Topics in this week’s TribCast include the Texas GOP convention, the ongoing back-and-forth between the Perry and White camps, and the near-dissolution of the Big 12 conference.
Elise Hu
Elise Hu was a political reporter at the Tribune, focusing on multimedia projects, from 2009 to 2011. She previously worked as the state political reporter for Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV, from 2006 to 2009. She was recognized by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters three years in a row for her beat reporting on state politics and was named Best TV Reporter Who Can Write by The Austin Chronicle. Before arriving in Austin, she held reporting positions at television stations in Waco; Greenville, S.C.; and Columbia, Mo. She's an evangelist for social media and multimedia journalism — her Political Junkie blog was listed as one of WashingtonPost.com's top Texas political blogs. A native of Plano, she has a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri.
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HuTube: Chicken Suits Never Get Old
Team Rick Perry’s media availability outside Bill White’s Austin headquarters felt more like a pep rally than a press conference.
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The Press Conference Crashers
In our latest HuTube vlog post, we venture to a Team Perry press conference at Bill White’s Austin headquarters. White’s volunteers must have had some advance notice. They came armed with signs, chants — and a guy in a chicken suit — to shout over the governor’s spokesman.
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Demographics
HuTube: Laser Beams to Stop Immigration?
Texas Republican convention-goers not only support Arizona-style immigration laws — some are proposing “laser beams” and “electric wire” to keep more immigrants from crossing the border illegally.
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2010: Carville Protege Joins Team White
Chad Clanton, a Waco-born Democratic consultant and well-known protege of James Carville, has joined the Bill White gubernatorial campaign to “work on a variety of projects … on multiple media channels,” says White spokeswoman Katy Bacon.
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TribLive: Craig Watkins
Evan Smith’s 35-minute interview with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, from the Tribune’s TribLive event series.
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TribLive: Craig Watkins, Full Audio
Full, unedited audio from Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkin’s appearance at the Tribune’s TribLive conversation series on Wednesday. Audio includes questions and answers from the audience.
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White Fires Back Over “Profiteering” Claims
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White denies claims that he financially benefited from an investment in a company that helped in Hurrican Rita cleanup. Video courtesy of Tribune news partner KHOU-TV in Houston.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 32
In this week’s TribCast, the gang’s back together again to talk about Bill White’s release of his tax returns, the upcoming GOP convention and who’s backing the resurgence of the Green Party.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 30
What the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll says about the governor’s race and Texans’ views on public education, etc.
