2017

Preview: Disasters in Diversity: Disability in Media

    Day Al-Mohamed is a Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of Labor and focuses on Disability Employment. She also works with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), is the Founding Director of the Lead On Network, is a writer of fiction and fantasy novels, and in the past few years has […]

Preview: Rise of the Niche Sport Magazine

Justin Ellis is a Senior Editor at ESPN The Magazine. This year will be his third time attending SXSW Interactive, and he will be apart of a panel entitled “Rise of the Niche Sport Magazine” along with Caitlin Thompson of Racquet Magazine and George Quraishi from Howler Magazine. Each with their own unique background, the […]

Preview: Content Is Still King: A New Narrative Calls

With so many different platforms to apply and write content, how do brands distribute all their content and advertisement and where do they put it? Kinvara Balfour will be part of the SXSW panel Content Is Still King: A New Narrative Calls to talk about the future of content distribution for brands and individuals. What should […]

Preview: Texas State Innovation Lab: App-Abling

Discussing health complications with a person suffering from obesity can be sensitive, challenging, and even heart-breaking at times, but how about preventing the problem from the start? How can we communicate to children the dangers of obesity when they are sitting behind their iPad? Texas State University student innovators and team members of the App-Abling group, Victoria Salinas, […]

Weekly News Roundup Feb. 27 - March 3

  Snapchat has a market capitalization of $33 billion and is creating a drone Snapchat started with an IPO of $24 billion on its first day at the New York Stock Exchange and closed up 44% creating a market capitalization of $33 billion. Meanwhile, the company is building their own drone. Snapchat set for $24 […]

TBT Preview: Dale Blasingame

Throwback Thursday – To commemorate the 10th year of SXTXState, each Thursday we’ll be featuring past participants in the project. Check back each Thursday until SXSW to find out what SXTXState alumni remember from their time with the project and what they are up to now. Dale Blasingame is the definition of Texas State homegrown. He […]

TBT: Andrew Waldrup

Throwback Thursday – To commemorate the 10th year of SXTXState, each Thursday we’ll be featuring past participants in the project. Check back each Thursday until SXSW to find out what SXTXState alumni remember from their time with the project and what they are up to now. Andrew Waldrup is a Senior Product Manager who is […]