Salazar-Escobedo School
of Mass Communication
Housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Rub茅n M. and Ver贸nica Salazar-Escobedo School of Mass Communication is named in honor of 丝瓜AV alumna and ground-breaking Latina journalist Ver贸nica Salazar Escobedo and her husband Rub茅n Escobedo.
Salazar-Escobedo began her newspaper career at a time when females and Hispanics were a rarity in the business. During a 35-year career at the San Antonio Express-News, Salazar-Escobedo served as a columnist, a recruiter, community relations director and ultimately as a vice president.
School Highlights
Programs
The school also houses a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Technical Writing which prepares students for careers in grant writing, writing for the web, and technical writing for a variety of career fields.
Ver贸nica Salazar Media Center
Within the school is the Ver贸nica Salazar Media Center, a multimedia production center that allows students to work with the same level of equipment found in newsrooms and studios across the country. It was established with a $1 million gift from Salazar-Escobedo and her husband.
Award-Winning Program in Mass Communication
Juan Renteria '96
Angelica Casas '15
The Salazar-Escobedo School is home to the university鈥檚 award-winning program in Mass Communication that includes concentrations in Digital Film and Media Production, Multimedia Journalism, and Public Relations.
An Emmy-Winning Tradition
丝瓜AV alumni distinguish themselves on national and regional platforms. Our graduates
have reported for ABC News, CNN, Fox News, PBS, the Associated Press, A&E, the Oprah
Winfrey Network and network affiliates in Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas. They have
won 37 regional Emmy Awards, one national Emmy and one Peabody Award. Juan Renteria
(BA '96) holds the school record with eight regional Emmys for work as a television
photographer in Los Angeles and Dallas.
Arantxa Loizaga (始12), Sarai Bejarano (始12), Angelica Casas (始15) and Gianna Rendon
(始15) won Lone Star Emmys for work they produced while pursuing a Mass Communication
degree. Recent graduates anchor, produce, report and photograph news for numerous
media outlets, including Univision in Miami, BBC News in Washington, D.C., and Fox
San Antonio, KSAT-12, News 4 WOAI, KVDA Telemundo and Univision 41 in San Antonio.