Gerald Johnson, most recently the executive director of local advertising and digital services for The Houston Chronicle, has been named the new director of Texas Student Media. His appointment begins July 21, 2014. Texas Student Media (TSM) is composed of The Daily Texan, Texas Travesty magazine, the Cactus yearbook, KVRX 91.7 FM and Texas Student Television (TSTV). On July 1, TSM will officially transfer from the Division of Student Affairs and be housed in the Moody College of Communication. Johnson has more than 15 years of experience leading business development and sales initiatives for The Houston Chronicle and Hearst Media. […]
Read more →Bob Hilburn, known to two decades of Daily Texan staffers as an advocate, colleague and mentor, died Saturday, May 17 in Wichita Falls. Following a long, distinguished newspaper career – including coverage of the Kennedy assassination where he rode in the press bus that fateful day – he became Editorial Manager of The Daily Texan, serving from 1965 until 1985. He was a guiding light for Texan journalists, and a true example of the possibilities of the future for impressionable Texan staffers and students. Out of respect by staffers, he was always called, “Mr. Hilburn.” And he always offered respect […]
Read more →By Roderick Hart / Dean, Moody College of Communication I was teaching happily at Purdue University when I got a job offer from UT in January of 1979. I accepted the offer and the next thing I did was take out a mail-order subscription to the Daily Texan. Knowing I’d be moving to Austin in June, I figured that reading the Texan would help me get to know the UT student body before arriving on campus. So my connection to Texas Student Media is a long one, and I now find myself in charge of its administrative side. Many details […]
Read more →By Nicole Cobler and Jordan Rudner / The Daily Texan At its annual budget meeting, the Texas Student Media board voted to keep The Daily Texan on its five-day a week print schedule after Roderick Hart, dean of the Moody College of Communications, promised to ask President William Powers Jr. for transitional funding to prevent TSM bankruptcy. “Moody will have a viable business plan in place by fall of 2017 that will put TSM on road for success,” Hart said in the meeting. “I am highly optimistic about our ability to turn around the TSM budget proposal.” TSM oversees five properties […]
Read more →The Media Committee of Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. has released a detailed approach outlining a path to profitability for The Daily Texan and Texas Student Media, both in the midst of a financial crisis. The report outlines 66 specific revenue ideas that can be implemented for little or no cash outlay, plus a variety of additional changes suggested as The Texan attempts to build a viable business model for transitioning to digital delivery. The cover page is immediately below, followed by text of the full report: Contents About This Report Before Proceeding, Ponder … Executive Summary Financial […]
Read more →By Nicole Cobler / The Daily Texan In the face of serious financial shortfalls, the Texas Student Media board discussed a budget proposal on Friday which would include reducing The Daily Texan to a weekly, rather than daily, printing schedule. A final vote to determine the budget is scheduled for next month. TSM board president Dave Player said moving to a weekly paper would not necessarily improve funding for the paper, because reduced print costs would be paired with reduced ability to run advertisements. “There’s some scenarios where, if we go weekly, we don’t actually save money because of that […]
Read more →By Samantha Badgen / The Horn / Texas Student Media will meet on Friday, Feb. 21 to discuss its budget and the prospect of cutting back on The Daily Texan’s printing schedule. The Daily Texan might not stay daily for long. Texas Student Media (TSM) will soon be voting on whether to keep the campus newspaper daily, or whether to reduce its circulation to one day a week. “Decisions relating to the Texan’s publication frequency will be made as part of the annual budget process,” said Frank Serpas, TSTV-KVRX Studio Engineer and TSM Interim Director. “The budget was to be […]
Read more →By Jordan Rudner The Daily Texan Texas Student Media and its entities, including The Daily Texan, are being moved under the domain of the Moody College of Communication, though many questions about the implications of the move remain unanswered. TSM, the umbrella organization that manages a number of student-produced media properties, including Cactus Yearbook, Texas Travesty, Texas Student TV, KVRX 91.7 FM and The Daily Texan, is currently housed under the Division of Student Affairs and has been under severe financial constraints for the last several years. Roderick Hart, dean of the Moody college, said he agreed to assume […]
Read more →Two of the state’s premier media organizations and one of Texas’ best known and most successful attorneys are sponsors of the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. Hall of Fame dinner Friday night, Nov. 8. The list of sponsors includes: A.H. Belo Corporation and The Dallas Morning News, the Austin American-Statesman and Hartley Hampton, P.C., a respected Houston law firm owned by UT and Daily Texan-ex Hartley Hampton. “We are greatly appreciative of the support from these organizations to the Friends of The Daily Texan, in our group’s effort to assist The Texan as it works to build a […]
Read more →The board of Friends of The Daily Texan has announced the inaugural winners of the Texan Hall of Fame awards. Winners will be honored at our awards ceremony on the evening of Nov. 8. 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 […]
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