Media
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Narrating the Night Sky »
San Antonio's Sandy Wood has been the voice of StarDate for twenty years.
November 2011 by Sonia Smith
Anchoring the CBS Evening News »
Scott Pelley on anchoring the CBS Evening News.
October 2011 Interview by Brian D. Sweany
Watergate Still Unfolding at UT’s Ransom Center »
Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and Robert Redford dished on All the President’s Men,contemporary journalism, and Watergate’s enduring legacy at the LBJ Library Thursday.
May 2011 by Olivia LaVecchia
Fifteen Minutes »
Read a Q&A with Katy Vine.
December 2010 Interview by Molly Bruder
Covering High Society »
Shelby Hodge on covering high society.
September 2010 Interview by Megan Giller
Alex Jones Is About To Explode »
Does the country’s most popular conspiracy talk radio host really believe that 9/11 was an inside job? That global warming is a plot cooked up by the World Bank? That an elite cabal wants to kill most of the people on the planet (including you)? Two million listeners think so—and they’re hanging on his every word.
March 2010 by Nate Blakeslee
Gone to New York »
Bud Shrake’s letters to friends back in Texas during his years in New York show the late novelist in all his ribald, freewheeling glory. And never more alive.
November 2009 Introduction by Gary Cartwright
Short Cuts: Episode I
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Texas governor’s race—in under three minutes.
November 2009
Being a Multimedia Journalist »
The CNN contributor and syndicated columnist talks about the future of media.
August 2009 Interview by Pamela Colloff
And That’s The Way It Is »
Broadcast news loses its anchor. Remembering Walter Cronkite.
July 2009 by Evan Smith
Bottoms Up »
The brave new world of Web serials and how they make money.
February 2009 by Christopher Kelly
Gone (Back) to Texas »
On Inauguration Day, Midland, Texas was like a parallel universe to the rest of the country.
February 2009 by Paul Stekler
Governor Perry Chooses License Plates
Proving his conservative credentials, Gov. Perry held a press conference with the Texas Alliance for Life to express his support for specialized “Choose Life” license plates.
January 2009 by Eileen Smith
The Day After »
Journalists and other notables to give us their reactions to the long campaign and the election of Barack Obama.
November 2008 Compiled by Eileen Smith
Bob Schieffer »
Bob Schieffer on Sundays without Tim Russert.
October 2008 Interview by Evan Smith
Charles Kuffner »
42, blogger, Houston
February 2008
MEET the DePRESSed »
The digital natives are restless, and traditional journalism just won’t cut it.
February 2008 by Eileen Smith
Writing for a Newsweekly »
Karen Tumulty on writing for Time.
January 2008 Interview by Evan Smith
Grounds for Suspicion »
Conspiring minds want to know …
September 2007 by Christopher Kelly
The Iconoclast »
A liberal newspaperman in George W. Bush’s backyard.
June 2007 by Gary Cartwright
Here Comes Trouble »
Dan Patrick is causing nervous breakdowns of various size and duration—and he’s not even in the Texas Senate yet.
January 2007 by Mimi Swartz
Prime Minister »
The fastest-growing church in the world. The biggest congregation this side of the Vatican. The highest ratings of any religious broadcaster. One of the best-selling religious books in years. Can Joel Osteen get an “Amen”?
August 2005 by William Martin
Dan Rather Retorting »
“My hope has always been, for all my flaws and weaknesses, that people will say this: ‘He wanted to be a reporter and he is.’ I think they know that I love this country.” And other reflections on retirement from the broadcast-news icon turned right-wing punching bag.
March 2005 by Gary Cartwright
My Library
