Highlights From Gail Collins' Lecture

NYTimes ed delivered the 2013 Liz Carpenter Lecture on Monday night

"...use of humor in linguistic battle, and pioneer in journalism, Gail Collins enlightened and charmed a full house for..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Changes in the Local Lit Landscape

Clay Smith departs Texas Book Festival, APLFF adopts Badgerdog

"...seven years expanding the programming and reputation of the Texas Book Festival, Literary Director Clay Smith is leaving the..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Scare-a-Mooch Tweet

Former White House Comms. guy has a thing for UT Twitter

"...Last week, UT Journalism students, professors, and alumni got a late gift in..."

Jan. 8, 2018 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Film Flam

Michael Shannon, casting call, and Bad Movie Bingo

"...• For Science! University of Texas journalism lecturer Robert Quigley brought journalism students and computer..."

May 10, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

'Hacking Democracy': Manipulative yet Important

"...who watched Hacking Democracy last night got equal parts journalism and activist propaganda in the HBO documentary on the..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

At the Top of His Game

Longtime Texas Monthly editor Gregory Curtis calls it quits; deputy editor Evan Smith will succeed him. Louis Dubose, editor of the Texas Observer for 13 years, announces he will retire.

"...best magazine editors in the nation by the Columbia Journalism Review, Curtis is stepping down from an 18-year reign..."

June 9, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

In Memoriam: Gary Cartwright

Time to "Turn Out the Lights" for the Texas Mad Dog writer

"...Texas has lost a Mad Dog...."

March 2, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mary Margaret Farabee: In Memoriam

Philanthropist and Texas Book Festival co-founder has died

"...was the original spark and guiding light for the Texas Book Festival, as well as an advocate for a..."

March 5, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Bush's Brain

Bush's so-called brain is Karl Rove, whose mastery of dirty tricks deserves clearer scrutiny than it gets in this documentary.

"...with new offerings like Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism (opening next week in Austin) and local filmmaker Paul..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Necessary Roughness

"...NCAA sacks the entire squad of fighting Armadillos of Texas State University for recruiting violations, the school is forced..."

Oct. 4, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival: Booger Red

Satanic panic déjà vu amidst the East Texas pines

"...Adapted from Michael Hall’s 2009 Texas Monthly article “Across the Line,” Booger Red is an..."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

UT Student Launches Queer Journalists Association on Campus

The NLGJA hopes to educate budding writers on LGBTQ issues

"...The University of Texas at Austin is now home to the state’s first..."

May 12, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Katie Walsh

Immerse Yourself in Anne Hull's Words

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist exposed Walter Reed

"...Anne Hull spoke Tuesday night at the University of Texas, discussing the state of modern journalism and her work..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Books Post by Rod Machen

Hersh Visits Austin

Journalist Seymour Hersh began a week's visit to Austin Monday night

"...5604 Manor, in a public conversation sponsored by Cooperation Texas (the newly re-christened Third Coast Workers for Cooperation) and..."

March 20, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

March out there and celebrate spring

"...strawberries, plus lots of other ways to enjoy a Texas spring...."

Feb. 28, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...EITS is inextricably linked to West Texas. The band wrote 2003 landmark The Earth Is Not..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Watch The First Trailer For Raise Hell, The Story of Molly Ivins

SXSW smash documentary about the Texas original blazing onto screens

"...Molly Ivins was a trailblazer: a woman in Texas political journalism when they were rarer than horse feathers,..."

Aug. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sex and the Senate

What will it take to curb sexual harassment at the Texas State Capitol?

"...Not more than two days into the 86th Texas Legislature, the 150-member House of Representatives approved a new,..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

In Fact Daily Goes Nonprofit

Online city politics newsletter purchased by new foundation

"...today by Cox Communications to the nonprofit Capitol of Texas Media Foundation, founded by IFD reporter (now publisher) Mike..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Culture's Last Stand

Life as we know it is gone in Justin Cronin's postapocalyptic future... except for in Texas

"...social media to enact a grisly form of citizen journalism and survivalism in the immediate aftermath of the outbreak...."

Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Half True: What Politifact Got Wrong About the GOP and Critical Thinking

Fact checking the fact checkers

"...As exercises in "gotcha" journalism go, Politifact may be the most elaborate and well-researched...."

Aug. 18, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

That Fighting Spirit

Burned: Life In and Out of Texas Youth Prisons

"...became the face of all the victims at the Texas Youth Commission: The terrible beatings and sexual abuse he..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Another 'Special Session'

Political series returns to PBS in February.

"...Settin' the Woods on Fire, Last Man Standing: Politics Texas Style (documenting the Patrick Rose/Rick Green electoral battle) and..."

Jan. 24, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Court Reporter

At the Supreme Court Wednesday, it was all about Texas and the future

"...it says more about our national politics or our journalism that Anna Nicole Smith's Supreme Court probate case (Tuesday)..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Smells Like Victory

For a change, this November's state elections might actually be interesting.

"...voters; one painful axiom of politics -- especially in Texas -- is that what's good for journalism is not..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Column by Michael King

We Have an Issue: Where the Wild Things Are

What's going on at Texas Memorial Museum?

"...choose from, but few inspire a sentimental feeling like Texas Memorial Museum does, especially in Austin natives who recall..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Austin Author Gabino Iglesias Talks Spiders and Assassins

The horror writer guides you through the darkness at the Texas Book Festival

"...(may it rest in peace) and the state of Texas' cruel commitment to leaving a fifth of its people..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Paul and "Molly & Ann"

Former UT RTF director chronicles the impact of two Texas icons

"...There aren't many iconic Texas political figures, and in a state not known for..."

Oct. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Three: Open Season

There's no way to process 2015 without worrying how much worse it's going to get once Texas' open carry law goes into effect

"...– the fashionable term now for people who jam journalism into the Internet's trash compactor – my first thought..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Column by Kimberley Jones

The 'Revolution' Will Be Televised

NBC ready to debut Texas-shot second season

"...debuts its second season, its first as a Central Texas-shot phenomenon...."

Sept. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

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