This is a natural next step to give her more influence and stature to make our work and its distribution better.
Bobby Blanchard
Bobby Blanchard joined The Texas Tribune’s audience team in 2016 and led the team from 2021 to 2023, strategizing to expand the organization’s reach and engagement across all platforms. A graduate of UT-Austin, Bobby spent his first year out of college at The Dallas Morning News as a reporting fellow, covering Texas politics and breaking news. He got his start in journalism in the poorly lit basement of The Daily Texan, followed by internships at the Houston Chronicle, KUT News and the Tribune. Born and raised in the Houston area, Bobby is a native Texan.
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T-Squared: John Hernandez is joining The Texas Tribune as our assistant director of audience
He will relentlessly advocate for our existing audience and work to reach the Texans who do not yet know about us.
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T-Squared: María Méndez is joining The Texas Tribune as service and engagement reporter
She will connect readers with resources, demystify politics and public policy and look for ways to reach Texans whose questions often go unheard.
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T-Squared: Jessica Priest joins The Texas Tribune as engagement reporter
A graduate of Sam Houston State University, Priest has worked in newsrooms in Temple, Victoria and Fort Worth.
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T-Squared: Allyson Waller is The Texas Tribune’s next newsletter writer
She moves from the Tribune’s editorial team to our audience team, where she will take charge of our flagship email newsletter, The Brief.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Text with The Texas Tribune for COVID-19 news
We’re going to use our texting line to keep you updated with the latest pandemic news.
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You can now text with The Texas Tribune for breaking news, power updates and more
We’re launching a new text number to share updates with our readers and let you ask us questions.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Tell us how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting you
While doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have begun to arrive, the pandemic is far from over. Share your story with us.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Monday is your deadline to register to vote in the Texas primary runoff
The runoff election for the Democratic and Republican primaries is July 14. The runoffs were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Police brutality in Texas
Did you protest in Texas over George Floyd’s death? We want to talk to you.
Thousands of Texans took to the streets in Houston, Dallas, Austin and throughout the state this weekend to protest the death of yet another black man at the hands of police. We want to hear more about what you saw.