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Evan Smith

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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.

Past Contributions

  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Evan Smith

    Aguilar on the latest skirmish between Texas and the world, Batheja on driving 85, Galbraith on why electricity prices could be doubling, Hamilton on slowing college enrollment, Murphy, Chammah, Swartsell and White tally newspaper endorsements, Philpott looks back at a decade of GOP domination, Ramsey on loose talk about Rick Perry's plans, Rocha has the latest on Planned Parenthood's legal fight, Root on slurs and fists flying over Barack Obama in Lubbock and M. Smith reports from the school finance trial: The best of our best content from Oct. 22-26, 2012. Full Story 

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    Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman

  • TribLive: The Future of Medicare

    By Evan Smith

    Full video of my Monday conversation about the future of Medicare with state Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis and Leo Linbeck III of the Health Care Compact Alliance. Full Story 

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  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Evan Smith

    Aaronson on Medicaid dental fraud, Aguilar on a new railroad line spanning Texas and Mexico, Galbraith on smart-meter angst, Grissom on wannabe Speaker Bryan Hughes, Hamilton on the coming battle over in-state tuition, Murphy maps presidential campaign contributors by Texas ZIP code, Ramsey on Tom DeLay's victories, Ramshaw on the first Davis-Shelton debate, Root on Chuy Hinojosa's mileage miscue and my conversation with three likely incoming Texas House members: The best of our best content from October 8-12, 2012. Full Story 

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    Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman

  • TribuneFest: A Conversation About Educating Latinos

    By Evan Smith

    At the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, New York Times reporter Manny Fernandez talked about educating the emerging Hispanic majority with Sarita Brown of Excelencia in Education, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD Superintendent Daniel King, South Texas College President Shirley Reed and University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet Garcia. Full Story 

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  • TribuneFest: A Conversation About the Future of Water

    By Evan Smith

    At the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, University of Texas at Austin professor Danny Reible talked about the future of water with Rebecca Motal of the Lower Colorado River Authority, Andy Sansom of Texas State University, Amy Hardberger of the Environmental Defense Fund and state Rep. Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio. Full Story 

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