Reporting Texas TV – April 28, 2022

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas produced their fifth newscast of the semester on April 28, 2022. This week’s reports include efforts to save several gay bars from demolition, the Texas Community Music Festival‘s return after a lengthy COVID hiatus, and an Earth Day clean up hosted by kayak companies.

Texas Community Music Festival Returns After Two-Year Hiatus

byMadeline Salinas

AUSTIN, Texas — A few weeks prior to the 15th Texas Community Music Festival in 2020, organizers learned that they would have to cancel the annual event. “We kind of had to put the brakes on everything,” said festival organizer Kat Brotherton. “Nobody really had any idea, at that point, how long this break was going […]

Gay Bars Threatened By Downtown Development May Be Saved By Cultural-Historical Significance

bySamuel Stark

AUSTIN, Texas — Nestled among skyscrapers in Austin’s booming downtown area is The Iron Bear, a beloved gay bar on West Sixth Street. Bengie Beshear, a co-owner of the venue, describes it as welcoming to all types of gay men. “The Iron Bear is place that catches the people that don’t really fit in the […]

Kayak Rental Businesses Hold Earth Day Clean Up

byTerry Gutierrez

AUSTIN, Texas – Rowing Dock hosted an Earth Day Clean Up at Lady Bird Lake on Friday, where volunteers could clear the area on foot or by kayak.  The Earth Day Clean Up marked an expansion of Rowing Dock’s weekly Kayak Clean Up Crew, which launched last year.  Friday’s clean up was conducted in partnership with […]

Reporting Texas TV – April 21, 2022

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas made their fourth newscast of the semester on April 21, 2022. This week student journalists report on efforts to prevent dating violence and assist victims, the opening of a much-needed new swimming facility, and a UT student’s fundraiser to repair a school in El Salvador.

Addressing Dating Violence in High School and College

byEniola Longe

AUSTIN, Texas — Finnley Willms, president of the Texas Advocacy Project’s Teen Ambassadors of Hope, had no idea teen dating violence was such a common issue until she volunteered. With a mission to end dating and domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in the state, Texas Advocacy Project (TAP) provides free legal services to survivors […]

New Pool Creates New Opportunity

byKevin Malcolm, Jr.

AUSTIN – In his final months before becoming a collegiate swimmer, Dietrich Hagenau will train at the new Eanes Aquatic Center at Westlake High School. Ever since Hagenau moved to Austin from California, he has been fighting to get a new pool built for himself and his teammates. “It’s very rewarding to hear that we […]

UT Student Raises Money for a School in El Salvador

byStephanie Molina

AUSTIN, Texas – Students at the University of Texas are joining together to raise money to repair a school in El Salvador Antony Efrain Rodriguez, a senior nutrition major, visited the Complejo Educativo De San Fernando in Morazan last summer. The United States built the school in the 1970s. He saw a need for new […]

Reporting Texas TV – April 14, 2022

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas made their third newscast of the semester on April 14, 2022. This week student journalists report on Austin residents opening their homes to Ukrainian refugees, the Transgender Day of Visibility rally at the Texas State Capitol, and the new home for the Waterloo Greenway Conservancy’s annual […]

A New Home for Waterloo Greenway Conservancy’s Annual Pop-Up Picnic

byTerry Gutierrez

AUSTIN, Texas — Waterloo Greenway Conservancy’s 10th Annual Pop-Up Picnic made a comeback on April 9 after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic. For the first time, the Pop-Up Picnic was held at Waterloo Park, which closed for flood-control construction in 2011. The newly designed park reopened last August, introducing Moody Amphitheater, a […]

Hundreds Rally to Celebrate the Texas Transgender Community

bySamuel Stark

AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of transgender folks and allies went to the Texas State Capitol on April 2 to celebrate and rally for the annual Transgender Day of Visibility. Many in the crowd felt this celebration was exceedingly important due to Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent order to prosecute health care facilitators providing gender-affirming care for […]

Austinites Open Their Homes to Help Ukrainian Refugees

byMadeline Salinas

AUSTIN, Texas — When Kseniia Mykhailova returned home from a February vacation, she was greeted with blue and yellow flags, posters, and flowers on her doorstep. It was a reminder to the native Ukrainian that she and her family weren’t alone. “It definitely means a lot,” Mykhailova said. “I feel a lot of support from our […]

Reporting Texas TV – April 7, 2022

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas made their second newscast of the semester on April 7, 2022. This week student journalists report on services supported by Forty Hours for the Forty Acres, San Antonio’s Fiesta Especial events, and UT Engineering’s first Black Youth Day.

Forty for Forty Supports Students’ Professional Development

byEniola Longe

AUSTIN, Texas — For her very first summer internship, Emma Scalfano only sent out one application. Scalfano, a human dimensions of organization senior, found a position she was interested in on the Handshake job board: work-life balance intern in the University Union’s human resources department. “One of the biggest takeaways from the internship was probably […]

Fiesta Returns and Continues Helping Those in Need

byKevin Malcolm Jr.

SAN ANTONIO — People from all over South Texas came together to support local charities through events like Fiesta Especial. South Texans missed out on enjoying all of the Fiesta events in the spring over the last two years due to the pandemic. DisABILITYsa,  a nonprofit organization that puts on events aimed at creating an inclusive […]

Black Youth Day Inspires Young Engineers

byStephanie Molina

AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas hosted its first Black Youth Day on April 2, an event targeted at engineering students in grades 8-11 from underrepresented communities. The UT chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office organized the event to promote diversity within […]

Reporting Texas TV – March 31, 2022

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas made their first live newscast of the semester on March 31, 202s. This week student journalists report on cleanup efforts after a tornado touched down in Round Rock, a climate change march from the UT Tower to the Texas Capitol, and a new Austin policy […]

UT Students and Austinites Rally for Climate Action

byMadeline Salinas

AUSTIN, Texas –  Climate activists and University of Texas students met March 25  at the UT Tower to kick off the Fridays for Future global climate strike. UT’s Students Fighting for Climate Change (SFCC) organization hosted the strike and welcomed other student organizations and local Austinites to join the march to the Texas Capitol. At […]

Austin Musicians Get Pay Raise for City-Sponsored Performances

bySam Stark

AUSTIN, Texas – Austin’s Music and Entertainment Division, part of the city’s Economic Development Department, raised wages earlier this month for musicians performing at city-sponsored events from $150 to $200 an hour. Census data released last year shows Austin is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. With rapid growth comes increasingly unaffordable […]

Round Rock Residents Begin to Recover After EF-2 Tornado

byTerry Gutierrez

ROUND ROCK, Texas — Residents began evaluating damage and reflecting on the aftermath following a tornado that hit Williamson County on March 21. That same day, other areas in Texas experienced several other tornadoes. The tornado that spiraled through Round Rock was an EF-2 with winds estimated to be over 110 mph. “We’ve been [in] […]