Elise Hu Reporter
Elise Hu is a political reporter who focuses on multimedia projects at the Tribune. She previously worked as the state political reporter for Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV, from 2006 to 2009. She was recognized by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters three years in a row for her beat reporting on state politics and was named Best TV Reporter Who Can Write by The Austin Chronicle. Before arriving in Austin, she held reporting positions at television stations in Waco; Greenville, S.C.; and Columbia, Mo. She's an evangelist for social media and multimedia journalism — her Political Junkie blog was listed as one of WashingtonPost.com's top Texas political blogs. A native of Plano, she has a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri.
ehu@texastribune.org
512-716-8616
Recent Contributions
VIDEO: The Texas Tribune Guided Site Tour
TX Gov. Rick Perry Stump Speech Pop-Up Video
Governor Rick Perry is the subject of the latest video in our Stump Interrupted series, which marries trivia bubbles with purposely newsless stump speeches. In this installment, Perry's late-October address to the Lake Travis Republican Women's Club gets, well, interrupted.
Full StoryStump Interrupted: Rick Perry (Part One)
Stump Interrupted: Rick Perry (Part Two)
Texas Tribune Guided Site Tour, Overview
Elise Hu takes you on a quick tour of The Texas Tribune site -- so you can get the most out of your visit.
Eager to impress partygoers with your knowledge of Texas politics and policy? Wondering how to wring every last bit of information out of The Texas Tribune? Our handy video tour (and the quick explainers here) should help.
Full StoryStump Interrupted: Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison Stump Speech Pop-Up Video
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is the first to get her stump speech interrupted by The Texas Tribune.
Remember VH1's "Pop-up Video"? We loved it, too. It inspired us to launch a new feature we call Stump Interrupted, a twist on the traditional stump speech. U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is the first to get the S.I. treatment. We take her seven-minute monologue from a Waco campaign event and put it into context.
Full StoryVIDEO:Texas Democratic Party Chair on Chuck Hopson
The Video Brief: November 6, 2009
VIDEO Texas Disabled Students Restrained in School
Jennifer Howson, 21, was restrained dozens of times at her school in the northeast Texas town of Kemp, often sustaining scrapes, bruises and black eyes.
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