Joining us from The Des Moines Register, Nic will oversee reporters based in Lubbock, Lufkin and elsewhere. Theyโll cover the impact of state policies across Texasโ diverse communities.
T-Squared
T-Squared is an occasional series about the inner workings of The Texas Tribune.
T-Squared: Meet our Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism fellows for 2022-23
The yearlong fellowship will support work by photojournalist Evan LโRoy and breaking news reporters William Melhado and Reese Oxner.
T-Squared: Alana Rocha is joining the Institute for Nonprofit News
In nearly a decade at The Texas Tribune, Alana has been a multimedia innovator and a leader of our fellowships and partnerships. She will be missed.
T-Squared: Natalia Contreras is joining Votebeat and the Tribune to cover election administration in Texas
Her nonpartisan reporting will focus on voting access and the nuts and bolts of how elections are run, including early and mail-in voting, voter registration and election security.
T-Squared: David Pasztor is named senior editor and writing coach
Our most experienced editor, David will edit narratives centered around a person or place and coach our journalists on the storytelling craft.
T-Squared: Hereโs the next batch of confirmed speakers at #TribFest22
Hillary Clinton, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Anthony Fauci, Will Hurd, Lina Hidalgo, Andrew Yang, Katy Tur, Asa Hutchinson, Jasmine Crockett and Walter Isaacson are among the big names on our amazing program. Get your tickets before the price goes up tonight!
T-Squared: John Hernandez is joining The Texas Tribune as our assistant director of audience
He will relentlessly advocate for our existing audience and work to reach the Texans who do not yet know about us.
T-Squared: Weโre making progress toward The Texas Tribuneโs staff diversity goals
Our efforts are paying off but we have work to do to ensure that our mission-driven, nonpartisan newsroom is as diverse as it should be.
T-Squared: Lucy Tompkins is joining us as a New York Times Headway fellow
A Montana native and a former Fulbright fellow, Lucy will cover housing and homelessness in Texas in the second year of her two-year fellowship.
T-Squared: Tickets for The Texas Tribune Festival are on sale now
Join us in Austin from Sept. 22-24 for our biggest and best ideas weekend ever. The 30 speakers weโre announcing today are only a hint of what we have planned.

