Meredith Seaver/APIn June, Texas A&M University held a public ceremony announcing the hiring of Kathleen McElroy—a veteran journalist, former New York Times editor, and Texas A&M alumnus—as the director of the school’s revived journalism program.The university celebrated the hire in Texas A&M Today, and in a “recap” of the online reaction to the announcement obtained by The Daily Beast, the university’s social media coordinator wrote that it was “one of the most positively received stories we ha
Kathleen McElroy, Ph.D., was set to lead Texas A&M’s journalism program into the future, reviving the major after a 19-year hiatus, signing off on the position on June 13. But