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The Texas Tribune

By Steve Hall

It started with the post at Romenesko, "Smith steps down as Texas Monthly editor-in-chief to become Texas Tribune CEO," Thursday afternoon.  It was Evan Smith's memo to the staff at Texas Monthly that he would not be moving with them to a new office, slated to open in a few weeks.Anyway, that next challenge I alluded to ensures that I'll be seeing you around. It's no secret that I've been consulting with my friend of fifteen years, the venture capitalist John Thornton, on a project very close to his heart: a nonprofit, nonpartisan public media organization whose mission is to promote civic engagement and discourse on public policy, politics, government, and other matters of statewide interest. As John has been telling anyone who will listen, the Texas Tribune will publish original news reporting online (much like ProPublica) and put on conferences, conversation series, and other on-the-record, open-to-the-public events (much like the Aspen Institute)...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).