The Temple Daily Telegram
Sharing a partnership with its community Sue Mayborn
President, Editor and Publisher
The Temple Daily Telegram, a Texas “Newsroom of the Year.” The Temple Daily Telegram is a committed partner to its readers, its advertisers and its community. As evidence of this commitment look no further than the recent statewide awards in which The Telegram received 11 statewide journalism awards and was named a Texas “Newsroom of the Year” by the Texas Association of Managing Editors. “We have a strong commitment to the communities we serve,” said Sue Mayborn, the Telegram’s Editor and Publisher. “We work daily to bring you the news that is important to your daily lives. It is our job to present the information
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to you fairly and accurately.” Local officials and civic leaders appreciate the role the newspaper plays as it strives to cover the news in Temple, Belton and the surrounding area with a comprehensive report in print and online. More often than not, the Telegram is the only news media present for city council meetings, school board meetings, Temple College trustee meetings, county commissioners meetings, high school games and other events. The Telegram has expanded regional coverage through FME
News Service – a joint initiative with the Killeen Daily Herald. Combined, the two newspapers have the region’s largest news gathering operation. The newspapers also collaborate to publish Tex Appeal Magazine. The bi-monthly publication is distributed in each newspaper and also is available at dozens of Bell County locations. The Telegram print edition reaches a large audience that includes an estimated readership of 23,000 daily and 26,000 on Sunday. The Telegram continues to invest in its website. The Telegram’s website, tdtnews.com, received over 9 million page views last year. It features local news, sports and entertainment along with an electronic version of the print edition and more than 240,000 archived articles and photos available to subscribers. The site was recognized as the “Online Newspaper of the Year” two years in a row by the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors.
