Become an ACCENT member – If you’re interested in being a volunteer this semester, we may just have an opening for you! Please email [email protected] with your interest. We hire semesterly.

Submit a story idea – If you have a story idea for ACCENT, please email [email protected]. ACCENT publishes online stories about people, places, events and ideas at Austin Community College, Austin and the surrounding area. Before completing your submission, please review “how can I submit a story idea?”

Participate in a monthly meeting and/or training session – We will discuss story ideas and plan for the month during this meeting. 

Conduct an interview, write a news story or create a photography/videography story – Email [email protected] for a list of story options. 

Note: First priority is given to students who are ACCENT volunteers. 

• Have and maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA and in good standing with the College.

• Be enrolled in at least (1) ACC course for credit during the semester.

• Comply with ACC’s Student Standards of Conduct.

• Build a portfolio of work for future education and employment.
• Receive valuable training and feedback.
• Contribute to an award-winning student publication.
• Potential to attend media credentialed events as an ACCENT representative.
• Network with other student leaders and media professionals in the area.

• Stories featuring the students, faculty, staff, events, campuses and issues of ACC.
• Stories featuring local, regional, national or global people, places and issues that directly affect the ACC community.
• Interviews focused on an experience, accomplishment, or cation of an ACC student, faculty or staff member.
• Reviews on food, film, fashion, automotive, technology, gaming and books relevant to ACC students, faculty and staff.
• Always consider the traditional qualities of news:
  • Time

• Send the below to [email protected]:
• A short description of the ACC person, place, event or issue and why this story would be of benefit or interest to the ACC community. 
• A list of sources who may be interviewed for the story and their contact information.

Stories will be assigned at monthly meetings by editors who will present a list of story opportunities. If you accept an assignment without being a volunteer, please provide the editors with your name, phone number and email address. 

Email [email protected] immediately. This will allow us to assign the story to a different ACCENT member. If you take an assignment and we don’t hear from you, you may be ineligible for future stories. Please communicate above all else.

Multimedia – Updated once a month with feature news in an article paired with video, photo package or infographic, reviewed and approved by Editor in Chief. Feature — 500-2000 words on a central theme with a photo package and infographic.

Written – Updated three times a month with breaking news to opinion pieces, reviewed and approved by Editor-in-Chief. Entertainment — 300-500 words reviews and criticism of music, film, fashion and technology in ACC and Austin area. Opinion — 300-500 words columns, editorial and op-ed. News You Can Use — 300-500 words useful items in short text or graphic form for ACC students; OR highlights four to five important events for ACC students.

Photography – Photo blog updated once a month with five to ten edited images (with cutlines), reviewed and approved by Editor-in-Chief.

Videography – Video story uploaded once a month, with captions and story content, reviewed and approved by Editor-in-Chief.

Promotions – Event hosting on a campus, monthly, approved by Editor-in-Chief.

A media kit is currently being produced.

As a recognized Student Life Student Organization, the events page is austincc.edu/sl. You can also click on the events tab on www.austincc.edu/accent that will bring you to a list of dates, times and locations of our most current and upcoming events and meetings. Or you can follow us on social media at

The ACCENT zine is produced quarterly: January, May, August, November. It can be picked up in the ACCENT kiosk on the ACC campuses. Below is a list of locations per campus:

• Cypress Creek – Student Commons Area
• Elgin – Student Commons Area
• Hays – Student Commons Area
• Highland – Outside of the Library
• Northridge – Cafe Area
• Riverside – Student Life Office
• Round Rock – Student Commons Area and in the ACCENT Lab
• South Austin – Across from the Elevators

Our podcast can be found on Spotify.