The Contest is Over …
Posted Tuesday September 30th 2008, 8:19 am by Seanningham
Filed under: Docublogs - Sean

… and the ballots have been cast! Be sure to catch the Season 2 Premiere of Docubloggers on October 9th to find out who will win the GRAND PRIZE!

You can also watch the submissions on our Community page. And be sure to keep sending in your Docublogs! The contest may be over, but you still have the chance to get your story on TV. We’ll also keep handing out the free t-shirts!



Cloud Juice
Posted Tuesday September 23rd 2008, 11:26 am by epmauck
Filed under: Docublogs - Community

This short segment features a company in Dripping Springs, Texas, called Tank Town that collects and bottles rain water. Richard Heinechein is the founder and head of Richard’s Rainwater, which is sold across central Texas. He discusses how and why he started the company. We also talk to Ray Franklin, who installed a collection system in his home.




In search of tacos y mas!
Posted Monday September 22nd 2008, 7:14 pm by El Mundo de Mando
Filed under: Docublogs - Community, TX, Austin, Uncategorized

El Mundo de Mando, (tacoblogger & self appointed taco critic) loves tacos, visits Mi Madre’s in East Austin & is in search of tacos y mas!




Lone Star Emmy Nominations!
Posted Monday September 22nd 2008, 9:05 am by docublogger
Filed under: Docublogs - KLRU

Lone Star Emmys

Nominations for the Lone Star Emmy Awards were announced on Friday.  Docubloggers is proud to report three nominations this year.  They are in the following categories:

ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT - NEWS SINGLE STORY / SERIES / FEATURE

Docubloggers: The Adventures Of Zack Proton

HISTORIC / CULTURAL - NEWS SINGLE STORY / SERIES / FEATURE

Docubloggers: African American Men & Boys Conference

MAGAZINE PROGRAM - PROGRAM / SPECIAL / SERIES

Docubloggers #103: Community & Culture

KLRU had several other nominations.  You can go to the Lone Star Emmy website to see the list!

And don’t forget, Docubloggers is a community show.  Send in your video docublogs to the site and join the Docubloggers Community!



Our 2008 Fall Day of Caring - LIVE UNITED!
Posted Monday September 22nd 2008, 8:00 am by unitedwaycapitalarea
Filed under: Docublogs - Community

On September 5 we had a busy day here at United Way Capital Area and Hands On Central Texas! We had more than 500 people from organizations across the community volunteering their time to projects for more than 32 agencies.

The occasion started with a kickoff event at Alamo Park. The keynote speaker was Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, who got everyone “fired up” about their projects and talked about the huge impact volunteers make on the greater Austin community.


Other speakers included David Balch, President and Chief Professional Officer at United Way Capital Area, Mando Rayo, Director of Hands On Central Texas and Jan Monney, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Business Operations at Freescale Semiconductor (photographed above).

The LIVE UNITED theme was present among everyone! Give. Advocate. Volunteer.

Volunteers showed support by wearing the LIVE UNITED t-shirts.

Throughout the day volunteers engaged in activities that ranged from upgrading childcare facilities, playground construction, helping out food banks, creating literacy materials for Austin ISD students, assisting students with job search to painting, deconstruction of homes and garden work.

A special thank you to our signature sponsor Freescale Semiconductor. Other sponsors of the event included Austin Coca-Cola, Clif Bars, City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Office and Alamo Recreation Center.

And, thank you to all of the teams who participated in Day of Caring and embraced the idea of LIVE UNITED.

This was an incredible show of community support!



Hutto Anniversary Vigil
Posted Monday September 22nd 2008, 7:58 am by HuttoFilm
Filed under: Docublogs - Community, T. Don Hutto

One year after the first vigil, people from across Texas gather at the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center to stand in solidarity with immigrant families detained and to call for alternatives to detention.