Today we’re expanding our newsletter family with the launch of Trib+Edu, a twice-monthly product focused on public education that we’re producing in conjunction with UT-Austin’s College of Education.
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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T-Squared: Terri Langford is Our Latest Hire
We’re overjoyed to announce that we’ve lured one of the state’s great investigative reporters back to Texas to cover criminal justice, the courts and the state’s regulatory agencies.
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Video: Perry Talks “Second Chances” on Jimmy Kimmel
Gov. Rick Perry, who’s considering a repeat run for president, went on the Jimmy Kimmel show in Austin on Tuesday night, where he talked about music, marijuana decriminalization and whether he’ll seek the presidency again.
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Belatedly, Cruz Endorses Cornyn
After declining to do so in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday endorsed his Texas colleague John Cornyn, who soundly defeated challenger and U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman on Tuesday night.
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T-Squared: Trib Transparency, Continued
Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been looking for ways to disclose more about the inner workings of the Tribune. Today we’ve taken the next few steps along a continuing path.
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T-Squared: News About Our Newsletters
We’re relaunching our free newsletter on Texas water issues today with a new name, Trib+Water, and a host of new features. Over the next year we’ll roll out a series of similar subject-specific newsletters. Sign up today!
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In CNN Interview, Perry Backs Away From Nugent Comments
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said rocker Ted Nugent’s description of President Obama is “not appropriate language to use for the president of the United States.”
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T-Squared: Total Staffer Moves
We’ve got a series of big staffing moves to report here at the Trib: We’re saying goodbye to a colleague, bumping up a few others and rolling out the welcome mat for a couple of new hires.
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Dan Branch Releases TV Ad on Prayer in School
State Rep. Dan Branch, a Republican candidate for attorney general, released his second TV ad on Tuesday highlighting his role in passing a “Moment of Silence” bill aimed at adding daily prayer or reflection in Texas public schools.
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Livestream: Debra Medina at TribLive
Watch live as Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith interviews Debra Medina, a Republican candidate for comptroller and a Tea Party activist.
