Clips

politics

• ‘A winning message’: GOP lawmakers seize on Austin vote to cut police spending – Austin American-Statesman, Aug. 21, 2020
• Is a GOP candidate’s nonprofit helping veterans? – Austin American-Statesman, Feb. 20, 2020
• Texas state agencies uneven on allowing working from home amid coronavirus – Austin American-Statesman, March 16, 2020
• Banning bump stocks is one thing, prying them from owners’ hands is another – Dallas Morning News, Oct. 17, 2017
• A&M won’t discuss lab tests – San Antonio Express-News, July 19, 2015 (National winner of SPJ’s Mark of Excellence award) Listen to my interview with the Texas Standard.
• Ethics questions prompts an agency retreat on boxing tickets for lawmakers – San Antonio Express-News, April 12, 2015

business and technology

• With Apple’s big bet, Austin’s rep as a tech hub grows  – Austin American-Statesman, Dec. 13, 2018
• On a quiet campus, Army will test the future of war – Austin American-Statesman, Aug. 2, 2019
• How Bumble grows its buzz: Austin company harnesses star power to lead marketing charge – Austin American-Statesman, April 26, 2019
• Dell’s direction: Shareholders set to vote on tech giants return to public market – Austin American-Statesman, Dec. 7, 2018

investigations

• Love and money join agent, drug smuggler – Texas Tribune, June 6, 2016 (National winner of SPJ’s Mark of Excellence Award)
• Texas’ controversial voter ID law can’t stop mail-in ballot fraud – News21 and Washington Post, Aug. 20, 2016 (SPJ Region 8 Mark of Excellence award finalist for in-depth reporting)
• Border corruption often has family roots – Texas Tribune, July 8, 2016 (Reporting was featured on Reveal’s “Bordering on Insecurity” podcast)

features

• WIRING THE HILL COUNTRY: New internet providers take on rural area – Austin American-Statesman, June 21, 2019
• ‘Everybody loves dog pictures’: Sen. John Cornyn gets personal on Instagram – Dallas Morning News, Feb. 26, 2018
• Undocumented student’s arrest a cautionary tale – Texas Tribune, Feb. 14, 2016 (Part of the Tribune’s “Bordering on Insecurity” project)
• Texas Parks and Wildlife wants to open 60,000 acres to the public – San Antonio Express-News, July 13, 2015
• For woman rehabbing 80 rabbits, home is where the hares are – Dallas Morning News, Aug. 3, 2017

local news

• Hours before dental surgery, Dallas teen who died wrote: ‘The Lord will take care of me’ – Dallas Morning News, June 20, 2017
• 75 years after Pearl Harbor, sailor’s remains returned to Arlington family – Dallas Morning News, June 23, 2017
• After ballot mix-up, Martindale voting for mayor again – Austin American-Statesman, Oct. 28, 2015

breaking news

• Samsung to invest $291 million in Austin operations – Austin American-Statesman, Nov. 15, 2018
• Marching for gun control, students fill Washington streets ‘for our dead friends’ – Dallas Morning News, March 25, 2018
• House delays debate on knife bill days after stabbing at UT – Houston Chronicle, Jan. 26, 2017
• Flood death toll climbs to four – Austin American-Statesman, Nov. 2, 2015