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

Texas Bar Association honors former Texan Managing Editor

March 8, 2022

David T. López of Houston has been selected as one of five recipients of the 2022 Texas Bar Foundation’s Outstanding 50 Year Lawyer Award. The award recognizes attorneys whose practice has spanned...

Connect with friends and colleagues at Friends group Daily Texan dinner April 8

February 27, 2022

The April 8 Friends of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame dinner will honor distinguished "graduates" of The Daily Texan, including a nationally-known medical reporter/podcaster, a decades-long columnist and...

Friends of Texan fund key part of Daily Texan’s digital efforts

February 21, 2022

For the second year in a row, the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. will fund a key part of the digital infrastructure of  the student newspaper at the University of Texas. The board of directors of the...

Registration now open for April 8 Daily Texan alum dinner

February 17, 2022

Registration is now open for the annual Friends of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame dinner at The Texas Union building on the UT campus. Twice postponed due to the pandemic, the event on April 8 in the Shirley...

Friends of Texan urge continuation of print at Texas A&M’s The Battalion

February 14, 2022

Feb. 14, 2022 The Board of Directors of Friends of The Daily Texan voted unanimously Sunday to support The Battalion as it resists the Texas A&M president's plan to end print publication of the student...

John Pope honors Texan colleague Middy Randerson with scholarship in her name

December 14, 2021

John Pope, a UT graduate who has been a reporter in New Orleans for nearly a half-century, has provided a long-term continuing grant in honor of his Daily Texan colleague and friend Middy Randerson to...

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...

Martin Crutsinger, AP economics expert who covered 13 Treasury secretaries and 5 Fed chairs, to retire

November 15, 2021

From the Associated Press For nearly five decades, Marty Crutsinger has played a vital role at the Associated Press, chronicling a gallery of transformative events. A reporter known for his steady nerves,...

New date – April 8, 2022 – for Friends of The Daily Texan dinner

November 9, 2021

A new date – Friday, April 8, 2022 – has been set for the next annual Friends of The Daily Texan dinner. Dinners planned for fall of 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to COVID-19 health concerns. The...

Texas Student Media teams up with Texas A&M Student Media to grow reach

October 25, 2021

  From UT News AUSTIN, Texas — Experiential learning is expanding at The University of the Texas at Austin after Texas Student Media launched two new partnerships in which the organization...

Former Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief Finnegan new editor of reborn Gawker

September 14, 2021

From Fashion Weekly Daily and The Daily Front Row In the latest attempt to resuscitate comatose gossip site Gawker, a new editor in chief has been announced. Leah Finnegan, who previously served as a...

William Valdez, former Texan staffer, nominated to Homeland Security post

August 24, 2021

WASHINGTON – William Valdez, a former Daily Texan staffer, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security. Valdez was one of nine...

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