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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

30 Column

Sports editor stops comparing herself to her peers, finds joy in her own path

Sports editor stops comparing herself to her peers, finds joy in her own path

Isa Almeida, Sports Editor April 25, 2025

It was a few weeks into my freshman year when a couple girls from my J 304 class took on the stage at the auditorium to announce them and some others were about to have their first Daily Texan stories...

Senior photographer packs her (camera) bags

Senior photographer packs her (camera) bags

Charlotte Keene, Senior Photographer April 25, 2025

When Leila Saidane — my first and most influential photo editor — asked me to define photojournalism, I recited something I learned only that week, one of many insights I would take from Professor...

Comics editor draws a conclusion to working with the Texan

Comics editor draws a conclusion to working with the Texan

Alexa Zimmermann, Comics Editor April 25, 2025

While at The Daily Texan, my illustrations spoke for me. I worked with journalists across our writing departments to express their stories visually. For my final piece published in our paper, I'll be speaking...

Three years, three departments later, projects editor loves being a goddamn newsman

Three years, three departments later, projects editor loves being a goddamn newsman

Trisha Dasgupta, Projects Editor April 24, 2025

For the last seven years, my mother has received a phone call nearly every Monday and Thursday night, anywhere from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. It always starts the same way. “I’m walking back from...

Associate Life&Arts editor clocks out of her 5-9 job

Associate Life&Arts editor clocks out of her 5-9 job

Trinity Orosco, Associate Life&Arts Editor April 24, 2025

At 16, I stepped into The Daily Texan Basement for the first time. I attended a journalism conference at UT with my high school newspaper and instantly became captivated by a panel of Texan staffers sharing...

Digital director will finally stop spamming your inbox

Digital director will finally stop spamming your inbox

Athena Tseng, Director of Digital Strategy April 24, 2025

I’ve always been a planner — the number one fan of to-do lists, Google Calendars and color-coded reminders. Since high school, I was certain: I needed to be a journalist — specifically, a print...

Associate photo editor excited to wear burnt orange at every sporting event

Associate photo editor excited to wear burnt orange at every sporting event

Skyler Sharp, Associate Photo Editor April 24, 2025

When I came to UT in the fall of 2023, I was an environmental science major and an anxious mess, desperate to join as many organizations as possible as quickly as possible. I always considered photography...

Design editor writes her first (and only) Texan story

Design editor writes her first (and only) Texan story

Katie Shih, Design Editor April 24, 2025

First off, I’ll start by saying — it’s really weird to see my name on a Texan byline. And secondly, it’s bittersweet to think that this might be the end of my newspaper career (though I refuse...

Sports desk editor opens heart to possibility that sports really does just mean more

Sports desk editor opens heart to possibility that sports really does just mean more

Emma Hutchinson, Sports Desk Editor December 6, 2024

This Thanksgiving, my grandma sent me into an early life crisis without even knowing it. “I would have never guessed you would go into sports,” she said to me. I sat there and thought to myself, how...

Associate Sports Editor not allowed to cheer in press box, cries instead

Associate Sports Editor not allowed to cheer in press box, cries instead

Katie Borchetta, Associate Sports Editor December 6, 2024

Some may not know this, but as a member of the media there is no cheering in the press box. It’s meant to be an unbiased atmosphere and can be kicked out for doing so.   Now, some may not know this,...

Former DT reject turned Sports Editor signs out for one last time

Former DT reject turned Sports Editor signs out for one last time

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor December 5, 2024

When I decided to attend the University of Texas, I had one aspiration in mind: to be the Sports Editor of The Daily Texan.  I worked in the same position in high school and was just cocky enough to...

Associate news editor officially deletes “Daily Texan” label from her Google Calendar

Associate news editor officially deletes “Daily Texan” label from her Google Calendar

Sarah Brager, Associate News Editor December 5, 2024

This column, my last written work for The Daily Texan, started the same as all of my articles: with a frustrating series of typing and deleting, taunted by a flashing cursor.  Does writer’s block...

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