Three years after Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc.  started a campaign to permanently endow all 13 of  the scholarships awarded to Daily Texan staffers, the group is closing in on its  $500,000 goal,...

Dave McNeely Died Aug. 30,2025 Austin, Texas Dave McNeely, a former editor of The Daily Texan and  a respected Texas journalist for decades, died Aug.  30 at the age of 85. "I loved Dave...

Peter Chapa Died July 10, 2025 Hebbronville, Texas Peter Chapa passed peacefully at his home in Hebbronville, Texas, on July 10, 2025. He ws 86. He is preceded in death by his parents,...

Recent donations have pushed the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. endowment campaign to $450,000, $50,000 short of the goal. If the goal is met the 13 existing annual scholarships for Texan...

By Janny Scott / The New York Times Bill Moyers, who served as chief spokesman for President Lyndon B. Johnson during the American military buildup in Vietnam and then went on to a long and celebrated...

By Clement Lee and Ellie Fvas / The Emory Wheel After five years, Gregory Fenves will leave his position as Emory University president on Sept. 1. As president, Fenves directed the University’s response...

By Robert D. McFadden, The New York Times Ronnie Dugger, the crusading editor of a small but influential Texas journal who challenged presidents, corporations and America’s privileged classes to face...

  From Moody College of Communication Austin in the ’70s was buzzing with history in the making: Vietnam War protests, the newly minted 18-year-old vote and political upheaval. Journalism...

Thanks to a generous gift, the Moody Writing Support Program at Moody College of Communication at UT has received a reprieve to operate for an additional year. Without significant fund-raising, the program...

  Not that she needed to win the Pulitzer Prize for this reason, but Cassandra Jaramillo has certainly validated her Rising Star Award presented by Friends of The Daily Texan in 2021. Congratulations,...

By ProPublica ProPublica on May 5 won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for public service for the series “Life of the Mother,” which the judges described as “urgent reporting about pregnant women...

Reprinted from the Houston Chronicle A series of editorials outlining the failures of railroads and state officials to protect Houstonians from the dangers and inconveniences of stopped trains has won...