Texas Student Media
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Texas Student Media is an auxiliary enterprise of The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

 and the largest student media operation in the United States.

Media properties

The Daily Texan
The Daily Texan
The Daily Texan is the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin. 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...

is the most significant of TSM's properties. With a daily print circulation of 14,600 copies and an online presence that reaches an average of 10,600 visitors per day, The Daily Texan is the centerpiece of what has become a $2.3 million multimedia operation.

The following is a comprehensive list of Texas Student Media properties:
  • The Daily Texan
    The Daily Texan
    The Daily Texan is the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin. 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...

    , the most award-winning college newspaper in the United States
    • DT Weekend, The Daily Texan's weekly entertainment resource
    • Longhorn Living, the first student-created housing and apartment search engine for all University of Texas students
  • The Texas Travesty, the college humor publication with the largest circulation in the United States
  • Texas Student Television, one of few FCC-licensed Student television station
    Student television station
    A student television station is a television station run by university, high or middle school students that primarily airs school/university news and in many cases, student-produced soap operas, entertainment shows, and other programming....

     in the United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

  • Cactus Yearbook, the school's yearbook
  • KVRX-FM
    KVRX-FM
    KVRX is the student radio station for The University of Texas at Austin. The station broadcasts in Austin on 91.7 MHz, with a power of 3000 watts.-History:...

    , one of the few completely student-run college radio stations in the United States
  • The Vector http://www.engr.utexas.edu/vector/, a monthly publication within the Cockrell School of Engineering.

Board of Operating Trustees

A joint student-faculty Board of Operating Trustees sets policy and oversees the operation of student media on behalf of the University of Texas System
University of Texas System
The University of Texas System encompasses 15 educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are academic universities and six are health institutions. The system is headquartered in Austin and has a total enrollment of over 190,000 students...

 Board of Regents. The Board also appoints the Director of Student Media, who oversees the daily business functions of TSM. The Director serves renewable annual terms. The Board of Operating Trustees is composed of three faculty members appointed to two year terms by the UT President, two outside media professionals appointed to two year terms by the UT President, and six students elected by the general student body to two year terms.

Board presidents

  • Natasha Solce (2000-2001)
  • Craig Daniel (2001-2002)
  • Michael Hoffman
    Michael Hoffman
    Michael Lynn Hoffman is an American film director.-Life and career:Hoffman was born in Hawaii and grew up in Payette, Idaho, played basketball, and attended college at Boise State University. There he was elected as student body president of BSU...

     (2002-2003)
  • Coleman Lewis (2003-2004)
  • Cale McDowell (2004-2005)
  • Camden Gilman (2005-2006)
  • A.J. Bauer (2006-2007)
  • Zachary Warmbrodt (2007-2008)
  • Benjamin Trotter (2008-2009)
  • Nicole Juneau (2009-2010)
  • Brennan Lawler (2010-2011)

Board Vice Presidents

  • Michael Hoffman (2001-2002)
  • Jonathan Lee
    Jonathan Lee
    Jonathan Lee is a Taiwanese record producer, singer, and songwriter. Throughout the mid-1980s through the 1990s, he composed song lyrics and melodies for numerous musical artists in the Rock Records label, including Angus Tung, Sarah Chen, Sandy Lam, Sylvia Chang, Winnie Hsin, Tarcy Su, Jeff...

     (2002-2004)
  • Brandon Chicotsky (2006-2007)
  • Nicole Juneau (2008-2009)
  • Mary Dunn
    Mary Dunn
    Mary Dunn may refer to:*Marie Prevost , Canadian-American actress born Mary Bickford Dunn*Mary Dunn British author who created Lady Blanche Addle*Mary Dunn American Iyengar yoga instructor...

    (2009-2011)

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