T-Squared: Our Spring Membership Drive Starts ... Now
It's the first day of our spring membership drive, a great time — maybe the best time — to support our nonprofit, nonpartisan digital news organization. Full Story
Evan Smith is a co-founder and senior adviser at The Texas Tribune, where he served as CEO from 2009 to 2022. He’s also a senior adviser at Emerson Collective, where he works closely with the leadership teams of nonprofit news organizations around the country. Previously he spent nearly 18 years at Texas Monthly, stepping down in August 2009 as the magazine’s president and editor in chief. Evan is also the host of “Overheard with Evan Smith,” a weekly half-hour interview program that airs on PBS stations around the country. A native of New York, he is a graduate of Hamilton College and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
It's the first day of our spring membership drive, a great time — maybe the best time — to support our nonprofit, nonpartisan digital news organization. Full Story
Full video of my 4/26 conversation with four state representatives from San Antonio: Democrats Diego Bernal, Ina Minjarez and Justin Rodriguez and Republican Rick Galindo. Full Story
Full video of my 4/21 conversation with Dawn Buckingham, a candidate in the Republican runoff in Senate District 24. Full Story
Tickets for the 2016 Texas Tribune Festival are finally on sale, and we can't wait to tell you about all the amazing people we've confirmed as speakers and the ambitious panels we've pulled together. Full Story
Full video of our 4/13 conversation at Sul Ross State University in Alpine with state Rep. Poncho Nevárez, D-Eagle Pass, and state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio. Full Story
The consequential and accomplished leader of our newsroom, Emily Ramshaw, will take on an expanded set of responsibilities as well as a new title: editor-in-chief. Full Story
Full video of our 3/31 conversation about the Top 10 Percent Rule with Austin ISD Superintendent Paul Cruz, former UT-Austin President Larry Faulkner, and state Reps. Donna Howard, D-Austin, and John Zerwas, R-Richmond. Full Story
Full video of my 3/29 conversation with three members the Texas House who represent Fort Worth: Republicans Craig Goldman and Stephanie Klick and Democrat Ramon Romero Jr. Full Story
Full video of my 3/10 conversation with Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller. Topics discussed: the state of ag, the decline in rural population, fee increases, cupcakes and deep fryers, and making America great again. Full Story
Break out your credit cards and crack open your checkbooks: We're at the halfway point of the 24-hour online fundraising campaign known as Amplify Austin, and we want you to take part. Full Story