Texas Travesty

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The Texas Travesty is the largest student-produced humor publication in the United States.^{[citation needed]} All production and creative work takes place at The University of Texas at Austin.

The Travesty began in 1997 as an independent, online-only publication by the Butler brothers: Kevin Butler (a former editorial columnist for The Daily Texan) and Brad Butler. Within a year, the publication successfully appealed for inclusion within Texas Student Media (officially named Texas Student Publications), an auxiliary enterprise of the University, which publishes The Daily Texan and produces KVRX and TSTV.

The staff produces six issues each school year, three each long semester. Currently, no formal summer print edition exists, although the final spring issue is larger than any other edition. The publication currently has a print distribution of 25,000 to 30,000, in addition to thousands of online readers.

The Travesty is supported by advertising revenue. As a publication within TSM, the paper shares some revenue and expenses with the general TSM organization. The editor-in-chief holds a non-voting position on the TSM board of directors.

Several of the Travesty's writers and editors have gone on to publish That Other Paper, an alt-weekly in Austin, Texas.

[edit] Awards

Austin Chronicle — Best of Austin

• 2006: Best Local Publication (Readers' Poll)
• 2005: Best Local Publication (Readers' Poll)
• 2004: Best Local Publication (Readers' Poll)
• 2003: Best Parody Newspaper (Critics' Choice)

[edit] Editors

• David Strauss (Summer 2006–present)
• Kristin Hillery (Summer 2005–Spring 2006)
• Todd Ross Nienkerk (Summer 2003–Spring 2005)
• Trevor Rosen (Summer 2001–Spring 2003)
• Ben Stroud (Summer 2000–Spring 2001)
• Brad Butler (Spring 1998–Spring 2000)
• Kevin Butler (Spring 1997–Fall 1998)

[edit] External links

• Texas Travesty