The Daily Toreador

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The Daily Toreador
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Front page of The Daily Toreador
Type Student newspaper
Format Broadsheet
School Texas Tech University
Owner(s)Texas Tech Student Media
PublisherToreador Media
Editor-in-chiefMarianna Souriall [1]
News editorAynsley Larsen [1]
FoundedOctober 3, 1925;98 years ago (1925-10-03) [2]
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Media & Communication Rotunda, Room 180
Lubbock, Texas 79409
CountryUnited States
Circulation 10,000 (daily) [3]
Website www.dailytoreador.com
Free online archives issuu.com/toreador

The Daily Toreador, also known as The DT, is the student newspaper of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The newspaper was first published in 1925 as The Toreador and later changed its name to The University Daily before arriving at the current name in 2005. All content for The DT is produced by a staff around 40 members including editors, reporters and photographers. The DT has received numerous regional and national awards, including a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold crown award, two Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver crown awards, and two Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award finalists. As well, the paper counts five Pulitzer Prizes and four winners amongst its former staff members.

Contents

History

1925-1966: The Toreador

On October 3, 1925, two days after classes began at Texas Technological College, the first issue of The Toreador was published. [4] The chosen name of the publication was explained in the first issue relevant to the Spanish Renaissance architecture of the campus buildings and unofficial moniker of the football team:

It is well known, of course, that in the favorite sport of Spain and Old Mexico, the 'toreador' is an assistant to the 'matador,' or bull fighter—an aggravation you might say. So when the name Matador was suggested in keeping with the Spanish architecture and design of the college buildings, nothing seemed more appropriate as a name for the student publication an The Toreador. And we might add that it is our intention to have the name retain its full meaning, for we expect it to be one of the strongest supporters of the Tech Matadors. Therefore when The Toreador announces that the Matadors are ready to 'kill,' you may depend upon it.

— The Toreador Vol. 1, No. 1 [5]

In 1929, The Toreador hosted a contest to create a new school song, with a prize 25 dollar prize offered to the winner. The final result was The Matador Song written by the R.C. Marshall, the editor of the 1931 La Ventana. [6] [7]

During World War II, the newspaper format of The Toreador was reduced in size to tabloid format, and publication was reduced from semi-weekly to weekly. [8]

In 1962, the name of newspaper changed to The Daily Toreador reflecting the increased frequency in publication. [9]

1966-2005: The University Daily

To represent a change in size format from tabloid to broadsheet, the newspaper debuted its new name The University Daily, on September 20, 1966, three years prior to the name change of Texas Technological College to Texas Tech University. [10] [11]

2005-present: The Daily Toreador

To coincide with its 80th anniversary in 2005, the name was reverted to The Daily Toreador. [11] Following the Rawls College of Business move to a new building in 2012, the College of Media & Communication and Student Media relocated to the old Business Administration building. [12] [13]

Circulation

The newspaper prints 10,000 issues on Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters and Tuesdays during summer sessions, and has around 2,000 to 5,000 unique visitors per day to its website, continually making it one of the top-25 read college newspapers in the nation. [14]

Awards

Associated Collegiate Press

Columbia Scholastic Press Association


Editorial staff

Although two advisers watch over the operations of the newspaper, the day-to-day decisions for the newspaper rest on the student staff. The advisers choose not to restrict the content that is placed in the paper, but instead make suggestions and give advice to the editorial board.

Current

Advertising staff

Current

Professional staff

Current

Notable alumni

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
NameClass yearFormer positionNotabilityRefs
Frank Bass 1985 1988 Pulitzer Prize, General News Reporting, Alabama Journal, 1996 Outstanding Alumni Recipient [22] [23] [24]
Dennis Copeland 1977Photographer 1985 Pulitzer Prize, Spot News Photography, The Register, 1993 Pulitzer Prize, Public Service Award, The Miami Herald, 1995 Outstanding Alumni Recipient [24] [25]
Michael J. Crook 1983News editorNews editor, reporter, 1993 Pulitzer Prize, Public Service Award, The Miami Herald [26] [27]
Marshall Formby 1932Editor-in-chief Texas State Senator, radio station owner, and attorney. 1981 Outstanding Alumni Recipient [24] [28] [29]
Thomas Jay Harris 1938Associate editorNews Editor at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, and namesake of the Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication, 1983 Outstanding Alumni Recipient. [24] [30] [31] [32]
Charles E. Maple 1954Business managerJournalist, Chamber of Commerce member, State Parks System Administrator [33]
Jeff Klotzman 1976Sports editor KJTV-TV News Director, 2002 Outstanding Alumni Recipient [24] [34]
Robert Montemayor 1975Editor-in-chief1978 George Polk Award, Local Reporting, Dallas Times Herald, 1984 Pulitzer Prize, Public Service Award, Los Angeles Times, 1984 Outstanding Alumni Recipient [24] [35] [36] [37]
Winston Reeves 1938PhotographerLubbock and West Texas photographer whose 60,000 pictures were donated to the Southwest Collections/Special Collections Library in 1996. [38]
Tod Roberson 1981 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Editorial Writing, Dallas Morning News, 2011 Outstanding Alumni Recipient [39] [40] [41]
Dirk West 1952CartoonistCreator of Raider Red; elected mayor of Lubbock in 1978. [42] [43]

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