By Elizabeth Beddingfield. A pink edition of the Austin American-Statesman, meant to promote breast cancer awareness, sat idly on a chair in the lecture hall as just one example of the ingenuity of publisher Michael Vivio and his team. The Statesman has not merely survived the recession, it has flourished. Vivio came to Texas State today to explain how. In […]
Above: (left to right) Anisia Morales, Leigh Morgan, Jessie Spielvogel, Aimee Villalobos, and Lisa Carter Students who might have been required to attend and those who came by their own free will were faced with the truth today. Five Texas State students all came together to speak at Bobcats with Great Internships to relay one message: internships are the way […]
By Malerie Eeds Sonia Diaz is a Senior Account Executive at Cheryl Andrews Marketing & Public Relations in Miami, Florida. She offered her time for an interview after presenting during Mass Comm Week at Texas State University.
LuAnn GlowaczLuAnn is an Austin-based independent PR strategist and business writer for professionals and CEOs including attorneys, physicians and IT consultants. In the past 10 years, LuAnn has helped build PR and thought leadership for executives at DMI (the “got milk? folks), IBM, PBS, and SmarterWill.com, and has most recently earned client mentions in The New York Times, Money Magazine, […]
Four Texas State University alumni with diverse backgrounds put on a presentation giving students advice on how to succeed in the ever-changing world of advertising and public relations. All four are part of the Fleishman-Hillard Digital firm in Austin. Brad Mays, who graduated summa cum laude from Texas State University in 1996, opened the presentation with words on the current […]
Michael Quintanilla gave students a front row seat to what’s in trend for the fashion journalism industry during Mass Comm Week Wednesday. Quintanilla is a fashion and pop culture writer and stylist for the San Antonio Express-News and that newspaper’s TRENDS magazine. Quintanilla’s first job as a journalist was covering the police beat for the San Antonio Express-News. “I went […]
Trends in Online News had three speakers; one from the Texas Tribune, one from The Austin American-Statesman and one from The New York Times. They each discussed very different parts of online journalism. Christian McDonald from the Statesman discussed the different online programs that the website is using to keep its online users content. It uses Google Docs, UStream, Waze […]
Bill Schoening has been slam dunking his way into the hearts of sports fans as a play by play man for over 30 years. Growing up in Philadelphia, he was embedded into the Philadelphia sports culture and could not resist the sports bug. Schoening shared his favorite sports memories, influences in the media industry, and even doing impressions of his […]
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication is hosting its annual Mass Comm Week, Oct. 6-10, 2025. This year, we have some amazing events both in person and online! Don’t miss out on the chance to look to the future and hear professionals discuss issues, trends and careers in mass media. Visit our Schedule page to learn more about each event and panel.