Tickets are on sale for Friends of The Daily Texan 2015 Hall of Fame inductees, which include a Pulitzer Prize winner, founding editor of The Texas Observer, a two-time Emmy winner and other outstanding alumni of the student newspaper. The recipients will be honored at a luncheon on Friday, Oct. 16 at The University of Texas at Austin. BUY TICKETS NOW at https://friendsdailytexan.wildapricot.org/event-2016686
Read more →The Friends of The Daily Texan is proud to announce the second class of Hall of Fame inductees, which include a Pulitzer Prize winner, the founding editor of The Texas Observer, a five-time Emmy winner and other outstanding alumni and friends of the student newspaper. Editorial Award inductees include Ronnie Dugger, John Pope, Jan Jarboe Russell and Mary Walsh. Liz Smith is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Lomi Kriel will be recognized as a Rising Star. These editorial awards were chosen based on the accomplishments of their post-Texan career and their commitment to the Texan, either while […]
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 →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 →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 →The Friends of the Daily Texan has made the first grant to The Daily Texan from the recently-created Innovation Fund, created to support a sustainable future, quality journalism and innovative work at the student newspaper at the University of Texas at Austin. The initial grant was $1,300-plus for much-needed equipment to allow the staff to create multi-media more efficiently for the web. “We are grateful to the FotDT for their continued partnership and support,” said Texas Student Media Director Gerald A. Johnson. “Prior to the Friends’ generous funding, the newsroom was sharing the personal equipment of the video editor. As […]
Read more →Saying “thank you” to an individual who meant so much to your life and career is not as simple as it might seem, because those words alone cannot fully convey the sincerity behind the remark. Nonetheless, University of Texas at Austin ex-students, faculty and staff and students – friends and colleagues from more decades than we care to admit – gathered Oct. 17 to honor and celebrate the contributions of Griff Singer, retired journalist and instructor at the journalism school at UT-Austin. The Friends of The Daily Texan alumni group sponsored the event. As the program cover noted, the event […]
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 created an Innovation Fund to support a sustainable future, quality journalism and innovative work at the student newspaper at the University of Texas at Austin. Friends of The Daily Texan is a non-profit organization formed in the spring of 2013 by a group of concerned alumni. The Daily Texan is known as one of the best student-run newspapers in the country, producing notable alumni like Walter Cronkite, and fulfilling an important watchdog role at the […]
Read more →The Friends of the Daily Texan will hold a benefit luncheon to honor Texas journalist and journalism professor S. Griffin with the inaugural Griff Singer Award for Outstanding Service to the Daily Texan. The luncheon is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 17 at the old art museum on the UT campus. Funds from the event will be used to create the Friends of The Daily Texan Innovation Fund, managed by the alumni group in support of The Daily Texan and its initiatives. Chairing the event is Jane Chesnutt, former editor of Woman’s Day magazine and a 2011 Distinguished Alumnus. […]
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