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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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UT Life Hacks: 10 Tips for the Class of 2021

April 4, 2017

Not everything about college is glamorous. The fall semester is months away and there are a few things all of you incoming and current Longhorns should know.

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Social Media Recap: Celebrating Women in 2015

March 9, 2015

ORANGE looks at some of the ways women took to social media on Sunday to celebrate themselves and each other.

How the Internet has Changed the Human Experience

April 14, 2014

I’ll be honest, I have a love-hate relationship with the Internet. On one hand, it allows us to access a wealth of information at unprecedented speeds and connect with people on opposite ends of the world. We are able to learn more, faster, which I think is a great thing. But the other side of the coin is a bit more tarnished. Over time, the Internet has made us a cowardly people.

Instagramming the News: Why Citizen Journalism Might Save Professionals’ Jobs

March 31, 2014

At South By Southwest, I attended a panel during the Interactive portion of the festival about Instagramming the News. The panel featured three professionals in photojournalism and photography technology: Dan Toffey, the Community Manager of Instagram, Associated Press Chief Photographer David Guttenfelder and Time Magazine’s Director of Photography, Kira Pollack. Toffey, Guttenfelder and Pollack covered a variety of topics concerning news-related posts on Instagram accounts. Toffey mainly talked about the general use of Instagram for photojournalism and how the company has seen this type of posting develop. Guttenfelder and Pollack focused on how the social media site has changed their respective publications’ use of photos and event coverage, as well as how Instagram has broadened their viewer platform. I gleaned many important tips from their presentation, however one fact hit me hard and has made a home at the forefront of my mind for many weeks now: Guttenfelder and Pollack both follow citizens in the U.S. and different countries — normal, everyday, not-so-prominent figures — to find out where the news is. 

Journalism in Modern-Day Media as Told by #CWKU

February 11, 2014

On Saturday, Orange Magazine held a two-part panel — called "Journalism in Modern-Day Media: Can We Keep Up?" (CWKU) — of student, professor and professional journalists followed by presentations...