Not able to attend the Friends of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame event March 22 on the University of Texas campus? Please consider sponsoring a Daily Texan student journalist to attend the event and learn about the rich history of The Daily Texan. Or, even if able to attend, please consider sponsoring a student for only $75. Registration for the event is now open at this link: https://friendsdailytexan.wildapricot.org/event-5556362 . At that link you can select your ticket and/or make a donation to sponsor a student. To clarify, all Daily Texan staff members are welcome to attend – at no charge […]
Read more →Who are the 9 new members of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame? They met at The Daily Texan and married; as reporters in World War II, he was at Normandy on D-Day, and died when a German tank attacked his vehicle as the Allies advanced to Paris; she told her editor she needed to go to the front line and ended up at Remagen when the U.S. Army crossed the Rhine into Germany, covered liberation of concentration camps and was at the first linkup of U.S. and Soviet forces. A seasoned journalist and senior New York Times executive for […]
Read more →By Football Writers Association of America Austin American-Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls has been named the FWAA’s 2024 Bert McGrane winner and was honored at a dinner in Houston Jan. 6 hosted by the National Football Foundation and presented by Hanold Associates Executive Search during festivities leading up to the College Football Playoff National Championship Jan. 8. “I am truly humbled and honored by this award that has recognized so many friends and colleagues of mine,” Bohls said. “I know of no sportswriter who gets into this line of work to win awards or make a lot of money or become […]
Read more →The Friends of The Daily Texan is creating a scholarship to honor the memory of A.R. “Dick” Elam, who passed away in 2023 after a long career in journalism and journalism education. Elam served as editor of The Daily Texan, was a small-town newspaper owner in Texas, and taught journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a member of the inaugural class of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame. The initial goal for the Elam Scholarship Fund is an endowment of $75,000. A total of $37,500 has already […]
Read more →Editor’s Note: Below is the sixth installment of TVNewser’s The Producer I Can’t Live Without series, where prominent TV newsers and their longtime producers talk about their successful partnerships. In this segment, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin is recognized as celebrating his 40th year at CBS News. He’s also being inducted into the National Television Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Gold Circle honor society this evening after the 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmy awards in New York. To mark both occasions, TVNewser hopped on a Zoom call with Martin and his longtime producer Mary Walsh to learn more about Martin’s […]
Read more →Two new honors have been added to the portfolio of S. Griffin Singer, respected Texas journalist and beloved former UT journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin. At the recent Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. annual Hall of Fame dinner, Singer was presented the first Friends of The Daily Texan Lifetime Achievement Award by the Friends group. There were multiple reasons for Singer’s selection for the award: his outstanding career as a journalist, his journalism instruction and support to thousands of students at UT-Austin, his strong support for The Daily Texan student newspaper at UT, his continuing […]
Read more →A Celebration of Life service for Bill Little – the face and the voice of the Texas Longhorns for more than 50 years – was held October 1, 2023 at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium in the LBJ Library on The University of Texas campus. For those wishing to honor and remember Bill, the family encourages contributions to three of Bill’s favorite organizations, including Friends of the Daily Texan, https://friendsofthedailytexan.com/donations/, which ensures long-term funding of scholarships for staff members of The Daily Texan, or by mail: Friends of The Daily Texan, P.O. Box 8383, Austin, Texas 78713 Little worked with five football coaches, […]
Read more →A Celebration of Life service for legendary Longhorn Athletics administrator Bill Little, who passed away Aug. 25, is set for Sunday, October 1, at 2:30 p.m. CT at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium in the LBJ Library (2405 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX 78712) on The University of Texas campus. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages contributions to three of Little’s favorite organizations: Friends of the Daily Texan, which ensures long-term funding of scholarships for staff members of The Daily Texan; the Texas Exes Cheer and Pom Alumni Network Operating Endowment; and Hospice Austin. The full story on Little’s passing can be […]
Read more →A longtime Longhorn expert and sports writer (50+ years). A veteran of the early days of digital publishing. A photographer turned philanthropist who works on life-changing projects worldwide for those in need. One of the nation’s highest-ranking aviation experts, a regular adviser to the Secretary of Transportation and the White House. A long-time Dallas TV news journalist now an award-winning independent filmmaker. And, a political advisor, reform advocate, media columnist and television producer who is creator, executive producer and co-host of Showtime’s Emmy-nominated documentary series “The Circus”. A former member of the UT Board of Regents and glass-breaking female […]
Read more →Supporters of student journalism at the University of Texas and fans and friends of The Daily Texan, please mark March 31 on your calendar. That’s the date of the annual Friends of The Daily Texan gathering on the Austin campus, and this year it will be a bit different. The gathering will be both an outdoor (weather permitting) and indooor reception in the Walter Cronkite Plaza located in the Moody College of Communication complex. “This event marks the 10th anniversary of Friends of The Daily Texan,” board members said in a statement,. “We wanted to make it more of a celebration […]
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