Faculty Profiles

Jillian Ament

Lecturer of Practice at School of Jrnlism & Mass Comm, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Award / Honor Recipient: Bess Whitehead Scott Scribes Scholar, The Headliners Foundation. October 2023 - Present

Award / Honor Recipient: Second Place, Use of Sound (Individual Award), Public Media Journalists Association. 2022 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: Ann Arnold Scholarship, Texas Broadcasters Education Fund. 2022 - Present

Award / Honor Recipient: Showcase Awards - Gold, Storytelling Category (Contributing Producer), Texas Headliners Foundation. 2021 - Present

Award / Honor Recipient: First Place, News Feature (Individual Award), Public Media Journalists Association. 2020 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: Second Place, Writing (Individual Award), Public Media Journalists Association. 2020 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: First Place, Radio News Series (Individual Award), National Headliners Foundation. 2020 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: First Place, Series (Individual Award), Texas Associated Press Broadcasters. 2020 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: Second Place, Interview Category (Shared award with Texas Standard host, David Brown), Public Media Journalists Assocation. 2020 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: First Place, News Documentary Category (Contributing Reporter), Regional Edward R. Murrow Award. 2020

Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Sound (Individual Award), Edward R. Murrow Awards - Region 6 (Oklahoma and Texas). 2019 - Present

Award / Honor Recipient: Best Local Talk Show (Head Producer), Texas Associated Press Broadcasters. 2017
Award / Honor Nominee: Best Political Coverage, Lone Star Emmy Awards. January 2017