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Robbie Owens, CBS 11 News: Oral History Project (open access)

Robbie Owens, CBS 11 News: Oral History Project

This article is a short biography of journalist Robbie Owens describing her childhood in Kildare and her career as a reporter, highlighting specific memories and her thoughts about the field.
Date: December 4, 2019
Creator: Wakeham, Haley
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robbie Owens, November 29, 2019 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robbie Owens, November 29, 2019

Interview with Robbie Owens discussing her childhood in a small northeastern Texas town, particularly family traditions; education in journalism; and her career as a news reporter. She discusses her perspectives on being taken seriously in journalism and the effects of social media, as well as her advice to other journalists.
Date: May 7, 2019
Creator: Pinilla, Luisa Alejandra & Owens, Robbie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Krys Boyd, April 4, 2019 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Krys Boyd, April 4, 2019

Interview with Krys Boyd, a managing editor of the talk show "Think" at KERA radio discussing her childhood in Long Island and El Paso, her family, and highlights from her career in working in media.
Date: April 5, 2019
Creator: Zerez, Megan & Villaseñor, Krys Boyd
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biographical Article About Krys Boyd] (open access)

[Biographical Article About Krys Boyd]

This article is a short biography of former radio reporter Krys Boyd describing her family and highlights from her career in radio.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Zerez, Megan
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bernice Kearney, March 8, 2019 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bernice Kearney, March 8, 2019

Interview with Bernice Kearney, the news director at KSAT 12 News in San Antonio. She discusses her background and career as a news producer.
Date: March 8, 2019
Creator: Aguilar, Rebecca & Kearney, Bernice
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Nora Lopez, March 8, 2019 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Nora Lopez, March 8, 2019

Interview with Nora Lopez, metro editor at the San Antonio Express News newspaper. She discusses her childhood and visiting family regularly in Mexico, as well as becoming an American citizen in 2008. She also talks about her education and her career in newspaper journalism.
Date: March 8, 2019
Creator: Aguilar, Rebecca & Lopez, Nora
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Yolette Garcia, March 8, 2019 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Yolette Garcia, March 8, 2019

Interview with Yolette Garcia, Assistant Dean for External Affairs & Outreach at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She discusses her career in both radio and television media, as well as her perspectives about the role and future of the media (and social media) and about being a woman in a primarily male field.
Date: March 8, 2019
Creator: Wynn, Amira; Wicks, Mary; Rouse, Kier & Garcia, Yolette
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary: Oral History of Nora Lopez, Metro Editor at the San Antonio Express News (open access)

Summary: Oral History of Nora Lopez, Metro Editor at the San Antonio Express News

This article is a short biography of Nora Lopez describing her background and her career working on newspapers, starting in high school.
Date: March 2019
Creator: Aguilar, Rebecca
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History -- Cheryl Hall (open access)

Oral History -- Cheryl Hall

This article is a short biography of journalist Cheryl Hall describing her childhood -- including a period of time soon after World War II when her family lived in Japan -- as well as her education and hightlights from her career. Hall also talks about her perspectives and advice regarding the journalism field, and her plans for the future.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Poteet, Maddison; Sarder, Sarah; Booth, Megan & Matthew, Sarah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History -- Heather Hays (open access)

Oral History -- Heather Hays

This article is a short biography of news anchor Heather Hays describing her education and career, as well as her perspectives on technology and social media in relation to journalism.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Hooi-Rodriguez, Nicole
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cheryl Hall, December 4, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Cheryl Hall, December 4, 2018

Interview with Cheryl Hall discussing her career writing for the Dallas Morning News and her perspectives on the field of journalism. Hall also talks about her childhood and family, as well as her educational background.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Poteet, Maddison; Sarder, Sarah & Hall, Cheryl
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Janet St. James Article (open access)

Janet St. James Article

This article is a short biography of former TV journalist Janet St. James describing her career, including her work reporting on the Oklahoma City Bombing and covering police and medical stories in Dallas. It also highlights some aspects of St. James' life and her thoughts about journalism.
Date: December 3, 2018
Creator: Burns, Brady; Owens, Brittany; Reyes, Blanca & Maxwell, Bailey
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Heather Hays, November 29, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Heather Hays, November 29, 2018

