The Friends of The Daily Texan remind Texan supporters that nominations for the 2015 Daily Texan Hall of Fame awards must be submitted by Sept. 9. These awards recognize Daily Texan alumni who have led distinguished careers and individuals who have demonstrated support for The Daily Texan. Since it began publishing five days a week in 1913, The Daily Texan has been a springboard for journalists who have gone on to distinguished careers chronicling politics and the White House; civil rights battles at home and wars in distant lands; science, culture, sports and more—and to win Pulitzers, Emmys and other […]
Read more →The Friends of The Daily Texan inaugural winners of the 2013 Texan Hall of Fame awards are listed below. Winners were honored at our awards ceremony on the evening of Nov. 8, 2013. Hall of Fame inductees were chosen based on the accomplishments of their post-Texan career and their commitment to the Texan, either while working at the newspaper or as an alumni. Legacy winners include Walter Cronkite, Willie Morris, Liz Carpenter, Lady Bird Johnson, Fritz Lanham and Helene Wilke McNaughton. 2013 inductees include Karen Tumulty, Ben Sargent, Karen Elliott House, Bill Moyers and Dick Elam. Rising star inductee is […]
Read more →The Friends of The Daily Texan is pleased to announce nominations are now open for The Daily Texan Hall of Fame awards. These awards recognize Daily Texan alumni who have led distinguished careers and individuals who have demonstrated support for The Daily Texan. Since it began publishing five days a week in 1913, The Daily Texan has been a springboard for journalists who have gone on to distinguished careers chronicling politics and the White House; civil rights battles at home and wars in distant lands; science, culture, sports and more—and to win Pulitzers, Emmys and other awards doing so. The […]
Read more →Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting The Daily Texan, student newspaper at the University of Texas at Austin, has elected a new slate of officers and board members for the upcoming year. President of the group is John Reetz of Atlanta. Reetz has been secretary since the group was formed in 2013, and replaces former president Cliff Avery, who served two terms as president, but remains on the board. John Reetz is co-owner of Media Solutions Partners, an Atlanta-based consulting firm focused on helping media companies transition to a successful and strong digital future. […]
Read more →The Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc., a non-profit group created by Texan alumni to help build a strong future for The Daily Texan, has awarded a grant of about $5,300 to the student newspaper to help cover the cost of replacing and updating photography equipment, as well as other office hardware and reporting supplies. Daily Texan Editor Claire Smith has noted that the newspaper’s leadership is prioritizing visual storytelling in the coming year, and the grant will allow the Texan staff to purchase new camera lenses, a digital recorder, a rig mount, and memory cards to support the photography […]
Read more →We’ve got a date. Please mark Oct. 16 on your calendar for the third annual gathering in Austin of Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. This year’s event will be a luncheon, to be held on campus, in the Texas Union building. “As those who have attended our previous two events will attest, the focus is on The Texan, and how alumni can assist as the paper transitions into a digital age,” said FOTDT President John Reetz. “But, as with all Texan gatherings when we were all on campus and through the decades, attendees can expect camaraderie, tall tales and […]
Read more →By Peggy Fikac Austin Bureau San Antonio Express-News Four University of Texas alumni, including Managing Editor Jamie Stockwell of the San Antonio Express-News, have been named recipients of the 2015 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award. The award recognizes distinguished alumni who are 40 or younger and have shown “a continuing interest in the University of Texas and the Texas Exes.” Stockwell, a native of Edinburg and a 1999 graduate of UT, began her career at the Daily Texan campus newspaper. She worked for eight years at the Washington Post, where she was part of the team that covered the 2001 […]
Read more →Two years ago Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc., was formed during a particularly challenging period in The Texan’s financial history. The outlook has improved: new Texas Student Media management, Moody College of Communication involvement, a bridge grant from UT to cover some costs, a new sense of urgency in bringing in revenue for The Texan. All positive developments, but we should not assume the situation is resolved and the need for our support has ended. The “mission” in today’s newspaper industry is never over. Challenges The Texan faces are no different than student media anywhere, and the overall newspaper […]
Read more →By Jordan Rudner WACO — The Daily Texan has won “Newspaper of the Year” in the college and university daily category at the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors meeting. TAPME awards recognize “outstanding journalism as practiced by the state’s daily newspapers.” The Texan also received regional recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists, which gave top honors to the newspaper’s coverage of the one-year anniversary of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion. Former senior reporter Madlin Mekelburg and former Life&Arts editor Hannah Smothers, who wrote the anniversary package together, won best feature writing in the large college category.Judges complimented the package’s […]
Read more →Claire Smith, currently a Senior Columnist and Copy Editor on permanent staff, has been elected as the next Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Texan. Smith was elected with more than 70 percent of the vote, and will serve as Texan editor in the 2015-2016 school year. “The cornerstone of my platform was a more inclusive Daily Texan. I think that the opinion section has not always reflected the diversity of opinion on campus, but that may be easily remedied,” Smith said. “As the face of the Texan, I want to take a much more active recruiting role per semester by personally […]
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