All mass communication majors must complete an internship on-site at a professional organization. Students are given wide latitude in choosing an internship that they will enjoy and where they will gain something of value.
Students work for a variety of organizations in a variety of fields, including television production, social media, graphic design, event planning, radio, newspaper, sports information, advertising, event planning, marketing, non-profit agencies and more.
Here is a partial list of organizations with which students have completed internships:
- Air Hogs Minor League Baseball Team, Grand Prairie
- American Cancer Society, Wichita Falls
- American Red Cross, Wichita Falls
- Atlantic Records, New York City
- Big Brothers Big Sisters, Wichita Falls
- BlueSky Creative Services, Wichita Falls
- Bowie News
- Boys and Girls Club, Wichita Falls
- Camp Fire USA National Office, Kansas City
- Camp Fire, Wichita Falls
- Campbell and Company, Oklahoma City -- Advertising
- Chamber of Commerce, Queen Creek, Ariz.
- Cinestate, Dallas -- Film Production/Promotion/Film Festival/Publicity/Event
- City of Dallas Public Information Office
- City of Wichita Falls Parks and Recreation Department
- Constituent Relations and Event Planning, JH Ranch, California
- Cumulus Radio, Wichita Falls
- Dallas Cowboys
- Dave Smith and Associates, Chicago -- Videography
- Denton Diablos Soccer Team -- Marketing/Social Media/Photography/Event-Planning
- Design Works Advertising, Wichita Falls
- Ebony Magazine
- ENVY Publications, Dallas
- GAP Broadcasting, Wichita Falls
- International Radio/TV Society, New York City
- Jackson Morrow Advertising, Wichita Falls
- KAUZ-Channel 6, Wichita Falls
- KENS-5 Television, San Antonio
- KFDW-Fox 4, Dallas
- KFDX-Channel 3, Wichita Falls
- KWFB-FM, Wichita Falls
- Make-A-Wish Foundation, Dallas
- Make-A-Wish Foundation, Fort Worth
- Marketing and Internal Affairs, PHNS Incorporated, Dallas
- Marketing and Public Information Office, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls
- Marketing Department, Postel Family Credit Union, Wichita Falls
- Marketing Office, Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls
- McDonald's -- Management Training Program
- MDS Training Institute, Dallas -- Marketing and Constituent Relations
- MLB Youth Academy, Compton, Calif. -- Youth Sports Camps
- Muscular Dystrophy Association, Wichita Falls
- Nordstrom -- Management Training
- North Texas Rehabilitation Center -- Marketing/Event-Planning
- North Texas United Way
- Notre Dame Catholic School, Wichita Falls -- Administration
- Public Information Department, City of Arlington
- Public Information Department, City of Wichita Falls
- Public Information Office, Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls
- Public Information Office, State Senator Tom Haywood
- Red River Nature Preserve, Wichita Falls
- Rep. Mac Thornberry's office -- Constituent Relations
- River Bend Nature Center, Wichita Falls -- Event-Planning/P.R./Design/Social Media
- Riviello Communications, Boston
- Rooster GNN -- Photojournalism in Cuba
- Royal Estates, Wichita Falls -- Event-Planning
- Sales
- Santa Rosa Communications, Wichita Falls
- Scripps Central -- Copy Desk -- Dow Jones Internship
- Sheppard Senator, Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls
- Southwest Airlines
- Sports Information Office, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls
- Time Warner Cablevision, Wichita Falls
- Times Record News, Wichita Falls
- United Regional Health Care Center, Wichita Falls
- Wichita Falls Wildcats Hockey Team
A full list of organizations with which students have completed internships can be found here.