# @txst on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=z3ahKNlrYVA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69279578-txst-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d4c318e1e0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T21:10:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Texas State University (@txst) — https://gondola.cc/txst

## Caption

Jon Zmikly came to Texas State as a grad student in 2007 planning to chase a TV news career — then a candid conversation changed his path entirely. Now a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jon talks with Kolby about live-tweeting a bomb threat as a grad student, getting disqualified from a polka contest, and how he teaches students to code, build apps, and navigate AI with "cautious optimism" — always keeping the human element at the center of storytelling.

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- **Views:** 130
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