By Chris Eudaily“Everything you know about social media is about to be turned on it’s head.” Tim Hayden, chief marketing Oofficer for 44 Doors, a mobile marketing company based in Austin, said that America is about to take another jump in the realm of smartphone capabilities. And that scenes like the one in Minority Report when Tom Cruise’s character walks […]
By Chris EudailyJennifer Peebles, Deputy Editor at Texas Watchdog said everyone needs to understand that the government works for them, and that citizens are active shareholders in the government. “We all get to go to the shareholders meeting every year,” said Peebles, who then added that as shareholders, we have the right to say: “I don’t like the way the […]
By Brittany Martinez Event planners doesn’t just plan a wedding, they do so much more. Kevin Gilley, who is currently working for the College of Fine Arts and Communications planning department, feels that event planners are more than just wedding planners. “It’s so much broader than that,” Gilley said. “That’s kind of what I wanted to get across- it’s very […]
By: Alyson Svec Hugh Forrest, director of South by Southwest Interactive, discussed the history and background as well as planning for the events at SXSW. Born in Austin, Forrest attended college in Ohio, then returned to his hometown after working with newspapers in the mid-eighties. A few years later, a few guys he knew from SXSW called him to put […]
By J. P. Walker J. R. Gonzales and Evelina Solis, radio talk show hosts of 501 News Latino and motivational speakers, came to speak at Mass Comm Week on Tuesday, Oct. 18. They discussed changes that the Latino market has endured in the past several years. In the past ten years the Hispanic market has grown 43 percent and 1 […]
by Selena Smith People magazine reporter Elaine Aradillas spoke to students about two different sides of running a celebrity magazine. She told students that although People is a celebrity magazine, there is far more than the flashy and glamour side of the magazine. The magazine contains human interest articles on politics, military and crime that readers relate to, she said. […]
By Mikela Rodriguez The Texans for Citizen Participation Act, spearheaded by Austin attorney Laura Prather and signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry in June is a strong tool for Texas journalists as well as a victory for First Amendment rights. The fairly new legislation curbs businesses and private individuals from filing strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), which can […]
By Cecil Sparkman Lara Pellegrinelli, who began working with NPR around three years ago, says she feels that music journalists should focus more on big pictures issues rather than CD releases and artist performances. During her speech Pellegrinelli outlined some of the most common genres in the news coverage of music. The two biggest, she said, were the announcement of […]
By Blake Barington Texas State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication welcomed local sports journalists Jeff Howe, Kirk Bohls and Tim Griffin Tuesday morning to discuss their experiences with the changes that are taking place in the sports industry. The trio talked about how readers’ habits are changing as well as how social media is altering the way journalists function. […]
By Lauren CarneyLuis Patino, VP and General Manager of Univision, has let Texas State students in on the new American reality. He opened his presentation with the video below saying, “Simple is sometimes best.”With the Hispanic population growing, Univision has become one of the primary ways Hispanics get their news. Patino spoke about assimilation and acculturation and how the two […]
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.