Interview with Heather Hays discussing her childhood and inspiration to go into journalism, as well as her education and highlights from her career as a news anchor. She also discusses winning Miss Hawaii in 1992 and how it affected her career path, as well as her perspectives on technology and social media.
Date: November 29, 2018
Creator: Hooi-Rodriguez, Nicole & Hays, Heather
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alice Rios, November 14, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alice Rios, November 14, 2018

Interview with Alice Rios, a former anchor at KRLD radio discussing her childhood in Houston, Texas, education, and highlights from her career in journalism.
Date: November 14, 2018
Creator: Aguilar, Rebecca & Rios, Alice
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Nancy Black, November 9, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Nancy Black, November 9, 2018

Interview with Nancy Black, editor and publisher of the White Rock Lake Weekly newspaper. She discusses her childhood and education, describes how she initially wanted to be an actress, but eventually ended up in broadcast journalism, and gives her perspectives as a newspaper publisher of a local weekly.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Moore, Brianna & Black, Nancy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mollie Finch Belt, November 5, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mollie Finch Belt, November 5, 2018

Interview with Mollie Finch-Belt describing her work as a newspaper publisher and editor for The Dallas Examiner, which was started by her father. She also talks about her transition from civil rights work in Dallas to running the paper and various challenges that she faced.
Date: November 5, 2018
Creator: Johnson, Jasmine C.; Young, Kelcei; Weplls, Amani; Moore, Briana & Belt, Mollie, 1943-
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary: Oral History of Alice Rios, former KRLD anchor and reporter (open access)

Summary: Oral History of Alice Rios, former KRLD anchor and reporter

This article is a short biography of former radio reporter Alice Rios describing her family and education with highlights from her career as a radio reporter and anchor.
Date: November 2018
Creator: Sigman, Ashlea
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Janet St. James, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Janet St. James, 2018

Interview with Janet St. James describing her motivation to become a journalist and thoughts about journalism as a field, with highlights from her career, particularly her work in Dallas reporting on health and crime stories and winning an Excellence of Journalism award from the Press Club of Dallas. She also talks about her background and education, as well as her personal life.
Date: October 26, 2018
Creator: Owens, Brittany; Reyes, Blanca; Maxwell, Bailey & St. James, Janet
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mollie Finch Belt - A Voice to the Voiceless (open access)

Mollie Finch Belt - A Voice to the Voiceless

This article is a short biography of reporter Mollie Finch-Belt who runs The Dallas Examiner newspaper, which was founded by her father. It describs Belt's previous background in civil rights, challenges in taking over the paper, and her viws on journalism.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Johnson, Jasmine C.; Wells, Amani; Young, Kelcei & Moore, Briana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nancy Black: Continuing the Fight (open access)

Nancy Black: Continuing the Fight

This article is a short biography of Nancy Black describing her background and how she ended up in journalism, writing news at several outlets and later starting her own paper, the White Rock Lake Weekly.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Moore, Brianna
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History - BJ Austin (open access)

Oral History - BJ Austin

This article is a short biography of radio journalist BJ Austin, describing her career and experiences with gender inequality in broadcast journalism.
Date: December 7, 2017
Creator: Byers, Jade; Deen, Francis; Talbot, Amanda & Roe, Angela
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Keven Ann Willey, November 7, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Keven Ann Willey, November 7, 2017

Interview with Keven Ann Willey, a former editorial page editor at the Dallas Morning News. She describes her childhood and education as well as her career path and various projects that she worked on as a college student and as a professional.
Date: November 7, 2017
Creator: Willey, Keven Ann; Wise, Hannah & Higgins, Claire
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
From a Smart, Logical Career to Retirement on the Road: An Oral History of Keven Ann Willey (open access)

From a Smart, Logical Career to Retirement on the Road: An Oral History of Keven Ann Willey

This article is a short biography of editorial page editor of The Dallas Morning News Keven Ann Willey, describing her career prior to and after joining the newspaper in 2002.
Date: November 2017
Creator: Aterberry, Andrea; Higgins, Claire; Norris, Sheri-Lee & Wise, Hannah
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with BJ Austin, October 28, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with BJ Austin, October 28, 2017

Interview with BJ Austin, a former KERA radio reporter in which she discusses her 40-year broadcast journalism career. She particularly comments on the treatment of women in the newsroom and her personal experiences.
Date: October 28, 2017
Creator: Austin, B. J.; Byers, Jade & Roe, Angela
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History