Texas State’s Mass Comm Week. It’s for Mass Communication majors, just as the name would have you believe. It’s also for STEM majors. And for business majors, and for anyone and everyone, provided you want to learn something. Starting Nov. 9, Mass Comm Week will be a series of virtual sessions led by various media professionals. These sessions are intended […]
by Elizabeth K. Stone SAN MARCOS, TEXAS – Behind every successful online journalism newsroom, there lies a great editor. The Marshall Project is a nonprofit organization focusing on criminal justice issues across the United States. Their managing editor, Kirsten Danis was in San Marcos this week for Texas State University’s Mass Comm Week. Originally from Massachusetts, Danis began her career […]
By Gabriella Carrizales Gac78@txstate.edu SAN MARCOS — Senior lecturer Dale Blasingame and two students, Haley Jenkins and Zach Ientasch, gave background information and shared their experience during the first Study in America program. Study in America is a summer program that gives students the out-of-class experience while staying cost effective. This program travels within the states for students who […]
By Zee Battle SAN MARCOS — On Oct. 17, during Mass Communication Week at Texas State, KXAN reporter Alicia Inns gave students the rundown of what her job is like as a multimedia journalist, also called backpack journalism. Inns has been in the journalism business for about seven years and has had the responsibility of doing everything on her own: […]
Students take notes while Kathryn Gisi shares life as a bureau reporter. Photo by Kelly Newton By Kelly Newton SAN MARCOS, Texas – Kathryn Gisi, a reporter for Spectrum News, spoke to mass communication students Monday night about the realities of life as a bureau reporter. Having graduated Texas State University in 2011, Gisi was able to offer […]
By Mikayla Jendrusch Local Texas journalists spoke to Texas State University students to explain what it was like to cover Hurricane Harvey. Jill Ament from Texas Standard and Chris Davis from KXAN were the speakers; John Salazar was supposed to be part of the discussion, but he was out sick. The chat came as part of Texas State’s Mass Communication […]
By Imari Mora ism5@txstate.edu SAN MARCOS- Univision’s Emmy award-winning reporter Gary Cooper shared tips Thursday on making it from South Texas to a major market during the last day of Mass Comm Week. Cooper began his lecture with telling Texas State students as well as Laredo High school journalism students the ugly truth. Looking forward to the event Alison Bryce, […]
By Chelsea Verstegen cdv17@txstate.edu A panel of four digital media professionals spoke during Mass Comm Week Thursday to share with current students their insight on what is necessary for a career in digital media, as well as their journey to where they are now. The panel was asked questions regarding what it takes to make it in the digital world and […]
Gary Cooper came to speak during Texas State University’s Mass Comm Week Thursday. The session, “From South Texas to Univision: One Step at a Time…,” was an insight to Cooper’s success story and his perseverance in the process. The audience was a mixture of high school students from Laredo’s Vidal M. Trevino School of Communication and Fine Arts and Texas State […]
By Meredyth Wiegand Mgw28@txstate.edu SAN MARCOS- A panel of Texas State University graduates spoke Thursday to current students about their jobs in digital advertising and social media as part of Mass Comm Week. University lecturer and Ad Club faculty supervisor, Emmeline Olson moderated “Everybody’s Surfing Now: Digital Advertising and Social Media” prompting the panel of professionals to speak about their […]
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication is hosting its annual Mass Comm Week, Oct. 3-7, 2022. 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.