Tryouts at The Daily Texan are going on now and run through Sep. 15. We don’t require any journalism experience. Many of our best reporters have walked in to our offices with no newspaper experience. I’m just looking for people who can write clearly and are interested in learning what reporting is all about.

Recent staffers have worked or interned at places like the Texas Tribune, KUT, NPR, the Statesman, the Dallas Morning News, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Texas Observer, the San Antonio Express-News, and Vanity Fair.

The application process requires three separate tryout days when the applicant will receive an assignment that will be published in the next day’s paper. Applications are available in our office in the basement of the Hearst Student Media building.