senior editor @TexasMonthly | former EIC @HoustoniaMag | other past lives: @chron @HoustonChron @WineSpectator | she/her
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World Cup fan festival causes headaches for local business owners usatoday.com/story/sports/so…
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HOUSTON — Elephant joins Texas GOP convention, and pees right between the press area and delegates, after Gov. Greg Abbott’s speech.
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service journalism 🫡
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Emma Balter retweeted
Jun 9
🚨⚽️ @niemanlab SOURCE REQUEST:
The World Cup is my favorite time to see what journalism can do when the whole world is watching.
If you’re trying anything new in your coverage this year — formats, products, audience stuff, biz ideas — DM or email hanaa@niemanlab.org 💌
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i don't really write anymore, but when i do, it's gonna be about houston <3 texasmonthly.com/travel/hous…
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it's official-official: new state park acquired, and it's a big one! texasmonthly.com/travel/silv…
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May 27
the Dem primary for Harris County Judge should go to another runoff, just for fun
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not to repromo my own tweet with 4 likes but i really do still think about this often
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This is the most niche and trivial of Houston tweets. "Kinder Land Bridge" trips me up because I wanna say bridges plural. There's two *tunnels* ... technically only one bridge. But I look at it and think, there is two of something!! Bridges! Someone should have thought of this.
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May 4
Texas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley has been awarded the @PulitzerPrizes for feature writing, for his heartrending, first-person account of his family’s fight for survival during last year’s devastating Central Texas floods. texasmonthly.com/press-room/…
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Ongoing border wall construction through public lands in the RGV has failed to attract the same level of nationwide outrage as the Big Bend wall. For @TexasMonthly, @jalvarezatx traveled down there to see what's at stake. texasmonthly.com/travel/rio-…
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Emma Balter retweeted
Mar 20
“If I stand where they stood when they passed on, I feel like I’m connecting with heaven.” —10yo Mystic camper
She’s one of hundreds of girls and parents who want the camp to reopen, a decision that’s ripping apart a community.
✍️by @peterjholley
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Mar 10
Hilarious dissection of Tilman Fertitta's pop-up steakhouse by @mimiswartz in @TexasMonthly. Tom Wolfe–caliber musings on the $149 filets and $4,000 fringed purses. texasmonthly.com/travel/1932…
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Imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi will disrupt supplies of jet fuel and gasoline in Texas
“We hear nothing from the Texas politicians about the seriousness of the situation or any state plan to mitigate it.”
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"Soaking in the hot springs a stone’s throw from Mexico, taking the battered metal boat across the river to Boquillas del Carmen for enchiladas and cervezas, hiking into the shadows of Santa Elena Canyon—these are rites of passage for many who love Big Bend." — @Forrest4Trees
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Feb 25
Have you ever seen a bizarre news story about Harris County Judge Lina HIdalgo and wondered: WTF? Well, I spent spent the last six months trying to answer that question for @TexasMonthly. texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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Emma Balter retweeted
Feb 24
First in @semafor: Jasmine Crockett's campaign is taking a more hostile stance on the national media.
It ejected Atlantic reporter @elainejgodfrey from an event today in Texas after she started asking questions. And earlier this month, it reported to the Capitol Police that CNN's Edward Isaac Dovere was trespassing after he attempted to visit a campaign office...
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You may have seen the headlines—acres of land being raffled off for just $6! The reality, shocker, is much more complicated. @eateramanda looked into it for @TexasMonthly texasmonthly.com/travel/trut…
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Emma Balter retweeted
Jan 16
My colleague @EmmaBalter asked us where we were looking forward to going this year.
EASY. Flying to Big Bend Ranch State Park.
I've always wanted to land on the airstrip there and hike to camp, so I've committed to doing it.
That said, we've got a lot of good ideas around the @TexasMonthly office.
See where we're headed: texasmonthly.com/travel/wher…
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