For two decades, two Associated Press Photographers who met at The Daily Texan traveled war zones and pockets of peace in Central America, South Asia, Africa and the Mideast, taking photos that would win each a Pulitzer Prize in Photography. Those two photographers – John McConnico and Jean-Marc Bouju – were recently named members of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame, sponsored by Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. They are other Daily Texan 2020-2021 Hall of Fame honorees will be featured in a series of videos to be released in coming weeks. Because of health concerns, the Friends group […]
Read more →Seven staffers at The Daily Texan at the University of Texas at Austin have been selected to receive grants totaling $7,500 for the 2020-21 school year. The grants are sponsored by Friends of The Daily Texan and two sets of donors (listed below) and are normally presented at the Friends annual Hall of Fame dinner on the University of Texas campus each fall. That dinner has been cancelled this year due to safety and health concerns, and the Friends group is announcing the student scholarship grants via social media. A $1,000 McConnico-Bouju Print Award is sponsored by John McConnico and […]
Read more →A dedicated and talented group of honorees with an almost unbelievable range of experiences – locally to globally – comprise the 2020 Daily Texan Hall of Fame class. Consider these success stories of the honorees: √ Two globe-trotting, Pulitzer Prize-winning former AP photographers. √ A medical reporter and podcast host with 80 million downloads for a recent series. √ A former Texan staffer who has been the face – and voice – of the Longhorn athletics for more than 50 years. √ A Washington Post business and finance reporter focusing on Wall Street and government programs launched to save small […]
Read more →The Friends of The Daily Texan annual gathering will be a virtual event this year, including awarding of seven scholarship grants for Texan staffers and honoring of new Daily Texan Hall of Fame members. The event was originally scheduled for an in-person gathering and dinner on Oct. 2, at The Union on the UT campus. But due to safety and health concerns, the in-person event will be replaced by a series of virtual events to be held this fall. This year seven Texan staff members will receive scholarship grants, one more than last year. The scholarship application process will begin […]
Read more →The Friends of The Daily Texan annual Hall of of Fame dinner is officially scheduled for Oct. 2, but whether it is held in person or as a virtual event has not yet been decided. Two items that are definite: scholarships will be awarded to Daily Texan staffers, and a 2020 Daily Texan Hall of Fame class will be announced and honored. It has been announced that the University of Texas will reopen in the fall, but no word yet regarding social distancing, interactions and large gatherings. The event, which usually attracts about 200 people, is scheduled to be at […]
Read more →Proceeds from Friends of The Daily Texan membership campaign – now underway – will focus on additional scholarship funds for students, needed equipment for Texan journalists to do their jobs, travel funds for coverage and conferences for continuing significant projects, such as providing funds in support of the digitization of the Texan’s archives back to its founding 120 years ago, and other needs that might arise. Please demonstrate your support for The Texan by making a donation or joining at this address: https://friendsofthedailytexan.com/become-a-member/ Deductions are tax deductible, and all funds minus minimal Friends group operating expenses, go directly to The […]
Read more →You decide: what was the most memorable moment during the recent Friends of The Daily Texan annual dinner? Consider these words from the 2019 Hall of Fame inductees: New York Times climate change and science reporter John Schwartz telling the crowd how he coveted and treasured the label he hears often: “nerd”. When Leon McNealy, one of the first African Americans to work at The Texan, described what it was like to be at the forefront of the civil rights movement in Austin and beyond, and the message he delivered – in song – abut the continuing struggle for equality. […]
Read more →Daily Texan alumna Laura Beil, who created the popular Dr. Death podcast and the upcoming podcast “Bad Batch,” will be on the UT campus at Moody College of Communication on Oct. 24 for “A Conversation With Laura Beil.” She joins Haley Butler, also a Daily Texan alum and now senior producer for The Drag, a Moody College audio production house, for the discussion to be held in BMC 2.106. Dr. Death is a 2018 podcast produced by Wondery that tells the story of Christopher Duntsch, a Texas surgeon who was convicted of gross malpractice after thirty-one of his patients were left seriously injured after […]
Read more →Tickets are still available for the 7th annual Friends of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame dinner – and reunion of staff and supporters of The Daily Texan – to be held Friday, Oct. 4 on the University of Texas campus. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. in the Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom of The Texas Union. You may register by going to this link: https://friendsdailytexan.wildapricot.org/event-3409008 All proceeds go to financially assist The Texan, funding such projects as buildout of the online archive for all Texan issues back to its founding in 1900, scholarships […]
Read more →What’s new at the 7th annual Friends of the Daily Texan Hall of Fame dinner Oct. 4 in Austin? The new: The latest from Dean Jay Bernhardt on the innovative work of Moody College of Communication this past year. Six deserving Texan staffers will receive scholarship grants at the dinner; that’s three new ones since last year. Two new scholarships will be unveiled – the Becky and Jerry Conn Scholarship and the John McConnico and Jean-Mark Bouju scholarships. They join the Friends of The Daily Texan Achievement Awards as scholarships now available to Texan staffers. An update from Gerald A. […]
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