About the Headliners Foundation

The Headliners Foundation of Texas serves…

To provide scholarships for promising college students;
To recognize professional journalists whose writing and reporting skills, integrity and fairness have upheld the highest principles of a free press;
To recognize executives and administrators in the media who have provided outstanding leadership in maintaining responsible, communication in the public interest; and,
To sponsor and participate in projects concerned with promoting journalistic excellence

The Headliners Foundation was formed in 1983 as the official philanthropic extension of the Headliners Club.

Provided more than $1 million dollars in tuition support to more than 350 college students across Texas
Recognized and rewarded more than 250 journalists in Texas for outstanding work and career achievement
Partnered with the University of Texas to acquire famous photographic archives from such publications as Newsweek and The New York Herald Tribune
Hosted some of the nation’s finest journalists at the Headliners Club, including Walter Cronkite, Sam Donaldson, Sarah McClendon, David Broder, William Safire, Helen Thomas, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and Bill Moyers

To learn more about the Foundation, download an informative brochure.

Please browse our website to learn more, or contact our office. Thank you.

“It is because of a free press and a free society that this nation maintains its freedom, its independence and its greatness.”
Gov. Ann Richards
“The importance of excellence in journalism is known to most of us. But you might not have considered is how important is it to recognize exemplary journalism in today’s professionals and to educate tomorrow’s leaders regarding the role of the free and responsible press in our democracy.”
Walter Cronkite
“We must find ways to pass on to future generations a passion for the role which professional, balanced journalism plays in a free society.”
James Michener
“The American press, in whatever its form, has always been a little gaudy and noisy and self-important, but it is crucial to our system of government.”
Tom Brokaw
Across Texas and across the United States, it’s getting harder to see government in action. We are in a grim game of information keepaway with city councils, county boards, state lawmakers and federal agencies.
Kathleen Carroll, executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press