MSNBC TV news host Rachel Maddow, a darling of progressive political junkies, will be a featured speaker at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival this March, organizers announced today.

President Barack Obama tells ABC News that policing pot in Colorado and Washington, where voters last month cast ballots to legalize, tax, and regulate recreational use of the drug by adults, will be a low priority for the feds.

New York Times media reporter David Carr is that rare bird: an old-school journalist who’s adapted with relish to the new media landscape.

ACCESS News, the innovative weekly news and entertainment program developed to communicate with Austin's sizable deaf and hard-of-hearing community, is set for its second season on KLRU, beginning this Sunday, Sept. 23.

Since last year's launch of the Longhorn Network – an all-UT, all-the-time station backed by ESPN in a $300 million deal with the university – it's struggled to gain a foothold in the Austin market. That changed today.

After Friday's mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, the old saying about tragedy bringing out the best and worst in people was sorely tested. You also don't have to wait too long for really offensive media ramblings and political posturing.

For the second time in as many years, Austin Chronicle staff writer Jordan Smith is bringing home a Planned Parenthood Federation of America Maggie Award.

There will be a little more transparency in campaign spending, after the Federal Communications Commission issued new rules this morning that will make Austin's local TV affiliates place details of their political advertising sales online.

By now we hope you've read Douglas Brinkley's feature this week on the dearly departed Walter Cronkite and the creation of Earth Day. Continue the celebrations tonight on the University of Texas campus.