Staci D. Kramer
Mar 13, 2010 12:25 PM
One of the side benefits of coming to Austin for South By Southwest Interactive: spending some time at the Texas Tribune, the non-profit news site launched last November to cover statewide politics, public policy and government. The enterprise started with venture capitalist John Thornton, who recruited Texas Monthly‘s Evan Smith…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 25, 2010 12:04 PM
A little grist for the news fundraising data mill today as John Thornton, chairman and founder of the Texas Tribune provides some details on how the new non-profit is raising money beyond initial major funding. The nonprofit ended the year with nearly $4 million, exceeding its 2009 fundraising goal of…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 3, 2009 7:30 AM
Monday evening as the Texas Tribune raced toward its launch this morning (some elements aren’t live yet), Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith took me through the new nonprofit journalism site—news stories, databases, blogs, a combined Twitter feed for every elected politician in Texas, the start of a Texas politics wiki. Unlike some…
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