T-Squared: Robert Downen wins Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism
He was honored, along with Mike Hixenbaugh and Antonia Hylton of NBC News, for their coverage of Texas politics. Full Story
Sewell Chan joined The Texas Tribune as editor in chief in October 2021. Previously he was a deputy managing editor and then the editorial page editor at the Los Angeles Times, where he oversaw coverage that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2021. Chan worked at the New York Times from 2004 to 2018, as a metro reporter, Washington correspondent, deputy Op-Ed editor and international news editor. He began his career as a local reporter at the Washington Post in 2000. A child of immigrants, Chan was the first in his family to graduate from college. He has a degree in social studies from Harvard and a master's in political science from Oxford, where he studied on a British Marshall scholarship. He serves on the boards of the Columbia Journalism Review, Freedom House, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Texas Lyceum. He was elected to the board of the Pulitzer Prizes in 2022 and joined the national judging panel of the Livingston Awards in 2023.
He was honored, along with Mike Hixenbaugh and Antonia Hylton of NBC News, for their coverage of Texas politics. Full Story
We were recognized — along with our partners ProPublica and FRONTLINE — for our investigation into the law enforcement response to the 2022 mass school at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. Full Story
AP will distribute Tribune articles to its members. The Tribune will have access to AP’s immigration and Texas stories. Full Story
Through this partnership, we’ll analyze immigration and politics along the U.S.-Mexico border. Full Story
He’s covered state government for the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News since 2021. Full Story
In 2024, we’ll be throwing the weight of The Texas Tribune behind listening closely to Texans about their lives and communities and how they engage in public life. Full Story
We came up with an “engagement score” to determine our most viewed and read articles of the year. Full Story
The Trust Project’s eight Trust Indicators are the first major global transparency standard for news. They include honesty, accuracy and fairness; owning up to mistakes; disclosure of our funding; and details on our journalists’ expertise. Full Story
Over 12,000 Texas Tribune members accounted for more than $1 million of the organization’s revenue this year — a milestone. Small and recurring donations make our work possible. Full Story
At the annual conference of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, two Republican lawmakers described how government officials fail to meet transparency requirements. Full Story