At the Texan, a story’s word count is referred to in inches — as in, how many inches of space the story will take up on the page. One inch equals 30 words! A donation in this amount would also cover the cost of a handheld recording device for reporters to use.

We currently have 71 people across 13 departments who are paid for their work. These students are called senior staffers, and many have worked at the Texan multiple semesters.

The Texan began printing in 1900 and will celebrate its 121st anniversary this year.

In addition to the managing editor and editor-in-chief, there were 239 total people working on the Texan's staff last semester.

At minimum, a typical Texan story is 390 words! A donation of this size also covers the cost of a used DSLR camera, allowing more students to participate in the photo and video departments.

Most of our written content, including news articles, opinion columns and sports coverage, is typically around 600 words in length!

When the Texan prints long-form pieces, they typically start at 33 inches, or 990 words.