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Millennials See More Information, but Struggle to Engage With It

Millennials are reluctant to engage with news because their primary source for it, social media, is ridden with distraction and false information.

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The last musical

Connor Barr stands on the B Iden Payne Theatre stage, sweating, smiling toothily and holding the hands of his friends and castmates. The audience erupts in cheers — some jumping, others standing firm — all making the ground rumble with the force of their applause. Barr, smiling still, humbly nods…

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Austinite offers free tennis lessons to at-risk youth, postponed by City Council

In a low-income St. Louis neighborhood, Christopher Scurry, a Missouri native, started tennis lessons with his father. Equipped with a racket, Scurry learned tenacity at a young age.

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Many students get news from social media than other platforms

When Austin McCartney, a senior studying management information systems, wants to be informed, he relies on his peers to tell him what news he should read. Trusting that they will find the most important stories, McCartney…

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News Engagement Day 2017 Class Data

For News Engagement Day 2017, students enrolled in J310F: Reporting Words interviewed University of Texas at Austin students about their news consumption habits. Here’s what we found out.

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The Destructive Legacy of Pablo Escobar

AUSTIN — Earlier this month, former DEA agents, Steve Murphy and Javier Pena spoke about the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar; one of the most influential drug kingpins of all time.

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Local grassroots organization aims to tackle issues in communities of color

On Thursday afternoons, members of Black Sovereign Nation break into teams with brown paper bags full of fruits and vegetables in hand. They go door-to-door distributing the fresh, organic produce to…

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