Texas Student Media

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Texas Student Media (officially named Texas Student Publications) is an auxiliary enterprise of The University of Texas at Austin and the largest student media operation in the United States.

1 Media properties
- 1.1 A comprehensive list of TSP's media properties
2 Board of Operating Trustees
3 Board Presidents
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Media properties

The Daily Texan is the most significant of TSP's properties. With a daily print circulaion of 28,000 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.^[1]

[edit] A comprehensive list of TSP's media properties

The Daily Texan, the most award-winning college newspaper in the United States.
The Texas Travesty, the college humor publication with the largest circulation in the United States.
K09VR (TSTV), one of few FCC-licensed student-managed television stations in the country.
Cactus Yearbook, the school's yearbook.
KVRX-FM, one of the few completely student-run college radio stations in the US.
Longhorn Living .org, the first student-created housing and apartment search engine for all University of Texas students.
DT Weekend, The Daily Texan's weekly entertainment resource

[edit] 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 Board of Regents. The Board also appoints the Director of Student Media, who oversees the daily business functions of TSM. 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.