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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

Friends of Daily Texan accepting nominations for Daily Texan Hall of Fame

October 28, 2024

Join with us in suggesting a top candidate to be inducted into The Daily Texan Hall of Fame, sponsored by Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. Since its founding in 2013, the Friends of The Texan group has...

Marlon Taylor

In Memoriam: Marlon Ray Taylor

July 11, 2024

Marlon Ray Taylor Died July 2, 2024 Dallas, Texas   Marlon Ray Taylor died July 2, 2024, in Dallas after a long illness. His wife, Janie Paleschic, was by his side. He was 73. He was...

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...

Grants for Texan staffers to honor 2 former UT Journalism photo professors

March 13, 2024

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 Daily Texan alums to receive Rising Star Awards

March 13, 2024

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...

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...

In Memoriam: John Anders, former Texan Sports Editor, 32 years at Dallas Morning News

October 18, 2023

John Anders Died Oct. 16, 2023 Dallas, Texas From The Dallas Morning News John Anders, whose lyrical writing, eclectic tastes and vast knowledge of Texas and his own distinct passions guided his career...

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...

Veteran Austin columnist and sports editor Kirk Bohls and wife fund annual scholarship for Daily Texan sports journalist

September 8, 2023

Veteran Austin American-Statesman columnist and sports editor Kirk Bohls and his wife Vicki have endowed a permanent grant to fund an annual scholarship for a Daily Texan sports journalist. Kirk and Vicki's...

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...

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