How to Find Information (for New Reporters)

 

How can I receive news releases from UT System?

To receive news releases, please email your request to Meagan McNutt or telephone 512/499-4363. Please provide your contact information including name, title, company/institution, email, phone, fax, and mailing address.

 

News releases are distributed by email based on topic, so please indicate to which of the following categories you belong:

  • Higher Education (receives all news releases)
  • National Higher Education (receives news releases related to topics of national concern)
  • Capital (government/legislative interest)
  • Austin (Austin-based media)
  • Texas (state media)
  • Oil and Gas (receive topic-related releases only)
  • Editorial
  • Business (receive budget/investment releases only)
  • Student Newspapers (reporters frequently change beats; consider including a general newsdesk email as well as your person one.)
  • Minority Publications
  • Employee (UT System) Communications

Whom should I contact if I need...

 

Information about a campus or event on campus?

Contact the public affairs office at that campus.
Looking for just the fast facts about a campus? Visit the Campus Facts Web page or the Fast Facts (PDF) brochure.

 

Information about UT System?

Contact the UT System Office of Public Affairs:
Claudia Taylor Johnson Building, Suite 2.100
210 West 6th Street Austin, Texas 78701-2901

512/499-4363 (telephone)
512/499-4358 (fax)
email: mmcnutt@utsystem.edu

To interview someone at a UT institution (President, Dean, Professor, etc.)?

Contact the public affairs office at that campus.

 

To interview someone at System (Chancellor, Regent, etc.)?

Contact the UT System Office of Public Affairs.

 

Campus statistics, reports, or data?

In general, if you are looking for statistics for one campus, contact the public affairs office at that campus. If you are looking for information from more than one campus, contact the UT System Office of Public Affairs.

 

Official reports and statistics are also accessible on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's website.

 

Information on a school, degree, or program?

Much of this information is on the campus's website.

 

If you cannot find what you are looking for, contact the public affairs office at that campus.

 

See also

>Reporter's Toolkit

 

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