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Who is Greg Abbott?
Texans still don’t know enough about the man who aspires to replace Rick Perry
By Richard Parker Jul 24, 2013 at 02:50 PM
AUSTIN, TX -- He is the chosen one. The frontrunner. The presumptive nominee, and even the likely next governor of... More
Back to the basics on immigration
With reform push stalled, it’s time to focus on fundamentals—and explore how the issue looks from across the border
By Richard Parker Jul 12, 2013 at 03:00 PM
AUSTIN, TX -- As Congress careens toward its annual August recess, the fate of immigration reform is unresolved. House Republicans... More
In Texas, a filibuster for the digital age
Twitter. Videostreams. Liveblogs. And a group effort to figure out what the heck happened amid the #StandWithWendy chaos
By Richard Parker Jun 27, 2013 at 02:01 PM
AUSTIN, TX -- At 10 minutes to midnight Tuesday evening, tempers in the Texas Senate finally boiled over. On the... More
Still, water
The battle to control water in Texas may be even more defining than the battle to control oil here 100 years ago, and it needs to be covered with an urgency to match
By Richard Parker Jun 4, 2013 at 11:10 AM
AUSTIN, TX -- As the 83rd Legislature lingers in the state capitol for a special session, lawmakers here have already... More
How West was spun
Mistakes were made, and one narrative too readily embraced, in coverage of the blast. Meanwhile, The Dallas Morning News excelled
By Richard Parker May 24, 2013 at 11:00 AM
AUSTIN, TX -- At 7:30 pm Eastern time on May 16, Erin Burnett turned toward the camera in CNN's New... More
A laurel to Zahira Torres and the El Paso Times
Dogged investigative work exposed a test-score scandal that harmed students
By Richard Parker Apr 26, 2013 at 11:52 AM
AUSTIN, TX -- In El Paso, the former school superintendent is now in prison, the Justice Department is investigating,... More
Becoming the Texas Tribune (UPDATED)
Evan Smith’s project isn’t exactly as envisioned, but it matters and it’s here to stay. Now, how good can it be?
By Richard Parker Apr 15, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Update, 4/15, 5:15pm, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $1.5 million grant to the Texas... More
Meet the people who know Texas politics
The newspaper columnists of the Lone Star state
By Richard Parker Mar 19, 2013 at 03:14 PM
AUSTIN, TX--When you think about newspaper columnists and the central role they've played in covering American politics, you wind up... More
A Laurel to Univision 41’s Arantxa Loizaga
For making good use of the familiar, local-anchor-goes-to-White House encounter
By Richard Parker Feb 27, 2013 at 11:00 AM
AUSTIN, TX -- Often, when a local television station gets summoned for a one-on-one interview with the president, it... More
A few bad apples
Texas and the NRA’s proposal to arm teachers
By Richard Parker Feb 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM
William Hardy Gest co-reported and co-wrote this piece. Holly Regan contributed research. AUSTIN, Texas -- As the country debates gun... More
Lone Star politics: anything but dull
The Texas press braces for the part-timers and out-of-towners of the 83rd legislature
By Richard Parker Jan 28, 2013 at 06:50 AM
AUSTIN, TX -- Back in the mid-nineteenth century, when Texas gave up its status as an independent republic and joined... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
