The Daily Toreador informs, employs students

Toreador Media, located on the first floor of the Media & Communication building Rotunda, is home to the primary sources of news at Texas Tech: the dailytoreador.com website; The Daily Toreador print edition; Raider Life; Raiderland; the Housing Guide; and, twice each year, Finals Frenzy.

These publications are important to life at Tech.

Student learning is a primary focus of Toreador Media, which operates as part of the College of Media & Communication. Students are provided an opportunity to use knowledge gained in the classroom in the practical setting to produce daily content pertaining to campus and local news, sports and entertainment.

Many Toreador Media students are Media & Communication majors, but students from all disciplines can work for Toreador Media.

All publications, productions and broadcasts are outsideof-the-classroom learning activities and are studentrun, meaning student editors oversee content and personnel decisions.

Toreador Media employs 30-50 students each semester as print and multimedia staffers, editors, reporters, photographers, videographers and graphic designers. Volunteer columnists and cartoonists round out the student newsroom team.

Toreador Media advisers enter student-produced work in national, state and regional collegiate media contests. Last year, The Daily Toreador won awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (including the publication’s first Gold Crown Award, the highest recognition distributed by the CSPA in recognition of overall excellence), the Associated Collegiate Press, Texas Managing Editors and the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.

The Daily Toreador

First printed in 1925 as The Toreador, The Daily Toreador is an official student publication designated by the Tech Board of Regents to serve as a medium of mass communication for the campus community and to provide practical experience for students interested in media and communications.

As an independent media outlet serving the Tech community, The Daily Toreador maintains professional standards and ethics, reflecting the best in American journalism.

During the fall and spring semesters, The DT publishes daily online at www.dailytoreador.com and on social media via Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

The publication also distributes 7,000 copies of its once-a-month print issue in racks located throughout the Tech campus.

During the summer sessions, The DT publishes daily online and produces several specialty publications. The Toreador is one of the oldest student organizations on campus, having published its first edition just hours after Tech’s first football game on Oct. 3, 1925. Toreador Media is gearing up to celebrate The Daily Toreador’s own centennial during the fall semester of 2025.

The Newsroom Newsroom student staffers work as reporters, editors, columnists, graphic designers and photojournalists who cover a wide range of topics – from news about city government to campus administration, feature stories pertaining to campus, Tech sports, and opinions on subjects of interest to the campus community. Digital Media

The Daily Toreador’s website, www.dailytoreador. com, offers breaking news, photos, videos and timely content beyond that printed in the monthly newspaper. The publication also distributes content daily on social media.

What you need to know

Follow The DT on Twitter @DailyToreador.

Follow The DT on Instagram @DailyToreador.

Like The DT on Facebook.

The DT staff delivers new content daily and can be found online at www.dailytoreador.com.

The DT’s printed ver- sion is available at no cost on racks located throughout campus. The DT regularly prints once a month when classes are in session in the fall and spring semesters.

DT distribution sites include:

• Student Union Building

• Academic buildings

• Toreador Media offices, CoMC’s Room 180

• Rec Center

• Library

• Administration building

• Health Sciences Center

• Law School

• Starbucks on University Avenue and Mac Davis Lane

Work for Toreador Media

Any student interested in journalism or related studies, photography/videography, or graphic design should work for Toreador Media, regardless of major. Toreador Media employs staff members from majors all across campus. Working for Toreador Media gives students valuable experience that can be applied to any industry, whether it’s effective communication skills, working with varied personalities; working as a journalist, photo/videographer or editor; or gaining leadership and management skills. Apply at any time at www.dailytoreador.com, click on Work for Us and attach a resume and, if possible, work samples.

If you have questions, email the editor-in-chief, Marianna Souriall, at msourial@ttu.edu or call 806-7423393.