The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune
Sign for the Texas Tribune offices at the Capitol Center in Downtown Austin
TypeNonprofit
FormatWeb
Founder(s)John Thornton
Evan Smith
Ross Ramsey
Editor-in-chiefMatthew Watkins
CEOSonal Shah
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Headquarters919 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas, U.S.
30°16′18″N 97°44′28″W / 30.271557°N 97.741243°W / 30.271557; -97.741243
OCLC number465271495
Websitewww.texastribune.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit politics and public policy news website headquartered in Austin, Texas.[1][2] Its stated aim is to promote civic engagement through original, explanatory journalism and public events.[3]

The Texas Tribune, like the Voice of San Diego and MinnPost before it, is part of a trend toward web-based, non-profit journalism.[4]

In addition to journalism published on its news website,[5] the Tribune permits content re-publication both online and in print.[6][7]

The Texas Tribune hosts various events and conferences including the Texas Tribune Festival,[8][9] which attracts national journalists and politicians for interviews and forums.

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  2. ^ Nahser, Freia (September 27, 2018). "The Texas Tribune: audience strategy and business model". Global Editors Network. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Pérez-Peña, Richard (July 17, 2009). "Web Start-Up Has Its Eye on Texas". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Lewis, Charles (October 13, 2008). "The Nonprofit Road: It's paved not with gold, but with good journalism". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "Texas Tribune set as state watchdog". Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "The Texas Tribune Republishing Guidelines". Archived from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  7. ^ Bryan Person (July 29, 2009). "Media Bullseye: Journalism is No Longer a Lecture". Mediabullseye.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  8. ^ Clark-Madison, Mike. "2019 Tribfest Takes Politics to the Streets". Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  9. ^ "CBS News to partner with the Texas Tribune Festival". CBS News. September 16, 2022. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.