Spotlight: VOCES documentarian meet-up
Eleven Latinas and Latinos involved in documentary filmmaking shared their individual insights with the Voces Oral History Project and with a larger public audience the weekend of Nov. 10 and 11 on the UT campus. Five UT professors were among the 12 volunteer interviewers who were specially trained for the event beforehand (Kate Dawson in Journalism; Anne Lewis, Charles Ramirez Berg and YáKe Smith in RTF; and Gabriela Polit in Spanish). Magnum photographer and clinical professor Eli Reed, who serves as Voces' associate director for photography, took portraits of the participants, assisted by undergraduate photojournalism major Juan Figueroa.
The interviews were conducted in the CMB studios on Saturday, Nov. 10 (six in the morning and five in the afternoon) -- coordinated by RTF graduate student/Voces videographer Andres Torres Montaguth. Voces was fortunate to have a team of UT students monitoring the video and audio:
Bismarck Andino (English); Susi Blandon (Journlaism); Myka Rodriguez (Advertising and Business); Cynthia Miranda (Journalism); Carlos Anchondo (Journalism); Jenan Taha (Journalism) and Abigail Arrendondo (Journalism).
The Sunday afternoon roundtable was held in the BMC 2nd floor auditorium and was livestreamed.
The event was sponsored by Guillermo Nicolás in San Antonio; IBC-Zapata; and the Moody College of Communication.
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
A professional training and outreach program for journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean, and host of the annual International Symposium on Online Journalism.
Reporting Texas
The collection of courses, connected through a publishing website, immerses students in the realities of a professional newsroom.
VOCES Oral History Project
VOCES documents the contributions of U.S. Latinos and Latinas of the World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War generations.
Texas Newswatch
The weekly television news program is reported and produced by students.
Texas Program in Sports & Media
This program, within the Moody College of Communication, supports events on issues of sports, media and society.
Texas Student Media
The umbrella organization oversees The Daily Texan, Texas Travesty, Cactus Yearbook, KVRX 91.7 FM, TSTV and other student media.
KUT and KUTX
The FM stations, operated from the Moody College of Communication, are affiliates of National Public Radio.
