Over the next year, we’ll investigate whether local corruption, a revolving door of criminals, and our nation’s thirst for drugs and cheap labor put the border region at risk. But we need your help to do it.
Emily Ramshaw
Emily Ramshaw was the editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune from 2016 to 2020. During her tenure, the Tribune — billed “one of the nonprofit news sector’s runaway success stories” — won a Peabody Award, several national Murrow Awards and top honors from the Online News Association.
Before joining the Tribune in 2010 as one of its founding reporters, Ramshaw spent six years at The Dallas Morning News, where she broke national stories about sexual abuse inside Texas’ youth lock-ups, reported from inside a West Texas polygamist compound and uncovered “fight clubs” inside state institutions for the disabled. The Texas APME named Ramshaw its 2008 star reporter of the year. In 2016, she was named to the board of the Pulitzer Prizes.
A native of Washington, D.C., and the product of two journalist parents, Ramshaw graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 with dual degrees in journalism and American history.
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TribCast
TribCast: “Sanctuary Cities” and Red Meat Troubles
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Jay, Julián and Aman about Gov. Greg Abbott’s sanctuary cities message to Dallas, Texas’ reaction to new cancer warnings about red meat and the latest on the Planned Parenthood investigations.
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T-Squared: Stars in our Eyes
Today we launch Starstruck, the Trib’s first fully immersive multimedia experience. It combines breathtaking timelapse video, sweeping photography and take-you-there audio — and represents a seismic shift in our storytelling.
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TribCast: Planned Parenthood and Castro’s VP Chatter
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks with Ross, Alexa and Patrick about the state’s move to defund Planned Parenthood, Hillary Clinton’s Texas endorsements, and the vice presidential chatter around HUD Secretary and former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro.
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TribCast: Live from the 2015 Texas Tribune Festival
Check out the 2015 Texas Tribune Festival’s live recording of the TribCast, featuring our presidential podcast (The Ticket 2016), Reveal (a program from the Center for Investigative Reporting) and some extra special guests.
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TribCast: Campus “Dildo” Carry and Clinton’s Texas Swing
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Aman about UT’s phallic protest against campus carry, Hillary Clinton’s big week in Texas and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s interim agenda.
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Politics
Video: God & Governing at the LBJ Presidential Library
Watch Tribune Editor Emily Ramshaw interview state Reps. David Simpson, R-Longview; Donna Howard, D-Austin; James White, R-Woodville; and Celia Israel, D-Austin on the role faith plays in the legislative process.
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TribCast: God & Government, Dewhurst’s Debt and Texas Textbooks
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Jay about the Trib’s God & Governing documentary project, former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s looming campaign debt and the flap over Texas textbooks.
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T-Squared: Devotion Under the Dome
God. Governing. At the Texas Capitol, the two seem intrinsically linked. It’s why we’ve spent months interviewing dozens of elected officials and scouring hours of legislative footage to produce a first-of-its-kind documentary project, “God & Governing.”
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TribCast: Curtains for Carly, Cruz’s Washington Week
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about presidential candidates’ support in Texas, Ted Cruz’s Planned Parenthood politics in Washington and what the speaker’s race means for Texas’ congressional delegation.
