Tracy Clemons has returned to Houston to take the role of Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications at Texas Southern University after leaving TV news.
“With every story I covered on TSU’s campus and every student and graduate I met in the community, I knew this was a special place,” Clemons said in a release. “While it’s bittersweet to leave the anchor desk and the industry I love so much, it is with great excitement that I transition into a role where my storytelling is focused solely on Texas Southern. There’s so much to tell about the student-centered learning and transformation that continues daily on this historic campus. I look forward to leading the university in telling the TSU story in ways it hasn’t been told before.”
Clemons will be a member of the president’s extended cabinet and will manage and direct media, external communications, and branding working directly with the Vice President for communications and advancement.
“Tracy has demonstrated an impeccable ability to lead from the newsroom to the boardroom,” Vice President for communications and advancement, Melinda Spaulding added. “He served as press secretary for the largest school district in Texas where he managed media relations, secured and coordinated national coverage and wrote award-winning OpEd pieces on behalf of leadership. Most importantly, Tracy knows and values HBCUs. From his days covering TSU while reporting for KTRK to his time teaching future communicators as an adjunct professor at North Carolina A&T State University, he’s shown his commitment as a storyteller and communications advocate. We’re excited to have him join the team at a time of great expansion of our broadcast and digital efforts.”
I blogged in February 2022 that Clemons was leaving FOX8 WGHP in Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem where he had worked since June 2018.
Public relations in the educational field is nothing new to Clemons, who previously worked as a press secretary with the Houston Independent School District.
Clemons also worked as a:
- Multi-media journalist (MMJ)/fill-in in anchor for abc13 KTRK
- MMJ with KSDK 5 St. Louis, Missouri
- Reporter/anchor with KSLA 12 Shreveport, Louisiana
- WVIR Charlottesville, Virginia
