Three former Bobcats are now running their own businesses

[View the story “TXST grads inform students entrepreneurship is possible ” on Storify] TXST grads inform students entrepreneurship is possible Three current entrepreneurs and Texas State graduates spoke to a theater room full of students about what it takes to start your own business and how easy it really can be if you have the dream to establish the foundation. […]

Copy editing Q&A with Matthew Crowley

By students in MC3383.010 Matthew Crowley, a copy editor for the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s universal copydesk, was guest speaker during Mass Comm Week for students in Elizabeth Clark’s online class, MC3383 (Editing for Clear Communication). Crowley, a member of the American Copy Editors Society, has spent 24 years in print journalism at newspapers in Syracuse, Cortland and Glens Falls, N.Y.; […]

Scavenger Hunt

Here are the submissions we have received so far for the Scavenger Hunt. Take a look. If you submitted one, but don’t see it below, tweet us at @txstatemcweek or email croyal@txstate.edu Aurora Blase Ashley Jordan @ace_toph Stephania Lara-C. Jordan Lee Nikki Schnell Alyson Svec Lauren Petree  Kelsey Nichols  Kristina Kenney  Lily Gutierrez  Kenzi Morton

Memes. We've Got Memes.

We asked you to express yourself visually during Mass Comm Week. We’ve reached the deadline. Check the details here. Here are the submissions for the contest that we have received. The specific requirements were to  “Use your visual creativity to shoot a video, create a meme, make an animated gif, create a Tumblr or any other online visual demonstration (there […]

Ronnie Dugger Storify

The two speeches given by Ronnie Dugger, founder of the Texas Observer, during Texas State’s Mass Comm Week, were profiled by Twitter users. [View the story “Mass Communications Week: Ronnie Dugger” on Storify]

Statesman editor informs students, professors

By Casey Torrance and Jordan Dusek Austin-American Statesman editor Debbie Hiott spoke to Texas State University students Thursday, Nov. 1 during Mass Comm Week about her career and experiences as a journalist. Hiott was a student at Texas State and graduated in 1992. She now serves on the advisory board for the University Star, where she was once editor. She […]