Annette Nevins
| Phone |
214-662-6417 |
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Annette Bernhard Nevins has over 25 years of experience as a journalist and she has held staff positions at several newspapers, including The Dallas Morning News, the Austin American-Statesman, the Temple Daily Telegram and the San Antonio Express-News. Her reporting has included breaking news, police, courts, features, and education trends. She continues to freelance with bylines in publications such as D Magazine, Texas Highways and The Washington Post, where she was part of a team that was named a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for coverage related to the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso.
Nevins taught young journalists for 10 years at the University of North Texas before coming to 51做厙, where she leads student reporting projects that have received awards and community grants for publication. She mentors 51做厙 student interns at The Dallas Morning News and serves as a faculty cohort with other universities across the nation to grow student-led reporting programs in collaboration with several professional media organizations.
When she is not teaching or writing, Nevins and her husband and three grown children often volunteer with the homeless or serve in food pantries in their communities.
Education
M.A., Journalism, University of North Texas
B.A., Journalism, Trinity University
Recent Work
Disctinctions
Pulitzer Prize team finalist, breaking news team coverage, El Paso mass shooting, The Washington Post
Faculty mentor, student internship program, The Dallas Morning News
Faculty cohort, Center for Community News, University of Vermont student reporting initiative to grow student-led reporting in collaboration with professional media organizations
Storytelling grant recipient, Communities Foundation of Texas and Dallas Media Collaborative
Third Place Feature Award, 2016, Texas Associated Press Managing Editors
TAPME Community Service Award, 2015; series of stories on water
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence Award, 2015, regional first place (national finalist)
SPJ Mark of Excellence Award, 2014, first place magazine award
Dallas Press Club Award, best series, team, Desegregation of Dallas Schools
Dallas Press Club Award, finalist, spot news coverage of Guadalupe River Flood
Dallas Press Club Award, finalist, beat reporting, Education
Journalism Achievement Award, Trinity University
Professional Experience
Staff Writer, The Dallas Morning News
Lifestyle Editor, Temple Daily Telegram
Feature Writer, Austin American-Statesman
Staff Writer, San Antonio Express-News
Nevins’ work has also been published in several publications, including The Washington Post, D Magazine, SPIRIT Magazine (Southwest Airlines) and Texas Highways Magazine.
Course list
| Reporting | JOUR2312 |
| Advanced Reporting |
JOUR 3313 |
| Feature Writing | JOUR 3382 |
| Writing Across Platforms | JOUR 3314 |
| Reporting on Human Rights | JOUR 4350 |
