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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

    Aaronson and Ramshaw map West Nile incidence by county, Aguilar on early applicants for deferred action, Batheja on emerging plans for a bullet train, Grissom on the latest in the Larry Swearingen case, Hamilton on the College Station shooting, Murphy maps the stunningly noncompetitive general election, Ramsey on why property taxes are politically dangerous to mess with, Root on alleged improprieties by a Capitol staffer, M. Smith on public ed personnel cuts and Tan on questions about the state-run Women's Health Program: The best of our best content from Aug. 13-17, 2012. Full Story 

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  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Evan Smith

    Our runoff night scoreboard and liveblog and our updated election brackets, Murphy maps county-by-county U.S. Senate results, Batheja on Ted Cruz's historic victory, Rasmey on David Dewhurst's uncomfortable homecoming, Aguilar on speculation about Julián Castro's future, Aaronson interactively examines the Medicaid dental program, Galbraith talks climate change with Al Armendariz, Hamilton on Texas A&M's new research fund, Ramshaw on the state's incoming commissioner of health and M. Smith on anti-abortion summer camp: The best of our best content from July 30 to Aug. 3, 2012. Full Story 

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  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Evan Smith

    Aaronson on the crackdown on barratry, Batheja on the scant differences between Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst, Grissom on a newsmaking trial's new venue, Hamilton on the UVA-UT parallels, Ramsey on corporate political giving and disclosure, Ramshaw and Luthra on what constitutional health reform means for Texas, my interview with three presidential campaign strategists, M. Smith on San Antonio's plan for full-day pre-K and Part 5 of Tan's series on family planning: The best of our best from June 25-28, 2012. Full Story 

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    Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman