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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

Mutually beneficial relationship – deaf printers and the printing industry, including The Daily Texan

July 24, 2019

Editor's note:  Below is a note that University of Texas and Texas journalism legend Griff Singer shared: a Washington Post story about the paper employing a number of deaf printers in the composing...

New Editors Selected for The Daily Texan

June 18, 2019

The Daily Texan has new editorial leadership, including a new Editor-in- Chief, a new Summer Managing Editor and a new Fall Managing Editor. Spencer Buckner is the 2019-2020 editor-in-chief of The Daily...

3 Texan staffers receive grants; new awards at Oct. 4 Friends of Texan dinner

April 28, 2019

Three Texan staffers have recently received scholarship grants from Friends of The Daily Texan, and the 2019  winners will be announced at the group's annual dinner Oct. 4. Forrest Milburn, who  currently...

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...

UT science is cool -- and the summer managing editor wants to tell readers all about it

UT science is cool — and the summer managing editor wants to tell readers all about it

June 18, 2017

The Daily Texan's newest managing editor is a former church pianist from Dublin — the town in Texas, not Ireland — who was so torn between her interests in science and journalism that she decided...

Outgoing Daily Texan Editor in Chief Alexander Chase.

Q&A: Outgoing Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief Alexander Chase

April 23, 2017

The editorship of The Daily Texan has been a springboard to journalistic success for many. After all, the paper has won more national, regional and state awards than any other college newspaper in America...

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...

Daily Texan Life & Arts Editor Elizabeth Hlavinka.

Texan Life & Arts Editor Elizabeth Hlavinka pursues ‘the people aspect of journalism,’ from mental health to modern love

December 5, 2016

Elizabeth Hlavinka worked her way up at The Texan to become editor of the Life & Arts section this fall. Daily Texan alumnus R.U. Steinberg recently talked with her to learn more about her time at...

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...

Cat Cardenas traveled to Rio de Janeiro to cover the 2016 Olympics as part of a group from the School of Journalism. The Friends of The Daily Texan donated $10,000 to send Cardenas, a staff member of The Daily Texan, to Rio.

Hands-on apprentice: Cat Cardenas

October 16, 2016

Sponsored by a $10,000 gift from Friends of the Daily Texan, Cardenas and four other Moody College of Communication journalists traveled to cover the Rio Olympic Games Like so many hungry souls who stumbled...

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