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The Daily Texan
The December 5, 2005 front page of The Daily Texan.
The December 5, 2005 front page of The Daily Texan. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner The University of Texas
Publisher Texas Student Media
Editor Claire Harlin
Founded 1900
Political allegiance Liberal Democrat
Headquarters Austin, Texas, USA
Website: The Daily Texan

The Daily Texan is the student newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more Texas Student Media is an auxiliary enterprise of The University of Texas at Austin and the largest student media operation in the United States Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset favoring individual Liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty whether they come from The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A student newspaper is a Newspaper run by Students of a University, High school, Middle school, or other school It is entirely student-run and independent from the university. It is one of the largest college newspapers in the United States with a daily circulation of roughly 30,000 during the fall and spring semesters, and bills itself as the oldest student newspaper in the South. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive The Texan has won more national, regional and state awards than any other college newspaper in America, and counts 10 Pulitzer Prize winners among its former staff. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism,

The Texan's origins date back to 1900, when two privately owned weekly newspapers were distributed on campus — the Calendar and the Ranger. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar In 1904 the two papers were taken over by the student council and merged. In 1913], the student body voted to publish the paper each weekday, and the Daily Texan was born on September 14, 1913. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

A number of comic strips that began in the Texan went on to have commercial success. The most notable of these is Berke Breathed's Academia Waltz, the predecessor to Bloom County. Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed (born June 21, 1957) is an American Cartoonist, children's book Author / Illustrator, The Academia Waltz was Berke Breathed 's first cartoon published daily from 1978 to 1979 in The Daily Texan at The Bloom County was an American Comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which ran from December 8, 1980 until August 6, 1989 Hepcats by Martin Wagner and Eyebeam by Sam Hurt also found continued success after their creators had left the University of Texas. Hepcats was a Comic book self-published in the 1990s by artist Martin Wagner. Martin Wagner (born April 27, 1966) is an Artist, Cartoonist, and Filmmaker currently living in Austin Texas. Eyebeam was a daily comic strip written and illustrated by Sam Hurt at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Awards

The Texan has won many prestigious awards, including the Associated Collegiate Press' "Pacemaker Award" in 1965, 1969, 1971 and 1985, and the Columbia Scholastic Press' Gold Crown Award in 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005 and 2006. The Associated Collegiate Press is the largest and oldest national membership organization for college student media in the United States. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League.

Staff

Most of the staff positions are paid and the top two positions offer a stipend that covers a bit less than nine hours of paid in-state tuition and fee scholarships. Historically, the position of editor of The Daily Texan has been elected. The logic of an elected editor historically has been based on the newspaper's having been founded and owned by students and then given over to the student body. More recently, it has been argued that because students were compelled to fund the paper through the payment of mandatory student service fees, they should have some say in the paper's overall direction. In addition, the elected editor has been seen as a way to protect the paper from institutional censorship from the university. Since the student body selects the editor of the paper, this ensures that the university administration cannot install an editor sympathetic to its views and thereby control the content of the newspaper.

In modern times, editorial candidates have been screened by the Texas Student Publications Board (TSP Board), an entity with faculty, student, and newspaper industry representatives. Texas Student Media is an auxiliary enterprise of The University of Texas at Austin and the largest student media operation in the United States The TSP Board publishes a handbook which sets forth the requirements an editorial candidate must meet before his or her name may be placed on the ballot. The board has been resistant to the idea of an elected editor and has made several attempts to convert the position to an appointed one. The most recent attempt, led by board president Cale McDowell, was in 2005. [1] While McDowell and then-editor Ben Heath had convinced the board of faculty, students, and newspaper industry representatives to vote unanimously to edit trust instrument with the Board of Regents to make the editor a position appointed by the TSP Board, a number of former Texan editors from across the country, led by Mike Godwin, attended subsequent TSP Board meetings and were successful in delaying further action on the vote until after McDowell had left office. Michael Wayne Godwin (born October 26, 1956) is an American attorney and Author.

The TSP Board currently appoints the managing editor, who oversees the daily operation of the paper while the elected editor generally stewards the editorial page. However, the elected editor retains the final say over the content of the newspaper.

Notable staff alumni

References

  1. ^ Austin American Statesman: "Battle over Daily Texan editorship replays itself"

Copp, Tara, and Rogers, Robert L. Bill Barminski (born 26 November 1962) is an American Artist and Filmmaker born in Chicago, Illinois. Lisa Beyer is currently vice president of communications at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed (born June 21, 1957) is an American Cartoonist, children's book Author / Illustrator, Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the Michael Wayne Godwin (born October 26, 1956) is an American attorney and Author. Karen Elliott House is a journalist and former executive at the Wall Street Journal and its parent company Dow Jones. Deborah Howell (born January 15, 1941) is the Ombudsman for The Washington Post. Dan Malone is a United States Journalist and a Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative reporting. William Weaks "Willie" Morris (November 29 1934 &mdash August 2 1999 was an American writer and editor born in Jackson Mississippi, though his family later moved Bill Moyers (born June 5, 1934, as William Donald "Billy Don" Moyers) is an American Journalist and public commentator This article is about the photojournalist For other uses of the name see Larry Price (disambiguation. Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20 1968 is an American director, writer, producer, Cinematographer, editor and Musician Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith (born February 2 1923 in Fort Worth Texas) is an American Gossip columnist. Karen Tumulty (born 1955) is the Time Magazine National Political Correspondent based in Washington D Rob Walker Racing Team was a privateer team in Formula One during the 1950s and 1960s Franklin Christenson Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American Comic book artist and Cartoonist, best-known Robert Elliott Wilonsky (born 24 October 1968) is an American Journalist and the former host of Higher Definition, an interview program Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (December 22 1912&ndashJuly 11 2007 was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 having been the wife of The Daily Texan: The First 100 Years – Copp, Tara; Rogers, Robert L. (Eakin Press 1999, ISBN 1-57168-302-X). The book's authors were both former Texan editors. Copp stewarded the publication during the 1996-1997 academic year, while Rogers immediately preceded her during the 1995-1996 academic year. Their book began as a Plan II Honors thesis project for both of the former editors. Rogers wrote his thesis on the first 50 years of the Texan, while Copp covered the second 50 for hers. The combined manuscript was published as a book in 1999.

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External links

Listed are Student newspapers (college and university newspapers The Handbook of Texas (ISBN 0-87611-151-7 is a comprehensive Encyclopedia of Texas geography history and historical persons published by the Texas
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