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Journalism

Lady Bird, and her life at The Daily Texan…and beyond…..

From The Drag Audio Production House The Drag Audio Production House at the University of Texas at Austin has released  its newest podcast, ‘Lady Bird,’ which explores the life and legacy of one of Texas’ most iconic figures. The ‘Lady Bird’ podcast has been years in the making. The project first began in 2021 with the support of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation and Lady Bird Johnson’s family. Podcast host Jade Emerson, a 2023 journalism graduate, spent over a year interviewing Lady Bird Johnson’s family, friends and White House staffers. The podcast also features the first couple’s daughter Luci Baines […]

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Drag Audio House moves to Texas Student Media; new roles for Quigley and Outka

  By Sofia Vargas Karam / The Drag Audio Robert Quigley had a job opportunity – so he called up a long-time friend to get her advice. He met Katey Psencik Outka on a warm early October day in 2020 at Radio Coffee in South Austin. They sat on the patio to do what they had been doing for years – bounce ideas off each other. In 2012 and 2013, Outka had taken Quigley’s classes at the University of Texas when she was a journalism student, and they had remained friends after she graduated. During their coffee, Quigley told her […]

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3 new senior editors to lead The Daily Texan in coming year

Three Daily Texan staffers have been selected to management positions to lead The Daily Texan during the coming year. The new editor-in-chief will be Lucero Ponce, the Summer Managing Editor will be Kamryn Brownlee and the Fall Managing Editor will be Morgan Severson.    Lucero Ponce Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Texan for the 2023-2024 school year Lucero Ponce is a rising junior studying journalism and Mexican American & Latino studies. Lucero has spent most of her time at The Daily Texan’s opinion department since her freshman year. She’s worked as a senior columnist and associate editor. Lucero primarily wrote columns advocating for underrepresented communities. During […]

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Guest Essay from The New York Times: College Students Have Something to Say. It’s Just Not What You’d Expect.

By Jonathan Malesic Mr. Malesic teaches writing at the University of Texas at Dallas. April 7, 2023 In the debate over free speech and social justice, commentators on the right and the “heterodox” left often claim that college students are all either stridently liberal or cowed into silence by those who are. As someone who has spent two decades teaching at colleges large and small, public and private, I don’t recognize this description — and it’s not because I think that it’s conservative students who are dominating the discourse. In my experience, college students are all too reluctant to express strong […]

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to UT: 61 years later

This month, exactly 61 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. visited the University of Texas to speak out against racism and segregation. Next week, Tuesday, March 28, the Institute for Historical Studies in the College of Liberal Arts, will host a panel discussion: “They Were There: Martin Luther Kings’ Visit to UT Austin in 1962” The discusssion will include two former Daily Texan reporters from that era plus other experts on Dr. King and his fight against segregation. Panel members include: — Jeanne Graves, Bachelor of Journalism at UT, 1962, past reporter and editor for The Daily Texan — David Crossley, […]

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Grants to honor UT Journalism faculty members

Two annual awards for Daily Texan staff members have been created in honor of journalism professors at the University of Texas at Austin. The Faculty Recognition Award is a cash award designed to honor the extraordinary efforts of outstanding faculty, and the awards go to Texan staffers who have made significant contributions working for The Daily Texan in spite of financial hardship. This is made possible by award-winning photojournalists John McConnico of Texas and Jean-Marc Bouju of France, both former Daily Texan staffers and both Pulitzer Prize winners and members of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame, sponsored by Friends […]

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Sign up today for Daily Texan Hall of Fame gathering and reunion March 31

The 10th anniversary gathering of the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. on March 31 will have a slightly different look this year, with expanded reception time for friends and colleagues to gather. Daily Texan Hall of Fame and Rising Star recipients will be honored at the event and scholarships for Daily Texan staff members will be announced. Register here: https://friendsdailytexan.wildapricot.org/event-5144331 For attendees, there will be expanded  reception and visiting time to catch up with friends and colleagues, and also a greatly expanded variety of food options. And for the presentation of Hall of Fame and Rising Star honorees, there will […]

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Meet the 2023 Daily Texan Hall of Fame and Rising Stars

  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 […]

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Celebrate The Daily Texan March 31

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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Moody Dean Jay Bernhardt to become president of Emerson College

Jan. 12, 2023 / The Berkeley Beacon   Dr. Jay M. Bernhardt, current dean of The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication, will become Emerson College’s 13th president in June, after two years of an interim leader presiding, college officials announced. Bernhardt, who was chosen by members of the Presidential Search Committee, will succeed interim President William Gilligan after the spring 2023 semester comes to a close, according to a statement from committee chair Eric Alexander. The announcement comes over 19 months after former President M. Lee Pelton left to lead the Boston Foundation in June 2021. “Throughout the […]

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