A few minutes from KHOU-TV’s October interview with Farouk Shami, the Houston hair care executive who says he’s going to run for Texas governor as a Democrat. He pledges to spend $10 million from his personal fortune to get the job.
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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Hu Tube: A Tribute to the Developers
This is my tribute to genius django developers H.O., Brandon, Niran, Matt, Chase, Jacob and the rest of the bright minds who made the TT possible.
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Overnight Ninjas: The TT Developers
This is my HuTube tribute to the Texas Tribune developers, who worked nothing short of a miracle to code the site in Django in less than three weeks.
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The Video Brief: November 3, 2009
It’s election day and TT launch day. The video brief features a quick look at the day ahead, each weekday.
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Introducing The Texas Tribune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCnXdR0SmDQ Credit: Elise Hu Texas Tribune donors or members may be quoted or mentioned in our stories, or may be the subject of them. For a complete list of contributors, click here.
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Hu Tube: 3-2-1…
In the spirit of multi-platform journalism, the posts here at Hu Tube will be highly visual. If I don’t have a new video for ya each day, I’ll throw up photos and do some live photoblogging during the election cycle and legislative sessions. Stay tuned.
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The Video Brief: November 2, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZDaStQGY3A Texas Tribune donors or members may be quoted or mentioned in our stories, or may be the subject of them. For a complete list of contributors, click here.
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KBH calls for contribution cap
Waco, TX. October 5, 2009. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison calls for a cap on campaign contributions in Texas. Currently there’s no limit on how much you can give to candidates for state offices, with the exception of judicial races.
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The Maiden Voyage TribCast
Evan Smith, Ross Ramsey, Elise Hu and Ben Philpott take off on the Tribcast journey together for the first time. Topics on the table include: Todd Willingham and how it plays politically, the pile-up among GOP statewides, and Bill White for Governor?
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The (Texas Tribune) Office
Introducing ‘the office’ of The Texas Tribune, a non-profit journalism organization focused on Texas public policy and politics.
