{"id":14143,"date":"2017-12-10T22:46:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T03:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=14143"},"modified":"2024-12-23T14:36:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T19:36:53","slug":"must-reads-texas-watchdog-journalism-roundup-for-dec-10-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/10\/must-reads-texas-watchdog-journalism-roundup-for-dec-10-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Must reads: Texas watchdog journalism roundup for Dec. 10, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>At a time when it feels like facts don&#8217;t matter, there&#8217;s a sliver of good news:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigative journalists are still writing stories that help us understand a complicated world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Here are the latest examples of watchdog stories in Texas that uncovered hidden facts and held officials accountable.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/houston\/article\/Build-flood-rebuild-flood-insurance-s-12413056.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Build, flood, rebuild: flood insurance\u2019s expensive cycle<\/a> | <em>The Houston Chronicle<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The National Flood Insurance Program, designed to protect Americans from catastrophic floods, has failed in almost every way, encouraging people to buy and build in flood-prone areas while increasing the cost and magnitude of disasters.&#8221; <em>Story by David Hunn, Ryan Maye Handy and James Osborne<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/courts\/2017\/12\/07\/3-dallas-cops-indicted-death-unarmed-man-called-911-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Dallas cops indicted in death of unarmed man who had called 911 for help<\/a> | <em>The Dallas Morning News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DallasPD<\/a> cops indicted in death of Tony TImpa, an unarmed man who had called 911 for help <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MmFXFphbjI\">https:\/\/t.co\/MmFXFphbjI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasnews\/status\/938911914570248192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Dallas Morning News spent more than a year investigating how a frantic, unarmed man named Tony Timpa <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190804173321\/https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/investigations\/2017\/09\/28\/police-responded-911-call-help-died-happened-tony-timpa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">died at the hands of police<\/a>, a grand jury indicted three officers on misdemeanor charges of deadly conduct. Officers mocked Timpa, who was handcuffed, as he died. &#8220;Timpa&#8217;s death was ruled a homicide, and the cause was sudden cardiac death due to the toxic effects of cocaine and the stress associated with physical restraint.&#8221; <em>Story by Tasha Tsiaperas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedailybeast.com\/you-want-to-fck-with-me-tonight-horror-stories-from-the-texas-capitol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Want to F*ck With Me Tonight\u2019: Texas Capitol Horror Stories<\/a> | <em>The Daily Beast<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My latest foray into sexual harassment in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txlege<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oKlJ9g8xSG\">https:\/\/t.co\/oKlJ9g8xSG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Olivia Messer \ud83d\udc80 (@OliviaMesser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliviaMesser\/status\/938609077919322112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Democratic state lawmakers from Texas, Borris Miles and Carlos Uresti, are accused of groping and forcibly kissing women and making lurid cat-calls. Both men deny the allegations. &#8220;Women in Texas\u2019 statehouse created their own online whisper network to help protect themselves \u2014 more than a year before the bombshell allegations about movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.&#8221; <em>Story by Olivia Messer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.folomedia.org\/icymi-this-was-all-about-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICYMI: This was all about racism<\/a> | <em>Folo Media<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lArMfXvxk5Y\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A four-part series examines the lasting effects of racism, deed restrictions and educational disparities in San Antonio. \u201cWhen you develop a school finance system that\u2019s based on local property values at the exact same time that you\u2019re explicitly segregating neighborhoods on race, then you can\u2019t act surprised 50 years later \u2014 70 years later \u2014 when things are unequal,\u201d said analyst Chandra Villanueva. <em>Story by Matt Worthington and Bekah McNeel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/02\/us\/houston-flood-zone-hurricane-harvey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Builders Said Their Homes Were Out of a Flood Zone. Then Harvey Came<\/a>. | <em>The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What developers had done, in effect, was create gerrymandered maps of risk <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xNPKkq1yo2\">https:\/\/t.co\/xNPKkq1yo2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/937418721219489792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A New York Times examination found that in the years leading up to Hurricane Harvey, the developers of The Woodlands had used a wrinkle in the federal flood-mapping system \u2014 along with many dump trucks\u2019 worth of dirt \u2014 to lift dozens of lots out of the area officially deemed prone to flooding. What they had done, in effect, was create gerrymandered maps of risk.&#8221; <em>Story by John Schwartz, James Glanz and Andrew W. Lehren<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209072411\/https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/community\/fort-worth\/article184703718.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suddenly disabled, unable to work and need benefits? Prepare for financial ruin first<\/a> | <em>The Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SocialSecurity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SocialSecurity<\/a> isn&#39;t working for citizens whose physical ailments no longer allows them to work. Wait time for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/disability?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#disability<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/benefits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#benefits<\/a> decisions is YEARS. Some people DIE while waiting. MANY others like Joe Tovar of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ARLINGTON?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ARLINGTON<\/a> lose their LIFE SAVINGS&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u35AUolKJH\">https:\/\/t.co\/u35AUolKJH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Caplan (@Jeff_Caplan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeff_Caplan\/status\/930873347281506304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In Fort Worth, and across the nation, the system is backlogged to the point of near-absurdity. Local applicants can wait up to two years for a hearing before a judge, with many cities facing longer waits.&#8221; <em>Story by Jeff Caplan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180216215833\/http:\/\/www.mystatesman.com:80\/news\/local-govt--politics\/diversions-and-disguises-behind-austin-city-manager-search\/5cshCqjIYGnpaqe93Y7lwJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diversions and disguises: Behind Austin\u2019s city manager search<\/a> | <em>The Austin American-Statesman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Diversions and disguises: The subterfuge deployed to throw <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/efindell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@efindell<\/a> and I off the scent after we revealed secret identities of finalists for Austin City Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/atxcouncil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#atxcouncil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A9wECgluVN\">https:\/\/t.co\/A9wECgluVN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vye9LFb1q9\">pic.twitter.com\/vye9LFb1q9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Philip Jankowski (@PhilJankowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilJankowski\/status\/938526922241466368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To dodge reporters, consultants suggested the finalists to be Austin\u2019s next city manager don wigs, pretend to be tourists or possibly even wear Halloween masks after American-Statesman reporters managed to identify several candidates during the city\u2019s top-secret search for its next leader.&#8221; <em>Story by Philip Jankowski<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Did I miss a good story? <a href=\"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact me<\/a> or leave a comment below. Don\u2019t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sign up for blog updates<\/a> and check out more <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/category\/must-reads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watchdog journalism from the great state of Texas<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time when it feels like facts don&#8217;t matter, there&#8217;s a sliver of good news.<\/p>\n<p>Investigative journalists are still writing stories that help us understand a complicated world.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the latest examples of watchdog stories in Texas that uncovered hidden facts and held officials accountable: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/10\/must-reads-texas-watchdog-journalism-roundup-for-dec-10-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,759],"tags":[763,4931,4958,242,766,348,4932,587],"class_list":["post-14143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journalism","category-must-reads","tag-dallas-morning-news","tag-folo-media","tag-fort-worth-star-telegram","tag-houston-chronicle","tag-must-reads","tag-new-york-times","tag-the-daily-beast","tag-watchdog-journalism","infinite-scroll-item","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Must reads: Texas watchdog journalism roundup for Dec. 10, 2017 | John Tedesco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At a time when it feels like facts don&#039;t matter, there&#039;s a sliver of good news. 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