Reporting Texas TV – November 11, 2021

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas made their fourth newscast of the semester on November 11, 2021. This week student journalists report on crime in West Campus, child care concerns connected to President Biden’s Build Back Better framework, and responses to a series of antisemitic incidents in Austin.

Violent Crime in West Campus Leaves Students Shocked, Leaders Calling for Change

byMegan Fee

AUSTIN, Texas – One person shot at 22nd and Pearl, man with a gun threatened employee at 7-Eleven, officers attempting to locate robbery suspect – all three of these incident notifications reached the inboxes of students at The University of Texas at Austin within a span of just four days earlier this month.  Recent incidents […]

Austin Community Leaders Respond to Antisemitic Incidents Around The City

byElexa Sherry

AUSTIN, Texas — The past few weeks brought a wave of shock and sadness to the Jewish community in response to a series of antisemitic incidents.  The first incident occurred at Anderson High School, where someone vandalized the senior parking lot with antisemitic symbols and racial and homophobic slurs.  Junior Ellie Weisblatt said it was […]

Central Texans Find Joy and Connection in Roller Skating 

byKrissi Reeves

While many roller rinks were shut down during COVID, Central Texans took to Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to find fellow roller skaters and public spaces to skate.

Social skate sessions now happen seven days a week at public spaces around the Austin area, including the Long Center, Palmer Auditorium, Alamo Pocket Park, Bartholomew Park and Rock Sports Arena. 

Forget the ‘Backseat’ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­– Give Susannah Joffe the Steering Wheel

byTy Marsh

  Susannah Joffe is an artist just as down to earth as you expect someone raised in Austin to be. After a bit of digging for a contact number online and sending a long-winded text message asking to interview the Austin-based musician, I was surprised when Joffe herself responded, “Hi! Yes I’m super down.” After […]

Childcare Workers Seek Government Help to Improve Wages

byJack Starks

AUSTIN, Texas — As Congress considers President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better framework this week, staff at childcare facilities are hopeful the bill can bring needed changes to the industry. Cathy McHorse, a child care advocate with United Way for Greater Austin, said the child care industry suffers from a unique economic issue – parents […]

K-pop Fans Find Community at UT and Other Local Campuses

byHailin Zhang

Dance crew ATX KDC, founded to promote South Korean pop culture through modern dance styles, serves as a local manifestation of K-pop, the music phenom sweeping across the globe with its formula of catchy and trendy songs, loyal fans and smart use of social media. The New York Times states that roughly 90 percent of […]

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Texas’ Student Newspapers Feel the Pinch

byCristela Jones

College newspapers in Texas are struggling for a variety of reasons, including decreased school funding, declining advertising revenue and COVID-19- related stresses.

Experts say the decline of student newspapers may have serious consequences — the lack of a popular training ground for future journalists and the loss of potentially powerful voices in holding college administrators to account.

Reporting Texas TV – November 4, 2021

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Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas made their third newscast of the semester on November 4, 2021. This week student journalists report on legal questions for Texas hemp growers, Students For Climate Change protesting at the UT Tower, and the 2021 ATX Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament.

I-35 Expansion Plan Sparks Discussion Over Historical Barrier

byMinka Atkinson

Clearing neighborhoods and bulldozing businesses to expand an existing concrete barrier that has divided communities or digging deep into a reimagined urban core; these are the choices up for debate in the struggle to find a plan for modernizing I-35 through the center of Austin. Following a public comment period that ended Sept. 24, the […]

After Century of Publishing Amid Political Turmoil, Ecuadorian Newspaper Eyes Next 100 Years

byCesar Perez

At the entrance to one of the country’s largest newspapers, El Universo’s first printing press stands as a monument to victory in Ecuador’s struggle to hold onto a fragile democracy marked by a history of military dictatorships and censorship.

The newspaper’s history includes a government-ordered shutdown for a cartoon, editorial board members jailed, a forced front-page apology, violent demonstrations, a bombing of its building and even a presidential lawsuit seeking the imprisonment of its journalists.

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UT Hosts Science Olympiad

byJake Herman

AUSTIN, Texas —  Young scientists flocked to the University of Texas campus Saturday to participate in the UT Invitational Science Olympiad. Similar to an academic track meet, students can sign up to compete in any or all of the 23 events scattered around campus. The event has developed a reputation as one of the nation’s […]

Texas Hemp Sellers Take a Hit Amid Legality of Delta-8 THC

byJaxie Pidgeon

Nov. 9 Update: District Court Judge Jan Soifer granted a temporary injunction Monday against the Texas Department of State Health Services, making delta-8 THC temporarily legal in Texas. Soffer’s ruling said in part: After considering the pleadings on file, the admissible evidence, and the arguments of counsel, the Court GRANTS the Plaintiffs’ Application for a […]

Students Protest UT’s Contribution to Climate Change

byCassidy Ellison

AUSTIN, Texas – Climate change is a hot topic for some students at the University of Texas at Austin, prompting one organization to visit the office of the university’s president to voice its concerns over climate change.  Students Fighting Climate Change (SFCC) continues to try to meet with President Jay Hartzell. The group had a […]

UT Buys Campus-Adjacent High-Rise Apartments

byLucy Lopez

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin purchased Dobie Twenty21 in an effort to expand affordable student housing and dining services, according to the university’s media relations director. The long-standing apartment complex at the corner of Guadalupe Street and 21st Street has amenities such as a food court, Target and other stores underneath. […]

Reporting Texas TV – October 28, 2021

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Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas made their second newscast of the semester on October 28, 2021. This week student journalists report on new services from the university’s Counseling and Mental Health Center, planned development at Zilker Park, small business struggles during the pandemic, and the university’s purchase of a 27-story […]