My first photo meeting, in the fall of 2021, I sat at the ping pong table in the basement we call a newsroom and thought, “I’ll do this a little differently when I’m photo editor.”
Like most...
My journey at The Texan was nothing short of life-changing. The experiences and platform that I was able to obtain here is something that I truly think has influenced the journalist I am today, and has...
Kevin Vu, Associate Managing Editor
• November 30, 2023
Finally, I’m free.
I remember telling myself:
“I’m quitting the Texan after my third semester as a senior news reporter.”
That turned to: “I’m quitting the Texan after I become news...
So many people write about when they joined the Texan as the head of their 30, but I don’t think that story truly encapsulates the last two and a half years I’ve spent here.
Instead let me tell...
My first introduction to the world of journalism was in high school when I joined the school paper on a whim to have a class with one of my friends. But then it all just clicked for me. The writing, the...
“Part of the journey is the end.” — Tony Stark, “Avengers: Endgame”
It is only fitting to start this off with a Marvel quote since I always manage to write about the franchise in my newsletter...
Faith DuFresne, Director of Digital Strategy
• August 7, 2023
My college experience thus far has consisted of five wonderful semesters walking up and down the stairs to the basement. One semester as an opinion columnist, pondering where this ‘office’ was and...
Sophia Navarro, Associate Social Media Editor
• August 7, 2023
WOW! My first byline.
Although this is the first time many of you are seeing my name, this isn’t an introduction but a goodbye. For the past two years of my life, I’ve been working behind the...
When appointed LARTS editor in June, I felt entirely prepared to embark on my last stretch at the Texan. But as summer came to a close, a daunting dilemma lingered — what now? I’m still not sure, but...
I received my acceptance into the copy department at the Texan in the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru about 30 minutes before orientation was supposed to start. If you’d told me then that, three years later,...
A -30- has been traditionally used by journalists to indicate the end of a story or article that is submitted for editing and typesetting. At The Daily Texan, staffers who are writing their last piece...
When I stare into the sun and reflect on my time at the Texan, I picture a scrapbook. Not one of those unserious handheld ones, but a full coffee table spread. Pictures, essays, newspaper clippings and...
