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...

Died Jan. 18, 2022 38 Corpus Christi She worked on The Texan 2004-06 as a general reporter senior reporter, associate news editor, associate editor and news editor. After graduation, she was an environment...

Died Sept. 13, 2021 Pancreatic cancer Dallas She worked on The Texan 1970-72 as a reporter who became part of a four-member team covering state politics and doing investigative work. She was elected...

Died Aug. 18, 2021 Complications of a heart attack Joe Galloway, a native of Refugio, Texas and one of America’s most outstanding war journalists, died Aug. 18 in North Carolina at the age of 79. If...

Died April 10, 2021 Brain inflammation Houston He was a columnist for The Texan in the early 1960s. After graduating with a degree in philosophy, he earned master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology...

Died Feb. 17, 2021 Complications of a stroke Austin She worked on The Texan as a reporter in 1963 and 1964 and was amusements editor in 1965-66. She was a reporter, then political assistant for Texas...

Died Oct. 24, 2020 Heart disease San Antonio He was The Texan’s amusements editor in the mid-1960s. After graduation, he lived in the family’s San Antonio home and volunteered with cultural and...

Died April 24, 2020 Robstown Sam Fore Keach, a Robstown area resident for all but three of his 75 years, was former editor of The Robstown Record (later The Nueces County Record Star), beginning his...