Founded in 1871 as the Democratic Statesman, the Austin, Texas, newspaper became the Austin Statesman in 1904 after buying several smaller publications.
Owned by the same company since 1924, the Statesman and Austin American combined in 1973 to become the Austin American-Statesman. In 1966, the paper covered the story of University of Texas at Austin (UT) student and former Marine Charles Whitman, who killed 17 people, including himself, and injured 31 others in a shooting that took place largely from a central tower on the university campus. Dewitt C. Reddick, director of the UT School of Journalism nominated the paper's coverage for a Pulitzer Prize.
From the description of Austin American-Statesman Pulitzer Prize Nomination Scrapbook, 1966-1977 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 744629025
