panel discussions and presentations.

"It's quite an honor to be selected for the Eddie Adams Workshop. I look forward to sharpening my photojournalism skills and learning from some of the top professionals in the industry. I'm so thankful for this opportunity, and I can't wait to see what the Purple Team creates," said Alvarez.

Congratulations to Briana Castañón

The Mayborn's Briana Castañón was among a select few nationwide chosen to participate in this year's Carnegie-Knight News21 project, hosted by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Students from 19 universities traveled to 25 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to report "State of Emergency," a project designed to explore media coverages of disaster recovery in the United States.

To learn more, visit: https://cronkite.asu.edu/news-and-events/news/news21-journalism-students-19-universities-investigate-disaster-recovery.

Castañón participated as a Dallas Morning News Fellow.

Notable Dates for Fall 2019

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