The Belo Center for New Media (BMC), dedicated in November 2012, houses the School of Journalism.
AUSTIN, Texas - The Belo Foundation of Dallas has awarded The University of Texas at Austin $1.5 million to create the Dallas Morning News Journalism Innovation Endowment, a fund to support digital innovation in the Moody College of Communication School of Journalism. The gift seeks to expand opportunities for faculty members and students to experiment with emerging technologies and business models and to develop solutions that benefit high-quality reporting, storytelling and audience engagement. The endowment will support the following initiatives: - Recruit and support professionals in-residence and other visiting experts who have proven track records in digital media innovation. They will help create and teach cutting-edge courses and take part in practical research projects with active university faculty and student participation. Recruit top graduate students by providing funding through the Dallas Morning News Graduate Fellows Program. Create the position of innovation director to help lead and coordinate projects with the graduate and faculty fellows. The Belo Foundation announced the gift simultaneous with an announcement that it is changing its name to Parks for Downtown Dallas and devoting its future giving to Dallas parks identified in the 2013 update of the Downtown Dallas Parks Master Plan.
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