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Elise Hu
Elise Hu was a political reporter at the Tribune, focusing on multimedia projects, from 2009 to 2011. She previously worked as the state political reporter for Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV, from 2006 to 2009. She was recognized by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters three years in a row for her beat reporting on state politics and was named Best TV Reporter Who Can Write by The Austin Chronicle. Before arriving in Austin, she held reporting positions at television stations in Waco; Greenville, S.C.; and Columbia, Mo. She's an evangelist for social media and multimedia journalism — her Political Junkie blog was listed as one of WashingtonPost.com's top Texas political blogs. A native of Plano, she has a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri.
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TribBlog: Bush to speak at SMU next week
Former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush will speak at the home of his presidential library, Southern Methodist University.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Fort Hood Shootings
As news of the Fort Hood shootings unfolds, we’ll be adding links, maps, audio, photographs, and other information from around the web to this post.
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Public Education
Student restraints, Day 3: Jennifer Howson’s story
Jennifer Howson, 21, was restrained dozens of times at her school in the northeast Texas town of Kemp, often sustaining scrapes, bruises and black eyes.
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Jennifer Howson’s story
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 002
Evan Smith, Ross Ramsey, Elise Hu, and Ben Philpott have a jam session on the UT/Texas Tribune poll, the 2010 Democratic statewide slate, and their favorite haircare products.
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KHOU-TV: A Few Minutes with Farouk Shami
A few minutes from KHOU-TV’s October interview with Farouk Shami, the Houston hair care executive who says he’s going to run for Texas governor as a Democrat. He pledges to spend $10 million from his personal fortune to get the job.
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Hu Tube: A Tribute to the Developers
This is my tribute to genius django developers H.O., Brandon, Niran, Matt, Chase, Jacob and the rest of the bright minds who made the TT possible.
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Overnight Ninjas: The TT Developers
This is my HuTube tribute to the Texas Tribune developers, who worked nothing short of a miracle to code the site in Django in less than three weeks.
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The Video Brief: November 3, 2009
It’s election day and TT launch day. The video brief features a quick look at the day ahead, each weekday.