Event Recap
2024 Mike Quinn Awards Luncheon
Record attendance, announcement of the Foundation's newest journalism award, and a star-studded Keynote panel are just a few of the highlights from the 2024 Mike Quinn Awards Luncheon! Learn more & view the photo gallery!
Sports Institute Update:
Verne Lundquist Sports Media Institute in Action
With a $20,000 grant from the Headliners Foundation, attendance soars at UTs 2024 Verne Lundquist Sports Journalism Camp! Click below to learn more and view photos and videos of this year's campers.
Scholarship Recipients Announced!
2024-2025 Scholarship recipients
We are proud to announce the recipients of the Foundation's scholarship recipients for the 2024-25 academic year! Please join us in congratulating these 22 exceptional young journalists.
Showcase Winners Announced!
2023 Showcase Award winners
From the Showcase Gold winner in the storytelling category, “She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway.” Photo by Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
Please join us in congratulating this year's Showcase Award-winners! Journalists from KHOU and the Texas Tribune took top honors for work produced in 2023. Six Silver awards and seven Certificates of Merit were also awarded.
Winners Announced!
2023 Charles e. Green award winners
Photo by Omar Ornelas, El Paso Times
Congratulations to the 2023 Charles E. Green Award-winners! Texas' best print and broadcast journalists are honored for outstanding work produced in 2023.
Event Replay
2024 Evening with Verne lundquist
One for the record books! This year's Evening with Verne Lundquist fundraiser treated guests to a heart-warming celebration of Verne's 40th anniversary covering the Masters Tournament, hilarious stories from special guest David Feherty, and a fabulous live auction.
Fundraising:
The George A. McElroy Scholarship
Fundraising is underway for the George A. McElroy scholarship. The $6,000 award, named in memory of Foundation Board member Kathleen McElroy's father, is awarded annually to a deserving undergraduate journalism or communication student attending a Texas college or university. George A. McElroy was an award-winning Texas journalist who broke barriers during his 58-year career as a Black man in a predominantly white industry.
Learning Lab
THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES
Each year, the Headliners Foundation conducts interviews with leading Texas reporters and editors who share how they produce prize-winning journalism and discuss issues confronting today’s fast-changing media strategies. See some of the latest below.
Learning Lab
Event Recap:
The Verne Lundquist Sports Media Institute
The Verne Lundquist Sports Media Institute sponsored the 2nd Annual UT sports journalism camp June 16-18 on the UT campus. 27 high schools from across Texas got hands-on experience as sports journalists and were treated to presentations from some of the best sports journalists in the industry.
Introducing:
THE VERNE LUNDQUIST SPORTS MEDIA INSTITUTE
The Headliners Foundation and legendary sportscaster Verne Lundquist have teamed up to establish an institute in Lundquist’s name to promote excellence in Texas sports journalism.
New! Videos with Verne:
Click on the links below to view video content featuring Verne Lundquist.
• Covering the Masters
• With Crenshaw
• With CBS’s James Brown
• Best Play-by-Play Moments