Greg Olds
Died June 6, 2023
Austin, Texas
Greg Olds, a longtime resident of Austin, died on June 6, 2023 from complications from surgery.
Greg was an editor of The Texas Observer.
While...
Rachel Davis Mersey has been appointed dean of Moody College of Communication, replacing Dr. Jay Bernhardt who resigned to become president of Emerson College.
Mersey has served as Interim Dean since Bernhardt's...
From Moody College of Communication, Oct. 16, 2023
It's a time of expansion at Texas Student Media (TSM).
Outgoing Director Gerald Johnson's upward move in Moody College brings about a roster of...
Died June 25, 2022
Seguin
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Jeanne Barbara Janes, APR, a veteran public relations executive and former broadcaster, died Saturday, June 25, in Seguin, Texas, after a long illness. She was...
Congratulations Dean Jay Bernhardt on reappointment as Dean of Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. Announcement below from Moody and Dean Bernhardt and a congratulations...
The epic migration of hundreds of thousands of Cuban exiles to the U.S. is the subject of a new oral history book by David Powell, who served as editor of The Daily Texan in 1972-1973.
The book, Ninety...
Editor's Note: Those who worked at The Daily Texan on the University of Texas campus in the 1960s, 70s and 80s remember “Mr. Hilburn.“ He was the editorial adviser to the student paper, and a renowned...
Editor's note: Below is information about Daily Texan and UT graduate Karen Tumulty's critically-acclaimed biography of Nancy Reagan. In addition, here is a link to an except in The Washington Post about...
Former Daily Texan photographer John Moore shot one of the two images on a recent TIME magazine cover. Moore's photo of a young Honduran girl along the Texas-Mexico border was paired in a photo illustration...
By Stephanie Adeline
The Daily Texan
The UT School of Journalism has appointed Associate Director Kathleen McElroy, a former editor at The New York Times, as its new director starting June 1.
McElroy...
The fourth annual awards event and gathering of Friends of The Daily Texan has been scheduled for Friday, Sept. 16.
The event will be held at The Texas Union and will begin with a reception at 6 p.m.,...
The Friends of The Daily Texan remind Texan supporters that nominations for the 2015 Daily Texan Hall of Fame awards must be submitted by Sept. 9.
These awards recognize Daily Texan alumni who have led...
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