Social Media at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

By: Logan McCullough rlm215@txstate.edu SAN MARCOS – Texas State alumna Virginia Alves returned to her alma mater to lead a panel discussing her most recent endeavor as social media editor for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Alves’s Mass Comm week presentation, “International Waters: Social Media at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games,” moderated by Texas State professor of social journalism Dale […]

Managing Texas State’s social media accounts

By Amanda Forbes Social media coordinator for Texas State Jon-Stephen Stansel spoke to students Thursday about social media in higher education. Stansel single-handedly runs the school’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat accounts. Stansel said he never anticipated operating social media accounts for his job, but times are changing. “Social media is the most interesting and challenging part of my day,” […]