The board of directors of Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. has established a set of fund-raising goals for 2019 to benefit The Daily Texan, and is encouraging donations as 2018 comes to a close. Donations are now being accepted for each of the four goals, plus any other directed needs identified by a donor and the Friends group. The four area of needs, voted on and approved at the Friends annual on-site meeting in Austin Oct 26 include: — increasing the Texan staffer scholarship endowment set up by the Friends, allowing larger and additional annual grants; the Friends gave one […]
Read more →A talented and eclectic group of journalists comprise the 2018 Daily Texan Hall of Fame honorees group, including the first female sportswriter to break the glass ceiling in the press box in Texas, a close aide to Lyndon Johnson, the author of “Old Yeller,” a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, a much-loved journalist turned professor, a prolific author of best-selling Western novels, an editorial adviser during a tumultuous period for The Texan and two pioneering food journalists, In addition, two Rising Star winners were selected, representing the best and brightest of today’s generation of journalists. The awards will be presented by […]
Read more →Jaree Campbell, a Daily Texan staffer for the past two years, has been selected as the first recipient of a $1,500 scholarship grant from the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. Jaree began as a copy editor, then became associate copy desk chief, and then associate editor for the opinion department. “My role as a copy editor served as my initial foray into journalism where I learned the basics of copy editing and the workflow of a newsroom,” she said in her application. “As associate editor I had the opportunity to influence the editorial vision of the department…Ultimately I have […]
Read more →Liza Anderson has been elected Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Texan for the 2018-2019 school year. In addition, Catherine Marfin has been elected Managing Editor for the Summer term, and Ellie Breed for the Fall term. Editors-in-Chief and Managing Editors serve during their terms as voting members of the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. Board of Directors. Liza Anderson, 2018-2019 Editor-in-Chief, is a Plan II and history junior from Houston. She has worked at The Daily Texan since her first semester at UT, and in that time, she has held six positions across the design and opinion departments. Anderson hopes […]
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The Daily Texan staff has added more than 100 students since the fall of 2015, when Texas Student Media began conducting censuses of the staff. The Daily Texan had 193 staff members in the fall of 2015, which grew to 243 staff members in the fall of 2016 and 301 staff members this past fall. Texas Student Media Director Gerald Johnson attributes the growth to a number of reasons, but he points to an increased focus on fostering a welcoming environment and diversifying content and participant backgrounds. Johnson also sees the increase as a likely response to recent attacks on […]
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Friends of The Daily Texan Inc. has provided $25,000 in funds to start a scholarship fund for Daily Texan staffers and is now beginning a campaign to raise additional funds to further grow the endowment. During its annual awards dinner Nov. 3, the Friends group announced a $25,000 grant to Moody College of Communication to establish an annual $1,500 scholarship for a deserving student journalist who works on The Texan. The first scholarship grant will be awarded in spring 2018 to a deserving staffer, chosen by a selection committee that will include representatives from Moody College of Communication, The Daily Texan, Texas […]
Read more →Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief Laura Hallas and Managing Editor Michelle Zhang have joined the board of Friends of The Daily Texan Inc. Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. is a non-profit organization established to lend support and assistance to The Daily Texan, an institution at the University of Texas at Austin since 1900. Members include alumni of The Texan, plus other supporters of a free and unfettered student media at UT. The board consists of media professionals and other supporters of The Texan. It also includes the sitting Editor-in-Chief and the Managing Editor, whi have full voting rights and responsibilities on […]
Read more →Editor’s note – Below you’ll find an update from Media Advisor Peter Chen, who works daily with the journalists at The Daily Texan. His note describes the real-world experiences Texan journalists are receiving, and how they rise to the occasion. By Peter Chen Media Advisor, Texas Student Media I’d like to update Friends of The Daily Texan on what your successors recently did that I feel y’all would be proud of. How they worked tirelessly to nail down a story of a Student Government (SG) elections code violation, the pushback they encountered that is so similar to what journalists are […]
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Texas Student Media Director Gerald Johnson hit his two-year anniversary with the organization this past summer. Drawing upon more than 15 years of experience leading business development and sales initiatives for The Houston Chronicle and Hearst Media Services, Johnson has worked hard to stabilize both the staff and the finances of Texas Student Media. He led Texas Student Media as it transitioned in 2014 from operating under the Division of Student Affairs to the Moody College of Communication, with the help of bridge funding from the Office of the President. We caught up with him recently to learn more about […]
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Aaron Torres, a senior in journalism, worked as a senior sportswriter for The Daily Texan last year, and as a general sportswriter covering offseason baseball and softball in fall 2014. He contacted the Friends of The Daily Texan back in the summer when he was reporting on a story for the 50th anniversary of the Tower shooting in 1966. He’s currently interning in the sports department of the Tampa Bay Times, where he’s writing about high school football and some college and professional sports. He will return to school in January and expects to graduate in May. Texan alumna Alicia […]
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