The Student Media department provides student-oriented, student-managed forums for the free exchange of information and ideas within the UT Dallas community, while providing students with hands-on opportunities to learn the skills necessary to pursue a career in media.
Student Media includes The Mercury, Radio UTD, UTD TV and AMP. The Mercury publishes bi-weekly on Mondays throughout the school year. Radio UTD is an internet radio station, UTD TV broadcasts entertainment and other online content, and AMP focuses on student life, global politics, the arts and social commentary.
The Mercury publishes news, opinion and feature articles of interest and importance to the university campus and community, with primary emphasis on news that most directly and immediately concerns students.
AMP provides a forum for UT Dallas student opinions in print and online, focusing on matters of student life, global politics, arts and events, and social commentary.
Accolades
The Mercury, since 2013, is a two-time winner of the Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Pacemaker Award and two-time recipient of the Online Pacemaker Award. The College Media Association has recognized The Mercury as the Best Four-Year, Less-than-Weekly Newspaper four times since 2013.
Radio UTD was named the Best Student-run, Internet-Only Station by the College Music Journal in 2013 and has received multiple awards from College Broadcasters Inc. since 2017 for its website, multimedia and video projects.
UTD TV earned an honorable mention in the 2017 College Media Association Pinnacle Awards for Best Four-Year Television Station and has received honors from College Broadcasters Inc. for the station’s entertainment and sports reporting. UTD TV has also won numerous film festival awards for its original short films.
AMP placed third in 2017 for Best Four-Year Feature Magazine in the College Media Association Pinnacle Awards. The magazine has received recognition for its columns, designs and illustrations from the Associated Collegiate Press and Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.
Committee on Student Media
The Committee on Student Media is made up of students, faculty, staff and professional media advisers. They serve as a liaison between Student Media, the UT Dallas community and outside groups, as appropriate. Among their duties is the selection of editors and station managers.