May 6, 2016
Take a glimpse into the life of an Austin drag queen.
Class Projects
Women Fight Back Against Danger
Livetweet: NASA JPL’s von Karman Lecture: Destination Europa
February 11, 2016
Live now! Destination Europa public talk. Watch + chat: https://t.co/BTwdSrkMfE pic.twitter.com/6105nShD5S
— NASA Europa Mission (@NASAEuropa) February 12, 2016
Livetweet: Worst Cooks in America 8:5
January 31, 2016
New episode of #WorstCooks in a couple of minutes! Who’s ready to see what happens next?
— Julianne Hodges (@JayHodges2018) February 1, 2016
View my livetweet of season 8, episode 5 of the reality cooking show, Worst Cooks in America, on Storify
This project was part of J336F: Social Media Journalism during the spring of 2016.
Stark Center Features Exhibit on 1936 Berlin Olympics
December 7, 2015
The roar of thousands of people with their arms outstretched in the Nazi salute fills the stadium as three-year German Chancellor Adolf Hitler watches the opening ceremonies approvingly.
Swastika flags and Olympic banners line the crowded streets above athletes and spectators from nearly 50 different nations, where only a few weeks before were signs reading “Deutsche kauft nicht beim Juden”: “Germans don’t buy from Jews.”
Angry German speeches filled with anti-Semitic hatred clash with American Olympic officials reassuring the country that there’s no reason not to do business with the new German regime.
The triumphant opening notes of the American national anthem accompanies the handing of the gold medal to Jesse Owens, now an Olympic hero.
No, this isn’t Berlin 1936. It’s Austin 2015, at The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 exhibit.
Capital Analysis Survey Finds Lack of Later-Stage Investment Funds for Austin Startups
November 23, 2015
Austin is an ideal place to start a business, but there aren’t enough sources of local investment to help startups grow, according to a recent study by two Austin business associations.
Austin City Council Debates Festival Smoking Exemption Policy
November 4, 2015
The Austin City Council will consider abolishing its policy of giving smoking ban waivers to festivals that use city parks after debate among members over Fun Fun Fun Fest’s waiver application at Thursday’s special meeting.
#txbookfest 2015
UTPD Offers Self-Defense Classes to Prevent Sexual Assault
October 14, 2015
To help women defend themselves from attack, UTPD will be hosting Rape Aggression Defense classes again this fall. The 12-hour RAD class teaches students self-defense and prevention techniques against assault.
Political Economist Robert Reich Speaks About Money and Democracy
September 16, 2015
Political economist and self-proclaimed “class worrier” Robert Reich warned last week in a lecture at UT that widening political and economic inequality meant that the U.S. would soon have to choose between either authoritarianism or reform.
Julianne Hodges 