BBQ
February 28, 2019
BBQ News Roundup: the Houston Rodeo Cook-Off, the History of Stubb’s, and the Best Desserts
Plus, the James Beard Foundation honors barbecue chefs.
Houston Chronicle
News & Politics
June 5, 2018
Big City, Small Newspaper: Behind the Latest Cuts at the San Antonio ‘Express-News’
San Antonio is America’s fastest-growing city, but its 153-year-old daily paper's owners keep shrinking its newsroom.
The Daily Post
August 3, 2016
Hearst’s Purchase of Two Dozen Community Newspapers Expands the Houston Chronicle’s Reach
Houston is a huge community, and its paper of record is hoping the acquisition makes it more relevant in the surrounding suburbs.
The Daily Post
March 4, 2015
Something That Should Never Be a Slideshow
On Monday, the Houston Chronicle posted a slide show of photos of a late Longview teenager who suffered from anorexia, inviting readers “witness her fatal transformation.”
The Daily Post
July 29, 2014
Is The Grand Jury System In Texas Broken?
After the Houston Chronicle's shocking and revealing depiction of what can happen with a grand jury, the Greater Houston Coalition for Justice is pushing for change.
January 21, 2013
“Angry Stripper” Files Sexual Discrimination Complaint Against Houston Chronicle
Gloria Allred is representing Sarah Tressler, a former society reporter for the paper, in her discrimination complaint.
January 21, 2013
Houston Press Writer Incurs Wrath of Blogosphere for Stripper Post
Press writer Richard Connelly reveals that a Houston Chronicle society reporter maintains a double life as an "angry stripper." Outrage ensues!
Eat My Words
June 2, 2012
Hungry in Houston? Get the new iPad App for the City’s Top 100 Restaurants, by Critic Alison Cook
Every time I use Yelp, I hate myself. But I do use it to size up restaurants, especially new ones, because it’s there. It has iPad and iPhone apps. It’s easy. What can I say? But what I really, truly want are restaurant reviews by somebody I actually trust that
Politics & Policy
November 14, 2011
Buffalo Soldiers Museum Gets License Plate, Rips Patterson
Proprietor of Buffalo Soldiers National Museum tells the Houston Chronicle it's “shameful” to compare them to Confederate veterans.
The Horse's Mouth
August 31, 2010
Covering High Society
Shelby Hodge on covering high society.
Politics & Policy
October 22, 2008
Chronicle Endorses Noriega
No, that’s not the Austin Chronicle. It’s the Houston Chronicle. The main reason that the Chronicle gives for the endorsement is one from the distant past of Texas politics, when bringing home the bacon was more important than ideology: that the Democrats are going to be the majority party and
Arts & Entertainment
February 1, 1984
The Training Ground
To wind up on top in the news business, it pays to start at the bottom.