An association for alumni and supporters of The Daily Texan

Friends of The Daily Texan

An association for alumni and supporters of The Daily Texan

Friends of The Daily Texan

An association for alumni and supporters of The Daily Texan

Friends of The Daily Texan

13 Daily Texan staffers receive cash awards in 2024

13 Daily Texan staffers receive cash awards in 2024

March 28, 2024

Winners of this year's Friends of The Daily Texan cash awards were announced March 22 during the organization's annual Hall of Fame celebration event. Thirteen staffers from The Daily Texan at The University...

Grants for Texan staffers to honor 2 former UT Journalism photo professors

March 13, 2024

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...

CBS National Security Correspondent David Martin on Why Mary Walsh – former staffer at The Daily Texan – Is ‘The Producer I Can’t Live Without’

October 3, 2023

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...

Dobson, Wooldridge and Tejemos Foundation fund photojournalism endowment for Daily Texan staffers

September 19, 2023

A $60,000 grant to provide financial support to photojournalists at The Daily Texan at the University of Texas at Austin has been established by the Tejemos Foundation, founded by Austin residents Lynne...

In their own words: How your donation supports student journalists at The Daily Texan

September 19, 2023

When you support  scholarships for Daily Texan staff members by donating to the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. endowment, who receives the money and where are they now, after graduation? Read below...

Support student journalists and The Daily Texan, today and for the future

August 1, 2023

An important message for alumni of The Daily Texan, and supporters of student journalism at the University of Texas at Austin From Board of Directors, Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. Today we are asking...

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

June 13, 2023

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...

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

May 31, 2023

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...

Three editors named to lead The Daily Texan in year ahead

June 6, 2022

Three senior editors have been named to lead The Daily Texan, student newspaper at the University of Texas at Austin, in the coming year. They are: Editor-in-Chief : Megan Tran Megan Tran is The Daily...

Daily Texan alum Falkenberg, colleagues win 2022 Pulitzer in editorial writing

May 13, 2022

Samantha Ketterer, Staff writer The Houston Chronicle The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board on May 9 won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing for a series on voter suppression in Texas. The top...

Eight Daily Texan Staffers Receive Scholarship Grants from Donors, Friends Group

November 16, 2021

Eight staffers from The Daily Texan at The University of Texas at Austin have been selected to receive grants totaling $9,000 for the 2021-22 school year. The grants are sponsored by Friends of The Daily...

Friends group adds sports-focused grant, 8 scholarships now open to staff members

July 23, 2021

The Friends of The Daily Texan Board of Directors has voted to fund an additional scholarship for a Texan staffer, bringing the total to 5 annual grants provided by the Friends plus three generous grants...

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