Investigative Journalist in Houston, Texas
Reading Scott Huddleston’s latest update about the turmoil at the Alamo, I wondered how many people remember the roots of the problem and why the state of Texas got involved in the first place. I doubt casual readers know Scott deserves some of the credit for the changes — or the blame, depending on how …
What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Can YouTube save investigative journalism? | The Conversation Reaching more people through online video. Mundane reality behind the myth of the dashing, devil-may-care super sleuths | CUtoday Contrary to popular belief, investigative reporting is “boring hours in libraries, looking things up, tracing people, studying court reports, attending legal …
There’s nothing quite like Storify to document the craziness of a breaking news story. So here’s a timeline about the departure of Editor Robert Rivard and No. 2 Editor Brett Thacker, who both resigned in the span of two days. Their sudden departure shocked the newsroom. [View the story “Two top editors of the San …
Here’s what I’m looking at to get updates on where, exactly, wildfires are currently burning in Texas and how big they are. The information for this map comes from the Texas Forest Service and uses Google Maps, so you can zoom in on your area. Wunderground offers a similar map, with estimated smoke plumes based …
What others are saying about watchdog journalism … How ProPublica blends news that wins Pulitzers with news that wins followers | Nieman Journalism Lab “Aggregation in the public interest.” Has investigative journalism found its feet online? | Online Journalism Blog How investigative journalism is finding a home on the Internet. TV news station wins big …
Known as “Johnny Mac” in the newsroom, John MacCormack is a talented, colorful reporter. He likes telling a good yarn, both in person and on the front pages of the San Antonio Express-News. One time I heard him on the phone telling a source: “What are you going to give me so I don’t write …
After a towering retaining wall collapsed and threatened scores of homes last year in the San Antonio neighborhood of Rivermist, an obvious question arose: How safe were the untold number of other residential retaining walls in the city? Under city code, walls in San Antonio over four feet tall were supposed to go through a …
When Reporter Jennifer Hiller visited New York to write about San Antonio’s ties to High Line park, she called me and wondered if it’d be a good idea to make a time lapse-video of a walk through the mile-long urban park. Abso-freakin-lutely. Time-lapse videos are full of awesome sauce. Most I’ve seen involve the placement …
What others are saying about watchdog journalism … The New City Watchdogs | City Journal Can the Web drive investigative journalism in a post-newspaper era? To feed or not feed the digital beast | Chicago Reader How do investigative outlets like ProPublica and the Voice of San Diego keep Web traffic flowing? ProPublica’s outreach a …
All this dutiful work helps us compare this year’s drought to past dry spells.