Reporting Texas TV – April 20, 2023

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas produced their sixth and final newscast of the semester on April 20, 2023. Student journalists reported this week on the annual Keep Austin Beautiful Day, the 2023 Statesman Cap10K, and a student-led rally in support of improving access to health care.

UT Students March to Capitol in Support of a Global Health Strategy

byMichelle Tamayo

AUSTIN, Texas – About 20 students crowded in front of the Texas State Capitol this Saturday to spread awareness on healthcare access. The students belong to an organization called Partners In Health Engage, also known as PIH Engage, a national nonprofit aimed at improving access to healthcare. They initially were at UT’s Tower and then […]

Volunteers Pick Up Tons of Trash During Keep Austin Beautiful Day

byTheo Werner

AUSTIN, Texas — Austinites picked up thousands of pounds of trash Saturday during the city’s annual Keep Austin Beautiful Day. Keep Austin Beautiful volunteers held cleanups at about 100 different locations across the city. In 2022, volunteers collected nearly 16,000 pounds of trash and more than 1,000 pounds of recycling. David Simonis volunteered at the […]

Cap10K Continues to Keep Austin Culture Rich

byAvery Hough

AUSTIN, Texas – More than 17,000 people crossed the downtown Congress Avenue Bridge on foot early Sunday morning for Texas’ largest 10K race. Racers in the Statesman Cap10K started with a view of Lady Bird Lake as the sun rose, and with the Texas State Capitol in their sights, they began the roughly 6.2 mile […]

Reporting Texas TV – April 13, 2023

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas produced their fifth newscast of the semester on April 13, 2023. Student journalists reported this week on an Easter Egg Roll at the State Capitol that doubled as a fundraiser for a Child Protective Services resource center, UT’s annual Take Back the Night event to […]

UT’s Japanese Student Association Brings Golden Week to Campus

byRazyl Yanez

AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas at Austin’s Japanese Association(JA) hosted a Golden Week Festival at the Gregory Gym PlazaSunday, April 9th.  Golden Week is a national Japanese holiday typically celebrated with a week of festivities including Constitution Day and Childrens’ Day.  In Japan, students get a week off of school.  Sena Flores, the […]

UT Students ‘Take Back the Night’ Against Sexual Assault

byEmma Claire Ellis

AUSTIN, Texas — Voices Against Violence (VAV) hosted its annual Take Back the Night event on April 6 in support of its mission to end sexual assault. The student-sponsored event is one of thousands of Take Back the Night events hosted worldwide. VAV invited organizations with causes that intersect with the mission of Take Back […]

Families Celebrate Easter and Donate to Austin’s Rainbow Room at the 8th Annual Egg Roll

byAvery Garrett

AUSTIN, Texas – The Capitol lawn hosted the Easter bunny along with live bunnies and other animals in a petting zoo for this year’s 8th Annual Easter Egg Roll. The public event was open to everyone, but specifically aimed to provide opportunities for children in the Child Protective Services (CPS) system to enjoy Easter festivities. […]

Indian American Disney Actor Comes to UT to Talk Career, Life

byKevin Vu

AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas at Austin neuroscience sophomore Geetika Yelugoti grew up watching Bollywood films, but she never saw South Asian representation in Hollywood. “There was just no one that looked like me in American media,” Yelugoti said. The Disney Channel began airing the show “Jessie” in 2011, which featured a 16-year-old adopted […]

Reporting Texas TV – April 6, 2023

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas produced their fourth newscast of the semester on April 6, 2023. Student journalists reported this week on legislation proposed to increase restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, the 2023 Longhorn Run, and a quinceañera celebration presented by several Hispanic and Latino student groups.

What HB 1686 Means for Texas Health Care

byIvy Fowler

AUSTIN, Texas – Fifteen-year-old Max Oliver told his mom he was a boy when he was four. Max is transgender, and officially changed his pronouns to he/him a few years ago. His mom, Julie Oliver, said “he’s always been one of the dudes.” “He just started introducing himself to everybody as Max, and that’s who I […]

Orange and White Fills Campus at Annual Longhorn Run

byAnabella Cooper

AUSTIN, Texas – Thousands of students, alumni, faculty and community members gathered along Speedway on April 1 for the start of the annual Longhorn Run. Participation has more than doubled since the event’s inception in 2010, with 4,736 runners this year. In 2020, the Longhorn Run turned virtual so runners could follow COVID-19 protocols and […]

UT Students Bring a Quinceañera to Campus

byMadalynn Lambert

AUSTIN, Texas – Three UT organizations hosted a traditional quinceañera on March 29 at the Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom to celebrate Hispanic traditions and heritage. A quinceañera celebrates a girl’s 15th birthday, but for this occasion the organizations wanted to create a space of inclusion and representation for the Latino community at UT. The Mexican-American […]

Reporting Texas TV – March 30, 2023

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas produced their third newscast of the semester on March 30, 2023. Student journalists reported this week on several festivals: BuildFest is a student competition to design augmented reality applications. Forty Acres Fest featured nine student bands and headliner Remi Wolf. Tuesday Twilights kicked off at […]

30th Annual Forty Acres Fest Celebrates Student Bands

byMichelle Tamayo

AUSTIN, Texas – Booths, attractions, food and music filled the University of Texas mall for the latest edition of the annual Forty Acres Fest, as it has nearly every year since the event’s inception 1992. The university’s student programming organization, Campus Event and Entertainment, brought the for student, by student fest to life. This year’s […]

UT Students Build Augmented Reality Applications in Campus Competition

byRazyl Yanez

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Immersive Institute (TXI) held its second annual BuildFest competition March 24-26. Teams of students designed augmented reality applications to address social issues such as mental health, environmental inequities, race visibility, gender inequalities and access for disabled students. Augmented reality (AR) applications include things like Pokemon GO and face filters on […]

Experts Predict Lush Wildflower Season in Texas Despite Changing Climate

byAvery Hough

AUSTIN, Texas – Spring came early in Texas this year, and many blooms sprouted earlier than normal. Sophie Lemkin, a horticulturist at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, predicts a lush wildflower bloom as a result of frequent and sustained rains in the fall. She said increasingly early spring weather is due to climate change. […]

Reporting Texas TV – March 23, 2023

byReporting Texas TV Staff

Journalism students from Moody College at the University of Texas produced their second newscast of the semester on March 23, 2023. Student journalists reported this week on a program to pay parking fines with cans of soup instead of money, a convention of BIPOC multimedia makers, a music festival that raised money for wildlife rescue […]

2nd Annual ‘Fur Will Fly Fest’ Combines Music and Wildlife

byEmma Claire Ellis

AUSTIN, Texas – Animal lovers came together March 23-24 at the Cherrywood Coffeehouse for a festival to raise money for two wild animal rehabilitation organizations. The ‘Fur Will Fly Fest’ supported the Bill Hicks Wildlife Foundation and Austin Bat Refuge, which rely on donations to provide lifesaving care for injured wildlife. Lynn Raridon, the director […]

Food for Fines Gives UT Community an Alternative to Paying Parking Tickets

byAvery Garrett

AUSTIN, Texas – Students and staff have until March 24 to pay for their parking tickets with soup cans instead of money, which could mean big savings for drivers who received one of more than 7,000 parking tickets issued on UT’s campus since August.  Food for Fines is a UT Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) initiative […]