Kimberly Jeffries

Kimberly Jeffries is interning at Texas Monthly during the fall of 2004 as part of the journalism program at Northwestern University, where she studies magazine journalism and English. She plans to graduate in 2006. Jeffries has also worked for the Washington Post and the Mount Vernon Voice.

Web extras

Texas History 101

Dallas-based Belo, now a national media powerhouse, started as a small paper in Galveston. (January 2005)

Two for the Road

Associate editor John Spong on spending eight days listening to author Larry L. King’s outlandish stories—and on writing about his hero. (January 2005)

Working Girls

Associate editor Katy Vine on prostitution in Odessa and writing about sex. (January 2005)

The Funnies

Illustrator Tim Bower, who worked on this month’s cover story, talks about drawing, humor, and his favorite Bum Steer. (January 2005)

Rounding Up the Steers

Senior editor Anne Dingus on the Bum Steers traditions and mocking those other Simpsons. (January 2005)

The Great Debate

Senior editor Gary Cartwright on Norma McCorvey (a.k.a. Jane Roe) and how abortion has divided the country. (December 2004)

Texas Tidbits

Hockey’s popularity is growing among pint-size Texans with the help of Stomp, Fang, and friends. (December 2004)

Texas History 101

Houston-based Continental Airlines has survived the deregulation of commercial flights, two bankruptcy stints, and 9/11. (December 2004)

Find That Food

Contributing photographer Wyatt McSpadden on traveling across Texas to capture Mexican food on film. (December 2004)

“Just Hit It”

Contributing editor Turk Pipkin on his new book, The Old Man and the Tee. (December 2004)

Texas History 101

While it can boast about the more than 6,300 ships that passed through its waters last year, the Port of Houston started out as a mere loading point for cotton on the way to the Port of Galveston. (November 2004)

She’s a Lady

Executive editor Mimi Swartz, who wrote this month’s cover story, “The Good Wife,” on biographers’ failure to capture Laura Bush. (November 2004)

Yikes!

Executive editor S.C. Gwynne on security at the Houston Ship Channel. (November 2004)

Drawing on Politics

Illustrator Steve Brodner discusses political satire and his new book, Freedom Fries. (November 2004)

Heard the Buzz?

Writer John Bloom, who wrote this month’s “They Came. They Sawed,” talks about slasher flicks and horror-movie audiences. (November 2004)

Texas Tidbits

Throughout its 112-year history, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has been known for its tendency to overturn the rulings of lower courts on technicalities. (November 2004)