If the calamity and catastrophe of the last year taught us anything, it’s that we must do more to ensure our newsroom resembles Texas — and our journalism better reflects the communities we cover.
Corrie MacLaggan
Corrie MacLaggan worked at The Texas Tribune from 2013 to 2021, as a demographics reporter, news editor and then managing editor. Previously, the Austin native worked as a national correspondent for Reuters, writing and editing stories about Texas and nearby states and overseeing a network of freelance writers. Before joining Reuters, she covered Texas government and politics for the Austin American-Statesman, writing about everything from gubernatorial races to food stamp application backlogs. She spent her first year at the Statesman writing for the newspaper's weekly Spanish-language publication. She has also worked in Mexico City, where she wrote for publications including the Miami Herald's Mexico edition, Latin Trade magazine and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Her first reporting job was at the El Paso Times. Corrie is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied journalism and Spanish.
Posted in
T-Squared
T-Squared: Introducing our summer 2021 student fellows
These incredible students — who will join us from Texas and across the country — will spend the summer working in one of these areas of our newsroom: audience engagement, data visuals, engineering, events, marketing and communications, multimedia, photography or reporting.
Posted in
T-Squared
T-Squared: Our new women’s health reporter and copy editor
Shannon Najmabadi will cover women’s health at The Texas Tribune, and Emily Goldstein is our new staff copy editor.
Posted inState Government
T-Squared: Meet our new Houston reporter and our new audience analyst
Mitchell Ferman joins The Texas Tribune in March as our first Houston-based reporter, covering energy and the economy. Jon Garza is the latest addition to our audience team.
Posted in
Demographics
T-Squared: The Texas Tribune’s 2020 diversity report
We’ve made progress, but there’s more work we can do to ensure our newsroom resembles Texas — and our journalism is as good as it can be.
Posted in
Demographics
Revisit some of The Texas Tribune’s best stories of 2019
Our reporters crisscrossed the Texas Capitol and traveled to the Panhandle and East Texas — as well as the Netherlands and Honduras — to tell stories about the state’s politics, people and places. From a story on a migrant’s desperate journey to a look at how coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land, here is a selection of their best work of the year.
Posted in
T-Squared
T-Squared: Meet our new Dallas-based urban affairs reporter
Juan Pablo Garnham, who has 14 years of experience as a reporter, editor and journalism teacher in Latin America and the United States, starts at The Texas Tribune on June 3.
Posted in
Politics
The Texas Tribune’s most-read stories of 2018
No surprise: Our audience was drawn to our reporting on the U.S. Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke. And our most-read story of 2018 let readers know how they could help migrant children at the border.
Posted in
T-Squared
T-Squared: Meet our two newest hires
The latest additions to the Texas Tribune team — a photographer and an engineer, both with deep Texas ties — will help us enhance our visual storytelling.
Posted inState Government
Now on the books: What Texas’ newest laws mean for you
This year, new laws went into effect in Texas that do everything from lowering fees for handgun licenses to requiring seat belts on new school buses. Learn more about the state’s newest laws.