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 […]

Reporting Texas Newsletter – April 14, 2023

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In Spite of Critics, Sweetwater’s Rattlesnake Roundup Draws Huge Crowds

bySamantha Eisenmenger 

The Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup, first held in 1958, began as a rattlesnake hunt with the goal of controlling the snake population in this small northwest Texas town. The event is now billed as the largest rattlesnake roundup in the world.

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. […]

A Senate Bill Could Crack Open Opportunities for Egg Farmers 

byAna Paola Davila Chalita 

Senate Bill 481, authored by Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, would allow farmers to sell their ungraded eggs directly to businesses such as restaurants and grocers, which currently is illegal. 

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 […]

Former Longhorn Peyton Stearns is Making Mark in Pro Tennis 

byCorey Smith

Since winning the NCAA women’s singles tennis championship for the University of Texas at Austin in May 2022 — the first UT athlete to do so — Peyton Stearns has been excelling on the professional circuit

The Mason, Ohio, native has climbed to 89th in the world rankings, and has won nearly twice as many matches as she’s lost, 113 wins and 66 losses, and has compiled more than $295,000 in prize money. 

Soaring: Kite Fest Takes Flight Over Austin

Hundreds of kites of all shapes, sizes and colors filled the skies over Zilker Park during the 95th ABC Kite Fest in Austin on April 1, 2023. Austinites of all ages sprinted across Zilker’s lawn trying to get their kites airborne as part of the event that has been around since 1929. Started by the […]

Reporting Texas Newsletter – April 7, 2023

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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 […]

Family-Run Horror Movie Convention Terrorizes Bastrop

byCorey Smith

Attendees came from at least three states and as far away as Las Vegas make the trek to Bastrop for the seventh annual Cult Classic horror movie convention. They came to see their favorite, if not quite famous, horror movie actors and directors, and to meet new and old friends and like-minded horror aficionados. A number of the attendees came in costume. Elizabeth from the movie “Frankenhooker” was perhaps the most widely represented character; Patty Mullen, the film’s lead actor was at the convention. There were also several Leatherfaces from “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and various versions of Jason Vorhees from “Friday the 13th.”