The Texas Tribune: Sewell Chanhttps://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/sewell-chan/The latest news by Sewell Chan.enTue, 13 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0500T-Squared: The regular 2023 legislative session is behind us. We were with Texans the whole way.https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/13/texas-tribune-legislative-session/The Tribune’s editor-in-chief on covering the 2023 Texas legislative session.Sewell ChanTue, 13 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/13/texas-tribune-legislative-session/T-Squared: Matt Adams, Dan Keemahill and Carlos Nogueras join The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/26/matt-adams-carlos-nogueras-permian-basin/Adams will oversee audience growth and engagement. Keemahill is a data journalist working on investigative stories. Nogueras will be our first Permian Basin reporter, based in Midland-Odessa.Sewell ChanWed, 26 Apr 2023 08:30:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/26/matt-adams-carlos-nogueras-permian-basin/Matt Adams, Dan Keemahill and Carlos Nogueras.From left: Matt Adams, Dan Keemahill and Carlos Nogueras.T-Squared: Tribune wins Texas Managing Editors awards for investigative, freedom of information and feature reportinghttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/18/texas-managing-editors-awards/Texas Tribune journalists were also finalists or honorable mentions in numerous other categories.Sewell ChanTue, 18 Apr 2023 15:33:08 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/18/texas-managing-editors-awards/Impact, Recognition and AwardsTexas Observer will continue publishing after staff crowdfunds more than $300,000https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/29/texas-observer-keep-publishing/The crusading liberal magazine had planned to lay off its staff and shut down. But the board has now reversed course.Sewell ChanWed, 29 Mar 2023 16:49:46 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/29/texas-observer-keep-publishing/Stack of Texas Observer magazines.S stack of Texas Observer magazines.YouTube screenshotTexas Observer editors protest layoffs, launch crowdfunding to save the 68-year-old magazinehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/27/texas-observer-closing-editors-fight/Journalists at the progressive publication expect to be laid off this week. Relations between the board and senior staff have severely eroded.Sewell ChanMon, 27 Mar 2023 16:29:50 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/27/texas-observer-closing-editors-fight/The Texas Observer staff.The Texas Observer staff.GoFundMe/Chris LeeTexas Observer, legendary crusading liberal magazine, is closing and laying off its staffhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/26/texas-observer-shutting-down/The 68-year-old progressive publication, which published Ronnie Dugger, Molly Ivins and Kaye Northcott, hit financial troubles and wasn’t able to broaden its audience, board members said.Sewell Chan and Brandon FormbySun, 26 Mar 2023 19:51:39 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/26/texas-observer-shutting-down/The Texas Observer was founded in 1954.The Texas Observer was founded in 1954.Texas ObserverT-Squared: This year’s Texas Tribune Festival is Sept. 21-23https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/07/2023-texas-tribune-festival/Texas and America are at a pivotal moment. With the 2024 elections looming, we have a cornucopia of talks and ideas planned.Sonal Shah and Sewell ChanTue, 07 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/07/2023-texas-tribune-festival/T-Squared: Matt Ewalt is The Texas Tribune’s new director of events and live journalismhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/02/matt-ewalt-tribune-events/He is currently the vice president for education at the Chautauqua Institution, where he curates and produces programming for one of the oldest and most respected lecture series in the country.Sewell ChanFri, 03 Mar 2023 13:08:13 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/02/matt-ewalt-tribune-events/Matt Ewalt will join The Texas Tribune as director of events and live journalism.Matt Ewalt.Courtesy of Matt EwaltT-Squared: Renzo Downey will write the Tribune’s politics newsletterhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/13/renzo-downey-texas-tribune/Downey, who currently reports on Florida politics, covered the Texas Legislature’s 2019 session for the Austin American-Statesman.Sewell ChanFri, 13 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/13/renzo-downey-texas-tribune/Texas 2022: Year in Photoshttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/30/texas-2022-photos/Texas Tribune photographers captured a historic year of challenges and resilience.Sewell Chan and Texas Tribune Photo TeamFri, 30 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/30/texas-2022-photos/T-Squared: Our latest newsroom hireshttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/21/texas-tribune-new-hires/Emily Foxhall, Laura Garcia, Michele Gonzalez, Julia Guilbeau and Stephen Simpson are the latest additions to the Tribune’s news and events teams.Sewell ChanWed, 21 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/21/texas-tribune-new-hires/The exterior of The Texas Tribune’s office in downtown Austin.The exterior of the Texas Tribune office in downtown Austin on Nov. 5, 2019.Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas TribuneU.S. Sen. Ted Cruz confirms he will seek a third term in 2024https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/19/ted-cruz-third-term-senate/Speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, the Texas Republican said he would seek reelection, but he also did not rule out running for president.Sewell ChanSat, 19 Nov 2022 20:58:44 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/19/ted-cruz-third-term-senate/T-Squared: Three reporters are joining us to cover law, democracy and environmenthttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/13/environment-democracy-law-new-reporters/Roxanna Asgarian will cover law and courts, Robert Downen will cover challenges to democracy and Alejandra Martinez will cover the environment.Sewell Chan and Matthew WatkinsTue, 13 Sep 2022 08:02:30 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/13/environment-democracy-law-new-reporters/Roxanna Asgarian, Robert Downen and Alejandra Martinez.Roxanna Asgarian, Robert Downen and Alejandra Martinez.Texas TribuneT-Squared: Alejandro Serrano joins us as a general assignment reporterhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/29/alejandro-serrano/A graduate of Northeastern University, Serrano has reported for the San Francisco Chronicle and the Houston Chronicle. He’ll remain based in Houston.Sewell Chan and Matthew WatkinsMon, 29 Aug 2022 08:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/29/alejandro-serrano/Alejandro Serrano.Alejandro Serrano.Sofia BergmannT-Squared: Yuriko Schumacher joins The Texas Tribune’s data visuals teamhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/26/yuriko-schumacher-designer-developer/Yuriko will work as a designer-developer to report and create engaging interactive stories about Texas.Sewell Chan and Darla CameronFri, 26 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/26/yuriko-schumacher-designer-developer/Yuriko Schumacher.Courtesy of Yuriko SchumacherT-Squared: The Texas Tribune wins national Edward R. Murrow Award for overall excellencehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/11/texas-tribune-edward-murrow-award/The Tribune also shared a national Edward R. Murrow Award with ProPublica and Mountain State Spotlight for a series of articles on cancer-causing air pollution.Sewell ChanThu, 11 Aug 2022 15:13:36 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/11/texas-tribune-edward-murrow-award/T-Squared: Allison Erickson joins The Texas Tribune as a 2022-23 military and veteran affairs reporting fellowhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/11/allison-erickson-military-reporting-fellow/Allison, who served as a Medical Service Corps officer in the U.S. Army from 2011 to 2018, is joining the Tribune through a partnership with Military Veterans in Journalism.Sewell Chan and Ayan MittraThu, 11 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/11/allison-erickson-military-reporting-fellow/T-Squared: New roles for Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera and Brandon Formbyhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/09/texas-tribune-editors/Alejandro will serve as education and urban affairs editor, and Brandon as news editor.Sewell Chan and Matthew WatkinsTue, 09 Aug 2022 08:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/09/texas-tribune-editors/Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera, left, will serve as education and urban affairs editor, and Brandon Formby as news editor.The Texas TribuneT-Squared: A promotion for Bobby Blanchardhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/25/bobby-blanchard-chief-audience-officer/A six-year newsroom veteran, Audience Director Bobby Blanchard is now our chief audience officer and a member of the Tribune’s senior management team.Sewell ChanMon, 25 Jul 2022 16:15:40 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/25/bobby-blanchard-chief-audience-officer/Bobby Blanchard has helped oversee the doubling and diversification of the Tribune’s audience.Texas Tribune StaffT-Squared: Matthew Choi is The Texas Tribune’s new Washington correspondenthttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/12/washington-correspodent-matthew-choi/A former Tribune reporting fellow, Choi previously worked at Politico, where he covered energy and climate and wrote a daily energy newsletter.Sewell Chan and Matthew WatkinsTue, 12 Jul 2022 12:59:41 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/12/washington-correspodent-matthew-choi/Matthew Choi is The Texas Tribune’s new Washington, D.C., correspondent.Matthew Choi.Courtesy of Matthew Choi