From the Austin American-Statesman American-Statesman Publisher Patrick Dorsey has announced two leadership changes for the Statesman newsroom. John Bridges, a 30-year veteran of the Statesman newsroom and former staffer of The Daily Texan at the University of Texas, was promoted from managing editor to executive editor, and Bill Church, the senior vice president for news for Statesman owner GateHouse Media, added Statesman editor-in-chief to his corporate responsibilities. “Together, with Bill and John, we will build on our impressive legacy of doing journalism with impact,” Dorsey said in a staff announcement. “I look forward to all the amazing things we can […]
Read more →By Erin Geisler KUT Debbie Hiott, who most recently served as editor of the Austin American-Statesman for seven years, has been selected to lead KUT 90.5, Austin’s NPR station, and KUTX 98.9, The Austin Music Experience, as their next general manager and the executive director of media operations for the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. As editor, Hiott led the Austin American-Statesman to three Texas Newspaper of the Year awards, while also enhancing its award-winning digital products. Hiott served the American-Statesman in numerous capacities during a decorated 26-year career. She began as a reporter […]
Read more →University of Texas Journalism school legend Griff Singer and his wife Evelyn have been honored with dedication of the journalism foyer in the Belo Center for New Media in recognition of their achievements. Singer was a long-time professor in the journalism school, and also had a distinguished career at the Dallas Morning News and other papers. His wife Evelyn was a long distance runner and former teacher; she died in 2018 after a 14-year battle with cancer. The dedication of the foyer was made recently, and Singer remarked to those attending that he was “really lucky” to have known his UT family for […]
Read more →Editor’s note: How to access The Texan archives is included at the bottom of this story, plus a link to donate to the Friends of The Daily Texan group, which has pledged to pay costs needed to make the Texan history available to all. Students, faculty and staff have free access; the public can subscribe. The Friends group guaranteed the money so this project could proceed; now we will start soliciting donations for that effort. Thanks in advance for your support. By Natalie England / Marketing Communications Moody College of Communication For those daring enough to brave the dim staircase, […]
Read more →William C. Powers Jr., 28th president of the The University of Texas at Austin, and an esteemed teacher, nationally recognized legal scholar and staunch believer in the value of the public research university who defended UT against challenges to its mission, died Sunday. Powers passed away in Austin from complications from a fall several months earlier and from oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, a rare adult-onset muscle disorder. In addition to his other achievements, Powers also came to the financial aid of The Daily Texan, student newspaper at UT, during a particularly critical moment in its history. “Powers’ aid to The Texan […]
Read more →An Austin couple who met 59 years ago as staffers on The Daily Texan, student newspaper at The University of Texas at Austin, has established an annual cash award for present day staffers. With their gift to The University, the couple established the Jerry and Becky Conn Daily Texan Scholarship Fund to be awarded annually in perpetuity. The generous gift will generate a $1,500 cash award for a deserving Texan staffer. The award will be announced each fall at the Friends of the Texan annual event. The Friends of the Texan is a non-profit group of former staffers that supports […]
Read more →The board of directors of Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. has established a set of fund-raising goals for 2019 to benefit The Daily Texan, and is encouraging donations as 2018 comes to a close. Donations are now being accepted for each of the four goals, plus any other directed needs identified by a donor and the Friends group. The four area of needs, voted on and approved at the Friends annual on-site meeting in Austin Oct 26 include: — increasing the Texan staffer scholarship endowment set up by the Friends, allowing larger and additional annual grants; the Friends gave one […]
Read more →A talented and eclectic group of journalists comprise the 2018 Daily Texan Hall of Fame honorees group, including the first female sportswriter to break the glass ceiling in the press box in Texas, a close aide to Lyndon Johnson, the author of “Old Yeller,” a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, a much-loved journalist turned professor, a prolific author of best-selling Western novels, an editorial adviser during a tumultuous period for The Texan and two pioneering food journalists, In addition, two Rising Star winners were selected, representing the best and brightest of today’s generation of journalists. The awards will be presented by […]
Read more →Former Daily Texan photographer John Moore shot one of the two images on a recent TIME magazine cover. Moore’s photo of a young Honduran girl along the Texas-Mexico border was paired in a photo illustration with a photo of President Donald Trump. Moore was also featured on the CBS Evening News in a story behind the story that tells how he came to take the photo. For more details and to see more of Moore’s photos from this story, click the link below. http://time.com/5317522/donald-trump-border-cover/
Read more →By Stephanie Adeline The Daily Texan The UT School of Journalism has appointed Associate Director Kathleen McElroy, a former editor at The New York Times, as its new director starting June 1. McElroy has 30 years of experience working as a professional journalist. Her experiences include being the Times’s associate managing editor, dining editor, deputy sports editor and deputy editor of the website. She also worked for the Austin American-Statesman and the Bryan-College Station Eagle in Texas. “Dr. McElroy brings extensive experience as an internationally respected journalism professional with instructional and scholarly expertise crucial for today’s rapidly evolving journalism education,” Jay Bernhardt, […]
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