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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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• Darice DeLane Chavira

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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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• Kayla Miracle

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• J. K. Nickell

  J.K. Nickell is Texas Monthly's features director.

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• Amanda O'Donnell

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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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