TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
An honored Texas State professor is in a dire battle with cancer, and the staff are making sure her legacy will live on in a meaningful way that will take care of the students studying the subject she was so passionate about throughout her prestigious career. Kym Fox serves TXST in several important roles: Professor of Practice at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, co-director of Texas Community Health News, graduate assistant coordinator and, for more than 20 years, has led the journalism major and served as program coordinator, according to the Texas State website.
Her journalistic accomplishments at the university are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to her career. The scholarship webpage states that before she began teaching, she was a daily journalist for 23 years with her most recent position as the deputy metro editor for the San Antonio Express-News. During her earlier years as a reporter for the Mesa Tribune, she received awards for her coverage of child abuse and juvenile justice in addition to state honors for news and feature writing.
