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We collected about $3.7 million — a 99 percent increase over 2010 — and finished the year a couple hundred thousand dollars ahead of plan. Fingers crossed: 2012 should be better than break-even.

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So much for the terrible twos. In our second full year in operation, the traffic to our site — measured by unique visitors, visits and page views — was pretty terrific.

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Our success so far is a by-product of your generosity — so if you love the Trib, if you appreciate and respect what we do every day and why we do it, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible donation.

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Sorry to report that our editor, Mark Miller, is leaving us to return to New York and a job with his old employer, sort of. Happy to report that the magnificently talented Emily Ramshaw will take the TT reins.

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Yep, today's the second anniversary of our launch — and we're grateful, proud, etc. Here's a snapshot of how we're doing.

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Today we begin a four-day effort to sign up as many new members and renew as many old ones as possible — and in doing so, help fund our great reporting and our innovative use of technology. Won't you support us?

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We are less than 24 hours away from the first-ever Texas Tribune Festival. It would be a wicked understatement to say we're excited.

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Another month, another new traffic record for the Tribune. And we did it while sweating through the hottest August in Austin history.

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The Trib has been honored with a Knight-Batten Award for our innovative use and presentation of data, which the judges called "fundamental to its journalism." We couldn't have said it any better.

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We've been saying all along that the Trib is unbiased and transparent — but now you don't have to take our word for it.

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Perrypedia is a curated, one-stop location for news and information on Rick Perry.

Yes, we know Rick Perry isn't a declared candidate for president — yet. But on the theory that it's better to be prepared than not, we've created a one-stop, curated home for data and information on all things Perry. It's called Perrypedia.

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Got photos of the great Texas drought of 2011 or a massive wildfire? Video of Rick Perry or Ron Paul on the hustings? We've got a place for it: the Trib's new multimedia Tumblr.

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...Karen Wood, who also won in April, making her our first repeat winner. Can you keep her from claiming the July QRANK:TT prize, whose estimated value is $800?

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Put another way: Our traffic in the first six months of 2011 was 2.5 times what it was in the equivalent period last year. Blame the legislative session, yes — but as I've said before, this thing is working.

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Congrats, "acw": You're our QRANK:TT winner for May, with a score of 112,218 points. And now on to our June game, in which the fabulous prize you're competing for is...