Editorial Staffers
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Josh Alvarez
Josh Alvarez is a senior editor at Texas Monthly.
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Arman Badrei
Arman Badrei is an assistant editor at Texas Monthly. If there's a fact in a story, he checks it.
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Marilyn Bailey
Marilyn Bailey is Texas Monthly's copy chief.
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Kathy Blackwell
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
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Courtney Bond
Courtney Bond is an executive editor of Texas Monthly’s Food & Drink and BBQ sections. She occasionally writes about travel, too.
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Rose Cahalan
Rose Cahalan is a senior editor who focuses primarily on stories about travel and the outdoors.
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Lauren Castro
Lauren Castro is Texas Monthly’s social media editor. She is often on the search for a great pun.
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David Courtney
David Courtney, a.k.a. the Texanist, is a staff writer.
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Megan Creydt
Megan Creydt is the executive producer for TV, film, and podcasts.
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Amy Weaver Dorning
Amy Weaver Dorning is an assistant editor at Texas Monthly.
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Russell Gold
Russell Gold is a senior editor at Texas Monthly. He writes about energy and business.
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Dan Goodgame
Dan Goodgame is Texas Monthly’s editor in chief.
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Michael Hall
Mike Hall writes about criminals, musicians, the law, and barbecue.
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Michael Hardy
Michael Hardy is a native Texan and a senior editor at Texas Monthly.
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Jason Heid
Jason Heid is a senior editor focused on business, medicine, science, and technology.
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Skip Hollandsworth
Skip Hollandsworth specializes in long-form narratives.
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Peter Holley
Peter Holley is a staff writer and native Austinite who writes about news and culture across the state of Texas.
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Kimya Kavehkar
Kimya Kavehkar is a senior editor at Texas Monthly, supervising food and drink content, including barbecue coverage, for the magazine.
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Emily Kimbro
Emily Kimbro is Texas Monthly’s creative director. She also occasionally writes about your favorite, or soon-to-be favorite, libations.
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Paul Knight
Paul Knight is an associate editor at Texas Monthly. During his time at the magazine, he has primarily worked as a fact-checker.
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Lea Konczal
Lea Konczal copy edits, writes, and checks facts for Texas Monthly.
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Ross McCammon
Ross McCammon is the deputy editor for Texas Monthly.
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Emily McCullar
Emily McCullar is a senior editor covering pop culture, news, and Texas history. One time she wrote about sports.
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Alicia Maria Meier
Alicia Maria Meier is the assistant managing editor at Texas Monthly and a translator from Spanish and Catalan.
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Patrick Michels
Patrick Michels is a podcast producer at Texas Monthly.
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Victoria Millner
Victoria Millner is Texas Monthly's design director.
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J. K. Nickell
J.K. Nickell is Texas Monthly's features director.
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Doyin Oyeniyi
Doyin Oyeniyi writes about culture and checks facts.
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Taylor Prewitt
Taylor Prewitt is the newsletter editor for Texas Monthly.
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José R. Ralat
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.
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Melissa Reese
Melissa Reese is director of video and events at Texas Monthly.
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Ben Rowen
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
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Jeff Salamon
Jeff Salamon is an executive editor at Texas Monthly.
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Alexandra Samuels
Alexandra Samuels is a senior editor at Texas Monthly who writes about politics and policy.
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Patricia Sharpe
Patricia Sharpe writes a regular restaurant column, Pat’s Pick, for Texas Monthly.
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Dan Solomon
Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business.
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John Spong
John Spong writes primarily about popular culture.
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Brian Standefer
Brian Standefer produces audio and video for Texas Monthly.
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Kristen Steenbeeke
Kristen Steenbeeke is an assistant editor at Texas Monthly.
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Mimi Swartz
Mimi Swartz is a staff writer based in Houston.
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Jenn Hair Tompkins
Jenn Hair Tompkins is a graphic designer, art director, and photographer.
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Daniel Vaughn
Daniel Vaughn is the country’s first barbecue editor, and he has eaten more barbecue than you have.
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Sandi Villarreal
Sandi Villarreal is deputy editor, digital, for Texas Monthly.
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Katy Vine
Katy Vine has been a staff writer since 2002.
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Sasha von Oldershausen
Sasha von Oldershausen is an associate editor who writes about news and politics.
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Christian Wallace
Christian Wallace writes about West Texas, oil and gas, music, cowboys, history, and history-making Texans.
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Anna Walsh
Anna Walsh is the director of editorial operations at Texas Monthly.
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Forrest Wilder
Forrest Wilder writes about politics and the outdoors.
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Gianni Zorrilla
Gianni Zorrilla is an assistant editor at Texas Monthly.
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