Type | Student newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
School | Texas Tech University |
Owner(s) | Texas Tech Student Media |
Publisher | Toreador Media |
Editor-in-chief | Marianna Souriall[1] |
News editor | Aynsley Larsen[1] |
Founded | October 3, 1925[2] |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Media & Communication Rotunda, Room 180 Lubbock, Texas 79409 |
Country | United States |
Circulation | 10,000 (daily)[3] |
Website | www |
Free online archives | issuu |
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.