ISOJ 2015

How will new technologies and forms of storytelling transform the future of journalism?

How will new technologies and forms of storytelling transform the future of journalism?
KUT 90.5, Austin’s National Public Radio (NPR) station and unit of the Moody College of Communication, was voted “Best Radio Station” in the Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin 2015 annual readers’ poll.

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered that a genetic variation in the FOXP2 gene is strongly associated with the ability to learn a foreign language during adulthood. The FOXP2 gene, expressed in the human brain, has been previously implicated in disordered speech and language.

Among countries that developed distinct filmmaking traditions during the 20th century, Mexico and its “Cine de Oro”—or Golden Age of film—is perhaps the most neglected by audiences and scholars in the United States.


On Nov. 22, 1963, Julian Read became eye witness to one of America’s biggest tragedies and one of the pivotal events of the 20th century.
As the national media representative for Texas Governor John B. Connally, Read traveled in the motorcade that escorted President John F. Kennedy through Dallas the day of Kennedy’s assassination.

The need for competent speech-language pathologists to instruct and interact with students in public school districts is critical.

Two advertising teams from the Moody College of Communication have won Pencil Awards – among the most prestigious awards in the advertising industry – at the 2015 D & AD New Blood Awards in London.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents has selected three Moody College of Communication faculty members to receive its Outstanding Teaching Award.