Named cash Associate Director of the school of journalism (UT)

13 December 2010

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AUSTIN, Texas - Wanda Garner Cash, Clinical Professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, since 2006, has been appointed Associate Director of school of journalism education in, effective 1 January 2011.

Garner is a veteran community log in Texas, with more than 25 years of experience and demanding open folders and freedom of the press laws.

She has been editor and publisher of Baytown Sun, editor-in-Chief of the Brazosport facts, Assistant of the Galveston County Daily News Editor and editor-in-Chief of Kerrville Daily Times. Cash and her husband owned a weekly newspaper, The News Ingram, was honored by the Association de la presse in Texas in 1985 as the best Texas newspaper in its circulation category.

"Wanda has been at the forefront of our work to redefine our mission and transform our curriculum to meet the challenges and opportunities of the digital era" said Glenn Frankel, Director of the school of journalism. "His industry experience and connections, talent for teaching, the defence for students and appreciation for the time in which we live in the history of journalism, qualified to serve as Associate Director of the school of journalism at the moment single fact hinge.

Cash, who received a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University in 1971, teaches study reports of first cycle and graduate levels and is a member of the Executive Committee of Texas students, which includes the daily Texas directory Cactus, KVRX 91.7 FM, Texas Student Television and Texas Travesty, a humor magazine. She has been President of the Association de la presse in Texas, Texas Associated Press Managing Editors and the freedom of information Foundation of Texas.

In 2012, the school of Journalism will relocate the center of Belo to new media, which will be the physical embodiment of a large number of school changes. One of the signature in building spaces will be a multimedia digital Newsroom will merge modern technology with innovative teaching methods.

For more information, contact: Erin Geisler, College of communication, 512 475 8071. Wanda Garner Cash, 512-471-1965.