Reporting Texas
News and features from UT-Austin's School of Journalism
byEmma Claire Ellis
AUSTIN, Texas – Animal lovers came together March 23-24 at the Cherrywood Coffeehouse for a festival to raise money for two wild animal rehabilitation organizations. The ‘Fur Will Fly Fest’ supported the Bill Hicks Wildlife Foundation and Austin Bat Refuge, which rely on donations to provide lifesaving care for injured wildlife. Lynn Raridon, the director […]
byAvery Garrett
AUSTIN, Texas – Students and staff have until March 24 to pay for their parking tickets with soup cans instead of money, which could mean big savings for drivers who received one of more than 7,000 parking tickets issued on UT’s campus since August. Food for Fines is a UT Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) initiative […]
byKevin Vu
AUSTIN, Texas – Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) artists, creators and scholars gathered March 9-11 at the University of Texas for a convention centering on BIPOC creatives. The three-day BIPOC Pop convention launched in 2022 and is the only convention of its kind dedicated to bringing together BIPOC creators from multimedia arts, uplifting […]
byMadalynn Lambert
AUSTIN, Texas– Rodeo Austin kicked off Spring Break on March 13 when students from all over Texas competed to show animals, art and other forms of agriculture. All money raised from Rodeo Austin goes to Texas students through scholarships. Many schools in Texas have an agriculture program that students can join to raise an animal […]
byReporting Texas TV Staff
Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas produced their first newscast of the semester on March 9, 2023. Student journalists reported this week on the results of the 2023 Student Government elections, the demolition of the nation’s first African American public housing project, and UT’s annual STEM Girl Day.
