Travis Swicegood, Author at The Texas Tribune

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Travis Swicegood

Travis Swicegood was the first News Apps and Data Editor, where he worked from 2010 to 2014. He previously spent nearly a decade and a half in the technology industry with a focus on the web. Originally from El Paso, he has worked for startups targeting everything from electronic medical records to customer relationship management to social networks. He came to the Tribune after a year and a half of running his own consulting company that focused on helping not-for-profits and political activists use technology to expand their reach. Before joining the Tribune, he led the technology department as Director of Technology and spearheaded development efforts on the Tribune's Armstrong Project, a Knight Foundation-funded project to create an open source news platform.

State Government

News App: Tracking the Status of House Bills

By Ross Ramsey and Travis SwicegoodMay 8, 2013

Most of the legislation filed this session by members of the Texas House never made it out of committee. This new app tells you the number of bills filed, referred to committee and left, forever, in committee after the deadline passed.

State Government

From “Oops” to Cruz, An Election Timeline

By Ross Ramsey and Travis SwicegoodNov. 22, 2012

With apologies to Charles Dickens, this was an election cycle marked by the worst of candidates and the best of candidates. This is our rendering — our timeline — of the progression from Gov. Rick Perry’s remarkably unsuccessful campaign for president to U.S. Sen.-elect Ted Cruz’s surprising political debut.

State Government

Interactive: Bill Tracker for the 83rd Session

By Ryan Murphy and Travis SwicegoodNov. 13, 2012

Bill filing for the 83rd legislative session kicked off on Monday, and lawmakers filed more than 250 bills on the first day alone. The Tribune has retooled last session’s bill tracker and put it to work, pulling in all the legislation that’s been filed so far for 2013.