Friends of The Battalion is a non-profit organization formed in the summer of 2019 to help stabilize the financial viability of the student-run newspaper at Texas A&M University. Membership is open to everyone who supports student journalism, objective reporting and civil discourse, including non-journalists and non-Aggies. Former staffers look back to their days at The Battalion as the springboar
d to their widely varied careers. Like all publications, The Battalion is facing difficult challenges in increasing costs, deep budgets cuts, dwindling advertising revenue and transitions to the digital age while maintaining its journalistic excellence.The Battalion is currently a national finalist for daily newspaper of the year by two different organizations, as it has been for three of the past five years and was named Newspaper of the Year in 2015-16 by the College Media Association. Traditionally, students have been paid small salaries for their work. Many students rely on this income, and if they don’t have it, they may have to find part-time employment elsewhere and are unable to practice their craft and pursue their profession. There is no longer a professional advertising manager, and without that position, the Battalion is now only publishing once a week. Friends of the Battalion believe we must reverse this trend, and we ask you to join our efforts by making a tax-deductible donation today.
