Hannah Lauritzen chosen as new Daily editor-in-chief
Staff Reports A committee of faculty, students and university administrators this week selected Hannah Lauritzen to be the editor-in-chief of the North Texas Daily beginning January. Lauritzen, a digital and
Why we allow profanity in our stories
If you read the North Texas Daily regularly, you may have noticed an uptick in our body copy’s profanity this semester. Through social media, professors, journalists, readers and students have discussed whether it’s appropriate for our newspaper – or any – to run swear words in print or online stories. After reading
Nobody has time for a media conspiracy
Donald Trump just had the worst week of his presidential campaign and claims of a world-wide news media conspiracy to get Hillary Clinton elected are at an all-time high. Cries that “the media” are a terrible mass aiming to corrupt conservatives is nothing new, but this latest outcry underscores just
Facts first, opinions later: media literacy works for everyone
The Editorial Board Online journalism, in the politically polarized world in which we live, has its equal share of pros and cons. On the positive side, it’s a wonderful way to circulate news since print newspapers have declined. The dawn of social networking superseded the casual reader’s necessity for print,
A final letter from the editor
Harrison Long | Editor-in-Chief @HarrisonGLong The long, hot summer Three short months ago, I took the position of editor-in-chief of the North Texas Daily. The journey has been more arduous and challenging than I could have ever imagined at the onset, but I have found that the most rewarding experiences
What will the history books say about millennials?
The Editorial Board Despite the challenges plaguing the world this summer – whether it’s been police brutality, anti-LGBT hate crimes or terrorist attacks – we are currently members of a generation surrounded by innovation. Since Generation Y is the last to remember a technology-lite childhood, as opposed to now where
Letter from the editor: It’s really been a year already?
Nicholas Friedman | Editor-in-Chief @NMFreed After more than 20 years, I was the first North Texas Daily editor to stay on for a full school year. It was a scary thought at first, but I grew into it, and I think it all worked out. Don’t you? We told a
Panama Papers just the tip of the iceberg
The Editorial Board Sunday, April 3 did not begin with the promise of anything out of the ordinary. The presidential race was as much of a train wreck as it had been for the last eight months, Villanova was gearing up to play No. 1 ranked North Carolina the following
On the possibility of time travel
Preston Mitchell | Staff Writer @Presto_Mitch In 1916, Einstein defined gravitational waves as ripples through space and time. It was the final postulation to be proven in his famed theory of relativity. 100 years later, his thoughts have now been confirmed. On Sept. 14, 2015, two black holes collided a
We’re an open forum, write us a letter
The Editorial Board Recently, there has been a sort of backlash following the publication of a piece titled “Letter: Don’t do the Fry Street Crawl.” It was penned by criminologist Dexter Simpson on behalf of the McMillan family and its legal team regarding the shooting death of Ryan McMillan on Fry Street. The letter
