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Welcome to The Texas Tribune

by Evan Smith
November 2, 2009  |  19

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And so it begins.

The last nine weeks — from the moment we started discussing how our many ideas for The Texas Tribune would be rendered digitally to the wee hours of the morning of Tuesday, November 3, when we flipped the switch and went live — have been something else. We've put in extremely long nights and worked incredibly hard, challenged basic and not-so-basic assumptions, invented countless wheels and reinvented others, and ended up here. If this has been the roller-coaster ride of myth and cliche, we've spent much of the early part of the fall strapped in, hands ...

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Comments (19)

  • pjsilver wrote on 11/3/2009 7:36 a.m.

    Often I get frustrated with journalism that does an excellent job in revealing a problem without taking a little time to tell the reader what they can do about it. For example it is relatively easy to write about corruption, bias and favoritism, but rarely are we educated about the remedies.

    I request that you put this issue on your radar.

    Do we want your candidates to be free from the need and fear of special interests; and spending their time focusing on the public's business, not fundraising?

    The Fair Elections Now Act (HR 1826) would create publicly funded campaigns to help neutralize the influence of special interests in manipulating public policy. So far there are 110 Co-sponsors including Rep John Larson, Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and Rep Chris Van Hollen, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. But there are only 6 of the 32 Texan Congresspeople signed on.

    Thanks and good luck with your new venture,
    Paul Silver
    On the Board of Common Cause of Texas

  • sarahbird wrote on 11/3/2009 8:10 a.m.

    Even better than expected! Bravo, Sarah

  • aknaupe wrote on 11/3/2009 8:40 a.m.

    Good luck, gang--I am thrilled and excited about watching your success. You're on to something really great!

    ---Allison Knaupe
    Fellow Texan and Admirer

  • arbertholf wrote on 11/3/2009 8:40 a.m.

    This is, as promised, very exciting. Bated breath time over: we are exhaling. Congratulations!

  • Randall wrote on 11/3/2009 9:19 a.m.

    Congratulaions, guys! I agree, this looks much better than I hoped for. I'm already making the trib my home page.

    Good luck.. Godspeed.

  • thompson wrote on 11/3/2009 9:43 a.m.

    Congrats! Looking sharp in your black and yellow tuxedo.

  • tinaintexas wrote on 11/3/2009 9:44 a.m.

    Wow. The anticipation was killing me and you've met and exceeding my expectations. Well worth the wait. Congrats to all involved.

  • jbiundo wrote on 11/3/2009 9:53 a.m.

    In the burning building of journalism, it's exciting to see something like the Tribune emerging. Good luck, and the site looks great so far.

  • hcookaustin wrote on 11/3/2009 9:57 a.m.

    damn, turns out the Tribune sucks! Just kidding - I wanted to say something that destroyed your view of what your comments policy would result in.

    Meanwhile, great job - I wrote about it on my site this morning. (which I guess can be reached by clicking on my name? We'll all find out together I guess!)

  • cakuffner wrote on 11/3/2009 10 a.m.

    Nice job. I'm looking forward to roaming the grounds, as you say. But before I do that, where are all the RSS feeds? I've been trying to add subscriptions in Google Reader, and it's not finding any feeds, nor can I find a directory of them. Help? Thanks.

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