College of Communication

Converge.

• The Film, Television and Digital Media department’s new degree in Sports Broadcasting attracts students from across the nation.
• The Texas Center for Community Journalism has provided training for reporters and editors from 160 community newspapers and is a leader in helping small newspapers with online publishing.
• The 2,300-square-foot Convergence Center in the Schieffer School of Journalism prepares students for a multimedia future where HD telecasts, live radio, traditional print and full Web operations converge.
• The Department of Communication Studies offers consulting and mediation services to the North Texas business, legal and educational communities.
• The Schieffer Symposium brings high-profile media figures such as White House correspondents Nora O’Donnell, Jake Tapper and Chuck Todd to campus for discussions led by Bob Schieffer ’59.
• A student-operated advertising and public relations agency, Roxo, was launched in January 2012 to work with both profit and nonprofit clients.
• TCU 360, a multimedia converged news service, complements student broadcast and print media.
• Members of the new TCU Debate Team have successfully competed in parliamentary debates.
• The Department of Communication Studies now conducts a competitive advanced public speaking contest — the Wisdom Award — with a significant scholarship going to the winner.
• Students and faculty have received national and local Emmy Awards for their work on various projects.
• The Schieffer School of Journalism is one of only 18 private university programs accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

Point of pride: The Schieffer School of Journalism provides full-time Washington internships within respected organizations such as CBS News, the Library of Congress, National Geographic and the Peace Corps.