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

All 100-years plus of Daily Texan archives now online, available to public

March 18, 2019

Editor's note: How to access The Texan archives is included at the bottom of this story, plus a link to donate to the Friends of The Daily Texan group, which has pledged to pay costs needed to make the...

Becky and Jerry Conn, who met as staffers at The Texan, establish scholarship for Texan staffers

February 19, 2019

An Austin couple who met 59 years ago as staffers on The Daily Texan, student newspaper at The University of Texas at Austin, has established an annual cash award for present day staffers.  With their...

Friends group defines fund-raising goals for Texan needs in 2019

December 12, 2018

The board of directors of Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. has established a set of fund-raising goals for 2019 to benefit The Daily Texan, and is encouraging donations as 2018 comes to a close. Donations...

11 named as Daily Texan honorees; annual dinner Oct. 26 at The Union

July 29, 2018

A talented and eclectic group of journalists comprise the 2018 Daily Texan Hall of Fame honorees  group, including the first female sportswriter to break the glass ceiling in the press box in Texas, a...

Jaree Campbell receives first Friends of Texan Scholarship

June 17, 2018

Jaree Campbell, a Daily Texan staffer for the past two years, has been selected as the first recipient of a $1,500 scholarship grant from the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. Jaree began as a copy editor,...

New Editors Elected for The Daily Texan

June 17, 2018

Liza Anderson has been elected Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Texan for the 2018-2019 school year. In addition, Catherine Marfin has been elected Managing Editor for the Summer term, and Ellie Breed...

Daily Texan staff

Daily Texan staff numbers increase over past two years

March 18, 2018

The Daily Texan staff has added more than 100 students since the fall of 2015, when Texas Student Media began conducting censuses of the staff. The Daily Texan had 193 staff members in the fall of 2015,...

Friends of The Daily Texan raises funds for student scholarship endowment

Friends of The Daily Texan raises funds for student scholarship endowment

December 28, 2017

Friends of The Daily Texan Inc. has provided $25,000 in funds to start a scholarship fund for Daily Texan staffers and is now beginning a campaign to raise additional funds to further grow the endowment. During...

Two Texan editors join Friends of The Texan board

September 21, 2017

Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief Laura Hallas and Managing Editor Michelle Zhang have joined the board of Friends of The Daily Texan Inc. Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. is a non-profit organization established...

Work under way at The Daily Texan

April 7, 2017

Editor’s note – Below you’ll find an update from Media Advisor Peter Chen, who works daily with the journalists at The Daily Texan. His note describes the real-world experiences Texan journalists...

Texas Student Media Director Gerald Johnson.

TSM Director Gerald Johnson: “We needed to change the story that we were shutting down”

December 10, 2016

Texas Student Media Director Gerald Johnson hit his two-year anniversary with the organization this past summer. Drawing upon more than 15 years of experience leading business development and sales initiatives...

Aaron Torres is currently interning at the Tampa Bay Times.

Texan reporter connects with other Texan alumni to report story about Tower shooting anniversary

October 16, 2016

Aaron Torres, a senior in journalism, worked as a senior sportswriter for The Daily Texan last year, and as a general sportswriter covering offseason baseball and softball in fall 2014. He contacted...

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