University of Texas at Austin

‘The News of the Day’

At the University of Texas at Austin, the journalism class J301F has implemented Topico as an optional way for students to view the articles they’re sharing on international, domestic, state, and local news. Topico is a safe, friendly way for students to curate their own news in the classroom.

Watch our introduction video on how classes at the University of Texas at Austin are implementing Topico within their ‘News of the Day’ program.

Features: Insights and analysis

LOCAL NEWS

Students can share the articles that interest them in a comfortable, friendly environment.

• See what’s trending in the class.
• Recommend articles.
• Bookmark favorites.

LOCAL TRENDS

Topico aggregates every article to view which topics are trending within the classroom.

• Explore relevant topics.
• Subscribe to unique newsfeeds.
• Set push notifications.

RELATED TOPICS

Navigate the relationship of topics to freely explore their most relevant connections.

• Easily navigate connected topics.
• See what’s most relevant.
• Discover new connections.

Community in the classroom

Examples: Below are the aggregate Newsrooms for UTATX’s journalism class, J301.

#WORLD

#UNITED STATES

#TEXAS

#AUSTIN

The program called ‘The News of the Day’ requires every student to post an article on the (4) topics;

#WORLD, #UNITED STATES, #TEXAS, and #AUSTIN

Each student has their own set of Newsrooms, providing each student with their own personal space to curate the news.

Every student’s Newsroom is then aggregated (connected) to the main classroom Newsrooms (as seen above) to view news trends, and to easily discover what other students are curating as well.

No comments. No chat. No opinions… Just news.

Legacy project: ‘The News of the Day’

NEWS IN REVIEW: FALL22

^UTATX J301 AUSTIN FALL22

Classrooms can collect, reference and learn about what news was relevant to previous classes to create a legacy project of news and information that captures a moment in time.

• What were the big events of 2022?
• How were the issues covered?
• Where were they right?
• Where were they wrong?
• What can we learn?

A semester in review.

There are so many issues and events that unfold over the course of a semester that it’s easy to forget even the most compelling stories. Topico tracks the topics shared by a classroom over time, providing a valuable way to review the issues, events and topics that interest the students, classroom and school.

Some of the issues and events curated by the J301 classroom:

(Semester: October 1st. to November 5th. 2022)

#HURRICANE IAN

#ACQUISITION OF TWITTER BY ELON MUSK

#MAHSA AMINI PROTESTS (Iran)

#SEOUL HALLOWEEN CROWD CRUSH

#KANJURUHAN STADIUM DISASTER (Indonesia)

#FBI SEARCH OF MAR-A-LAGO

#QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

#JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, WATER CRISIS

#LIZ TRUSS (Resignation)

#MONKEYPOX VIRUS

#RUSSIAN ANNEXATION OF DONETSK, KHERSON, LUHANSK OBLASTS

#2022 SASKATCHEWAN STABBINGS (Canada)

#TYPHOON NANMANDOL (2022)

#GIORGIA MELONI (Prime minister of Italy)

#2022 RALEIGH SHOOTING

#IZHEVSK SCHOOL SHOOTING (School shooting in Russia)

#2022 NONG BUA LAMPHU ATTACK (Daycare tragedy in Thailand)

#2022 WORLD SERIES

#ATTACK ON PAUL PELOSI

#KANYE WEST (cancellation in social media)

#ALEX JONES (settlement over Sandy Hook conspiracies)

#2022 MORBI BRIDGE COLLAPSE (India)

#MARTHA’S VINEYARD MIGRANT CRISIS

#CANNABIS POLICY OF THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

#BRITTNEY GRINER (Arrest)

#DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION TEST (NASA)

#STABBING OF SALMAN RUSHDIE