{"id":311,"date":"2008-11-30T11:59:10","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T16:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2024-09-13T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:04:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About John Tedesco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog isn&#8217;t just about me \u2014 it&#8217;s about <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/tag\/investigative-journalism\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Investigative journalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigative journalism<\/a>, and how we can keep it alive in a time of slashed newsroom budgets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13238\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13238\" src=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/John-Tedesco-investigative-reporter-in-San-Antonio-Texas-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"John Tedesco, investigative reporter in Houston, Texas\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/John-Tedesco-investigative-reporter-in-San-Antonio-Texas-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/John-Tedesco-investigative-reporter-in-San-Antonio-Texas.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/joshhuskin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Huskin<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m an <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/11\/the-houston-chronicle-is-launching-a-new-key-topics-team-heres-how-to-send-us-story-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor at the Houston Chronicle<\/a> and often blog about the excellent work of my colleagues at the Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re new here, you&#8217;ll find interviews with journalists who share the <a href=\"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/24\/meet-john-maccormack-the-reporter-in-netflixs-the-most-hated-woman-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story behind the story<\/a>; 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