Finished radio report of the Dump Trump Piñata Bash at the University of Texas at Arlington. For Broadcast Writing class.

Dump Trump Wrap Assignment 1

On January 27th, President Trump issued an executive order that calls for a 90-day ban on immigration from 7 predominantly Muslim countries, as well as an indefinite ban on acceptance of Syrian refugees into the US.

The executive order sparked protest and confusion around the country, including at my own university. This is my report on the response at UTA to the travel ban in the week since it was first announced.

The Travel Ban And The Response At UT Arlington

Did this little podcast as a final project for my Broadcast Announcing class back when we were just about to enter the "WTF did the President say/do today?" era in late November 2016.

In the midst of the shock, confusion, and sense of impending dread, quite a few people talked about leaving the country. As a part of the class project, we had to randomly select a country and find a way to connect it to our podcast. I got Italy, so I decided to do my podcast as a sort of prospective traveler looking into moving to Italy and comparing it to the good ol' USA,

It's Too Late 00: "WTF Just Happened?" Election 2016 Edition

Waaay back in the spring of 2016 I was allowed to host my own 1-hour shift on my college's radio station, UTARadio.com.

Typically, radio students who choose to do a music show on UTA Radio have to pick a specific genre to keep things consistent. But as someone who loves music of many genres, I didn't wanna be tied down to one. So I was given a compromise. I could do a theme show. I'd be allowed to play songs from different genres, but each week all the songs that I played had to fit a particular theme. 

Thus "The Themepark with Tre' Jones" was born! Since we also occasionally had to do "stopsets", where we address the listening audience in-between songs, I decided to use mine to talk to the audience about the theme for the week. 

These are the stopsets for the final edition of The Themepark on May 6, an episode all about "Love".

The Themepark With Tre' Jones 5-6-2016: "Love"

Waaay back in the spring of 2016 I was allowed to host my own 1-hour shift on my college's radio station, UTARadio.com.

Typically, radio students who choose to do a music show on UTA Radio have to pick a specific genre to keep things consistent. But as someone who loves music of many genres, I didn't wanna be tied down to one. So I was given a compromise. I could do a theme show. I'd be allowed to play songs from different genres, but each week all the songs that I played had to fit a particular theme. 

Thus "The Themepark with Tre' Jones" was born! Since we also occasionally had to do "stopsets", where we address the listening audience in-between songs, I decided to use mine to talk to the audience about the theme for the week. 

These are the stopsets for the April 29, 2016 edition of The Themepark, an episode all about "Dating".

The Themepark With Tre' Jones 4-29-2016: "Dating"

Waaay back in the spring of 2016 I was allowed to host my own 1-hour shift on my college's radio station, UTARadio.com.

Typically, radio students who choose to do a music show on UTA Radio have to pick a specific genre to keep things consistent. But as someone who loves music of many genres, I didn't wanna be tied down to one. So I was given a compromise. I could do a theme show. I'd be allowed to play songs from different genres, but each week all the songs that I played had to fit a particular theme. 

Thus "The Themepark with Tre' Jones" was born! Since we also occasionally had to do "stopsets", where we address the listening audience in-between songs, I decided to use mine to talk to the audience about the theme for the week. 

These are the stopsets for the April 15, 2016 edition of The Themepark, an episode all about "Friendship".

Tré Jones