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

Skeeter Hagler’s amazing photographic trifecta

March 15, 2024

Skeeter Hagler has pulled off a trifecta that will likely never be topped. First, the Pulitzer Prize for his documentary on the life of a West Texas cowboy. Second selection to The Daily Texan Hall...

The envelope, please: 9 new honorees for 2024 Daily Texan Hall of Fame

February 13, 2024

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...

Kirk Bohls receives top award from Football Writers Association of America

January 7, 2024

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...

Scholarship to honor A.R. ‘Dick’ Elam

January 4, 2024

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...

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...

Two new honors for Griff Singer: Boost to student scholarship in his name, and first Friends of Daily Texan Lifetime Achievement Award

Two new honors for Griff Singer: Boost to student scholarship in his name, and first Friends of Daily Texan Lifetime Achievement Award

September 28, 2023

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...

Bill Little: ‘If you can write something that can make a difference to somebody, it can change a life’

September 27, 2023

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...

Celebration of Life service set for Bill Little on Oct. 1 at LBJ Library

August 24, 2023

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...

Meet the 2023 Daily Texan Hall of Fame and Rising Stars

February 2, 2023

  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...

Celebrate The Daily Texan March 31

January 17, 2023

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...

Friends of The Daily Texan create Griff Singer Scholarship for Texan staffer

July 27, 2022

S. Griffin Singer, respected Texas journalist and beloved former UT journalism professor, has been honored with an annual scholarship to be awarded in his name to a staff member of The Daily Texan. The...

Friends of The Daily Texan annual dinner April 8 on UT campus

January 4, 2022

After Covid-forced postponements the past two years, the Friends of The Daily Texan group is moving forward with plans for a highly-anticipated annual dinner on Friday, April 8 this year at The Texas...

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