Friends of the Battalion

Friends of the Battalion Friends of The Battalion began to promote the long-term sustainability of The Battalion student news Currently almost none of the workers are paid..

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 springboard 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.

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09/14/2026

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Henry Metz (University of Pennsylvania), Seyun Park (Duke University), and Ian Curtis (Texas A&M) are the winners of this year's awards.

08/31/2026
Howdy, Ags! Fish camp just ended and The Batt’s fearless leader Sara Gonzales is getting ready for Fall Semester. The B...
07/23/2026

Howdy, Ags! Fish camp just ended and The Batt’s fearless leader Sara Gonzales is getting ready for Fall Semester. The Batt Cave, (home to Student Media in the MSC basement) is getting a little love with some needed patching and painting. Think we can show our students a whole lotta love by donating some things on their Wish List? Actually it’s more like a Needs List as they don’t have any budget for these items.

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