The Daily Texan, Texas' award-winning student newspaper, is accepting applications for news reporters, sports reporters, life & arts writers, photographers, videographers, designers with any level of experience in InDesign, comics artists, copy staff and web staff. Pick up an application in the basement of the HSM building, near the Cronkite Plaza and the CMA building. The tryout period runs from June 5th to June 15th during the summer. Students of all classifications and majors are welcome. 

Link to and download applications which you can fill in and return to The Daily Texan's offices below, under each department's description.
 

News:
The Texan News Department covers student issues on campus, UT policy, the UT administration, legislation affecting the University, city policy affecting UT, crime on campus and much more. We also report in-depth investigations on more serious issues, such as UT's race-inclusive admissions policy and UT's oil revenues.

Summer 2013 General Reporting Application by The Daily Texan

Opinion:
The opinion department includes columnists and editors who work to contribute and solicit from the community columns that represent student opinion.

Summer 2013 Opinion Columnist Application by The Daily Texan

Sports:
The sports department is responsible primarily for reporting on athletics at The University of Texas. In addition, the sports department covers professional and local sports that are relevant to students at Texas.

Summer 2013 Sports Application by The Daily Texan

Life & Arts:

Life & Arts features content ranging from music and television to local interests and oddities. Writers contribute weekly with entertainment reviews, themed columns and blog posts, or biweekly with human interest features. The department also runs coverage of local festivals such as South By Southwest and Austin City Limits Festival.

Summer 2013 Life and Arts Application by The Daily Texan

Photo:

Photographers capture visual content to supplement News, Sports and Life & Arts stories on a daily basis. They also have the opportunity to work on long term multimedia projects independent from other departments and produce photo spreads, online slideshows and blog posts.

Summer 2013 Photography/Videography Application by The Daily Texan

Video:

The video department not only assists reporters in visualizing their stories but also tackles separate stand-alone pieces individually. This area of the paper exists to communicate the messages through a medium other than print, whether it's the massive range of stories to tell at the Austin Pride festival or the waves of emotions that flow from Fun Fun Fun Fest. Apply to the multimedia department to fill the gaps and create exciting content to bolster the Texan's increasingly important online presence.

Summer 2013 Photography/Videography Application by The Daily Texan

Comics:

The Comics Department manages the Comics page by creating new, original content from its artists. This content may include comics for the printed page, or animations for the Daily Texan website. The department additionally provides other departments, such as News, Editorial, Life & Arts, etc., with illustrations to accompany their stories.

Comics staffer positions include Comic Artist who create five black and white comics per week, CA+Illustrator who in addition to making comics will receive illustration requests, and Animator who makes short animated videos or gifs.  

Comics is not currently hiring for the summer but will be happy to take applications for Fall 2013 in August and September.

Design:
The Design Department makes note of all stories and art for each print issue of The Daily Texan, and then lays out the pages each night. Senior designers are in charge of designing the front page once a week and another section one other night a week. Page designers work one night a week either on the sports section or on Life & Arts. Staff members are also responsible for graphics and sidebars. The department often works on special design projects such as in-depth packages and special issues.

Design is not currently hiring for the summer but will be taking application for Fall 2013 in August and September.

Copy Desk:
Staff copy editors are responsible for fact-checking print-issue stories from all departments and reading for AP style. Copy staff make suggestions of things to change in a story and gain skills in writing and editing.

Summer 2013 Copy Application by The Daily Texan

Web:

The Web department is responsible for the positioning and maintenance of online content, running the website and spreading our content via social media. The department also carefully looks at online analytics and is constantly thinking about how to better serve our online-oriented society.

Summer 2013 Web Application by The Daily Texan