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May 17, 2023
How Texas Monthly Went Hollywood
Meet our executive producer Megan Creydt, who’s shepherding dozens of the magazine’s stories to the silver screen.
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Editor's Letter
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April 12, 2023
Behind the Scenes of Our Lively New Hotel Package
Meet Texas Monthly executive editor (and travel and lifestyle guru) Kathy Blackwell.
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March 15, 2023
The Creative Whiz Behind Our Award-Winning Photography
Meet Texas Monthly’s photo editor, Claire Hogan.
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February 15, 2023
Meet the Writer Behind Our March Cover Story
Mimi Swartz’s latest epic is a must-read tale of a decades-long attempt to sabotage Texas’s public schools.
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Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
The Birth of Texas Monthly Is a Very Texan Story
On the occasion of our fiftieth anniversary, we reflect on how far we’ve come—and where we’re headed.
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December 14, 2022
The Making of Our New Podcast, ‘White Hats’
Meet the folks behind our latest audio project, which grapples with the complicated legacy of the Texas Rangers.
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November 17, 2022
From the Editor: Meet Our Award-Winning Creative Director
Go behind the scenes with the inventive force shaping our photography and design.
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October 19, 2022
From the Editor: Top Chefs
Meet the editors and writers behind our award-winning food coverage.
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September 14, 2022
From the Editor: Writer on the Roam
For Texas Monthly’s latest cover story, our correspondent set out to capture the state’s plenitude of roadside quirks.
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Press Room
September 12, 2022
Explore Texas Monthly’s Five-Decade Longform Archive
We’re on track to have nearly all our longform features online by the end of 2022.
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August 17, 2022
From the Editor: “Sparkle Plenty,” Chronicler of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Sarah Hepola’s cover story expertly examines the fifty-year history of the famous NFL cheerleading squad.
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July 20, 2022
From the Editor: Critters and Californians
Newly named senior editors Rose Cahalan and Ben Rowen elevate our coverage of Texas’s wildlife and wild politics.
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June 22, 2022
From the Editor: The Power of the Provisional
Texas Monthly makes it official with senior editors Jason Heid and Michael Hardy.
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May 18, 2022
From the Editor: Boomerangs and Beards
Texas Monthly welcomes a new deputy editor for digital journalism and celebrates a strong awards showing.
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April 13, 2022
From the Editor: Meat Sweats and Massages
Arts and entertainment editor Josh Alvarez gets into the spirit of the story, no matter what he's working on.
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March 16, 2022
From the Editor: A Dan for All Seasons
Senior editor Dan Solomon reports on topics from the wacky to the weighty.
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February 16, 2022
From the Editor: Taking on Fresh Challenges
Three Texas Monthly staffers step into new roles as our storytelling expands.
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January 20, 2022
Our New Partners in Video Storytelling
Texas Monthly has a deal with HBO and is the new owner of ‘Texas Country Reporter.’
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December 16, 2021
From the Editor: Saluting Two Creative Natives
Our creative director, Emily Kimbro, and design director, Victoria Millner, keep Texas Monthly looking good.
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November 10, 2021
From the Editor: Why So Many (Still) Move Here
Many new Texans quickly come to love what stirs the hearts of the native-born.
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October 18, 2021
From the Editor: Food for the Soul
Barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn enlisted the largest group of tasters ever for this year's Top 50 BBQ list.
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September 15, 2021
From the Editor: An Energetic New Colleague
As Texas Monthly’s new energy editor, Russell Gold will dig deep into one of our state’s most crucial industries.
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July 21, 2021
From the Editor: Powerful Storytellers
Mike Hall was recently honored for his incisive coverage of the Texas legal system, while Casey Gerald brought a singular voice to our cover story on Fort Worth singer-songwriter Leon Bridges.
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June 23, 2021
From the Editor: Team Player
J. K. Nickell, features director for ‘Texas Monthly,’ was instrumental in bringing this month's cover story to life.
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May 19, 2021
Chain Saws and Chicken-fried Steak
Senior editor Paula Mejía, senior editor Josh Alvarez, and executive editor Courtney Bond plan to pursue compelling stories in the coming months.
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April 15, 2021
Crisis Manager
Executive editor Kathy Blackwell and her team have chronicled the pandemic's impact on the employees and owners of Texas’s hospitality companies.
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March 23, 2021
From the Editor: Neither Snow nor Gloom of Night . . .
In this month’s cover package on the late Tejana singer Selena, we offer readers what we hope will be a welcome change of pace from our disaster coverage.
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March 2, 2021
From the Editor: Fans of the Cowdog
Two of our staffers have been ardent Hank the Cowdog fans since they were kids. Now they bring you this month's cover story on the creator of the beloved children's books.
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September 16, 2020
From the Editor, October 2020: “Learning to Listen”
How Skip Hollandsworth does it.
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August 19, 2020
From the Editor, September 2020: “Knives Out”
The team behind this month's well-red cover story.
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May 20, 2020
From the Editor, June 2020: “Investing in Talent”
We introduce you to Texas Monthly's newest editorial staff members.
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April 17, 2020
From the Editor, May 2020: “It’s All Been a Blur”
When we started planning this issue, months ago, we had a fun lineup in mind. Then oil prices crashed and the coronavirus brought much of the state to a standstill.
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April 8, 2020
Announcing a Big Change to Our Site
And a special gift for subscribers!
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March 18, 2020
From the Editor, April 2020: The Hunger to Know
Robert Draper, like the people he interviewed for this month's cover story, is driven by a need to understand the past.
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February 19, 2020
From the Editor, March 2020: Father and Son
On two generations of talented storytellers contributing to our pages.
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January 22, 2020
From the Editor, February 2020: The Power of Sound
With our hit Boomtown podcast, Texas Monthly is learning new ways to tell stories.
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Bum Steers
December 18, 2019
From the Editor, January 2020: Herding Bum Steers
Plus, feeling grateful for our gimlet-eyed deputy editor, Jeff Salamon.
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November 20, 2019
From the Editor, December 2019: Boots on the Ground
On bee stings and boots—both cowboy and combat.
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October 16, 2019
From the Editor, November 2019
On Texas Monthly’s newest hires.
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September 18, 2019
From the Editor, October 2019
On the battle over Texas history, a serial killer in Laredo, and more in our October issue.
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August 20, 2019
From the Editor, September 2019
On honky-tonks, a collaboration with the Texas Tribune, and more in our September issue.
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July 24, 2019
From the Editor, August 2019
A letter from our editor.
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June 21, 2019
From the Editor, July 2019
A letter from our editor.
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May 29, 2019
From the Horse’s Mouth, June 2019
A letter from our editor.
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April 24, 2019
From the Horse’s Mouth, May 2019
A letter from our editor.
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March 25, 2019
From the Horse’s Mouth, April 2019
A letter from our editor.
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Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Behind the Lines
Something special.
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January 20, 2013
Behind the Lines
TALK OF CHANGE AND REFORM has been in the air since the Sharpstown scandals more than perhaps at any time in our state’s history. Such talk is welcome, and, as most of us apparently felt in the last elections, mandatory. One imagines that talk of reform came as uncomfortably, but
Film & TV
November 1, 1998
Looking for Love
‘Urban Cowboy’ rides again.
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April 1, 1998
Empire of Culture
How Texas—and Texas Monthly—has changed.