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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

13 Texan staffers receive cash awards at Friends of Daily Texan annual event

April 9, 2025

Thirteen Daily Texan staffers received cash grant awards totaling $23,500 at the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. annual Hall of Fame dinner on April 4 on the campus of the University of  Texas at Austin. Cash...

What they don’t tell you about student journalism: If you spend 16 hours in a car, you might just end up on Good Morning America

March 16, 2025

Two Daily Texan reporters and a Texan photographer were determined they would cover the SEC Women’s basketball championship game, being played 1,075 miles away in Greenville, S.C.  The three student...

UT women’s basketball coach praises Daily Texan staffers for 16-hour one-way drive, and their dedication to sports coverage

March 13, 2025

Editor's note: this article is by Sam Fariss, reprinted from Hook 'em Headlines. The Texas Longhorns were coming off of one of the toughest losses in the last few years when head coach Vic Schaefer sat...

Katie Chang named Daily Texan spring managing editor

January 10, 2025

Katie Chang has been named Daily Texan spring managing editor. Chang is a junior at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing degrees in Plan II Honors, Management Information Systems, and Urban Studies,...

13 Daily Texan staffers receive cash awards in 2024

13 Daily Texan staffers receive cash awards in 2024

March 28, 2024

Winners of this year's Friends of The Daily Texan cash awards were announced March 22 during the organization's annual Hall of Fame celebration event. Thirteen staffers from The Daily Texan at The University...

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...

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...

Dobson, Wooldridge and Tejemos Foundation fund photojournalism endowment for Daily Texan staffers

September 19, 2023

A $60,000 grant to provide financial support to photojournalists at The Daily Texan at the University of Texas at Austin has been established by the Tejemos Foundation, founded by Austin residents Lynne...

In their own words: How your donation supports student journalists at The Daily Texan

September 19, 2023

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? Read below...

Support student journalists and The Daily Texan, today and for the future

August 1, 2023

An important message for alumni of The Daily Texan, and supporters of student journalism at the University of Texas at Austin From Board of Directors, Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. Today we are asking...

3 new senior editors to lead The Daily Texan in coming year

June 13, 2023

Three Daily Texan staffers have been selected to management positions to lead The Daily Texan during the coming year. The new editor-in-chief will be Lucero Ponce, the Summer Managing Editor will be Kamryn...

Guest Essay from The New York Times: College Students Have Something to Say. It’s Just Not What You’d Expect.

May 31, 2023

By Jonathan Malesic Mr. Malesic teaches writing at the University of Texas at Dallas. April 7, 2023 In the debate over free speech and social justice, commentators on the right...

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