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...
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...
Two recent alums of The Daily Texan will be honored as Rising Stars at the March 22 Friends of the Daily Texan Hall of Fame gathering on the UT campus.
The Rising Star Award, which is given to recent...
Dr. Rachel Davis Mersey, recently appointed Dean of Moody College of Communication, will be the featured speaker at the 11th annual Friends of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame gathering on the University of...
Rachel Davis Mersey has been appointed dean of Moody College of Communication, replacing Dr. Jay Bernhardt who resigned to become president of Emerson College.
Mersey has served as Interim Dean since Bernhardt's...
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...
Last call for 2023 donations to the Friends of The Daily Texan Endowment campaign to fund scholarships for Texan student journalists.
The campaign to raise $300,000 for permanent funding for 13...
From KUT and KUTX
Two Austin philanthropists and former journalists are pledging $1.5 million over three years to KUT and KUTX to improve and sustain news and music services, and to honor the...
The campaign to raise $300,000 for permanent funding for 13 annual scholarships for Daily Texan staff members has passed the halfway mark, with three months left in the 2023 effort.
If the goal is met,...
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...
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...
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?
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