Journalism
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The Road to Damascus
In 2012 Austin Tice answered a calling: to become a war photographer and tell the world what was happening in Syria. But then he went missing.
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ICYMI: Our Favorite Responses To The Hiring of Texas Monthly Barbecue Editor Daniel Vaughn
Is it the best job in America? From the New York Times to Bon Appetit, everybody seems to think so.
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Dan Jenkins, Hall of Famer
The pride of Paschal High became the first living sportswriter to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday night.
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The Most Trusted Freshman in America
Long before Walter Cronkite was the voice of the news, he was just a kid from Houston at the University of Texas, chasing girls, acting in school plays, and drinking cheap beer. Yet Douglas Brinkley, whose new biography of Cronkite will be released this month, argues that it was in Austin that the seeds of one of the greatest careers in American journalism were sown.
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Truth or Consequences
In 2004 Dan Rather tarnished his career forever with a much-criticized report on George W. Bush’s National Guard service. Eight years later, the story behind the story can finally be told: what CBS’s top-ranking newsman did, what the president of the United States didn’t do, and how some feuding Texas pols got the whole ball rolling.
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Dead Line
As the Mexican drug cartels have waged war along the border, they have also developed a disciplined approach to managing the press.
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The Capitol Press Corpse
Is it really time to pronounce the body?
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Writing for a Newsweekly
Karen Tumulty on writing for Time.
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Writing for a Newsweekly
Karen Tumulty on writing for Time.
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A Ride for Mrs. Oswald
On November 22, 1963, I was working as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram when I answered the phone—and got a close encounter with history.