Matt Ewalt
@mjewalt.bsky.social
Senior director of events and live journalism at The Texas Tribune. Prev: VP, Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education at Chautauqua Institution.
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At last, my many hours spent playing trivia games on the Internet will pay off IRL. Join us!
Join @texastribune.org and @texasstandard.bsky.social and for Texas trivia March 27 at Batch in Austin! With co-hosts @shelly.brisbin.net and @mwatkinstrib.bsky.social, we’ll cover current events, history, sports, arts and culture, and more.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
At last, my many hours spent playing trivia games on the Internet will pay off IRL. Join us!
Join @texastribune.org and @texasstandard.bsky.social and for Texas trivia March 27 at Batch in Austin! With co-hosts @shelly.brisbin.net and @mwatkinstrib.bsky.social, we’ll cover current events, history, sports, arts and culture, and more.
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March 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Join @texastribune.org and @texasstandard.bsky.social and for Texas trivia March 27 at Batch in Austin! With co-hosts @shelly.brisbin.net and @mwatkinstrib.bsky.social, we’ll cover current events, history, sports, arts and culture, and more.
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School choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education. Here is a guide to all things vouchers.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/23/t... via @texastribune.org
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School choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education
Everything you need to know about what they are and how they might change the state’s educational landscape.
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January 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
School choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education. Here is a guide to all things vouchers.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/23/t... via @texastribune.org
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/23/t... via @texastribune.org
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Today @texastribune.org published a special report on school choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education — and it includes our first AI assistant built with in-house tech!
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/23/t...
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School choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education
Vouchers would let parents use public funds to pay for their kids’ private education. Learn about how they could work and the political battle around them.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Today @texastribune.org published a special report on school choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education — and it includes our first AI assistant built with in-house tech!
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/23/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/23/t...
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This is an incredible testament to the loss of local news coverage. A congresswoman disappeared for six months and no one noticed.
A U.S. Congresswoman disappeared for the last six months of her term. Nobody noticed.
Turns out she's in a memory care unit, & her staff (and apparently other people?) covered it up (though she was somehow propped up for an event a month ago?)
WILD story
Turns out she's in a memory care unit, & her staff (and apparently other people?) covered it up (though she was somehow propped up for an event a month ago?)
WILD story
‘Missing’ GOP Congresswoman Not Seen For Six Months Finally Found Living at Dementia Care Home - WCBM TALKRADIO AM 680
In a startling revelation, Rep. Kay Granger, missing for six months, has been found living in a dementia care home. Discover the details behind her sudden disappearance and the implications for her political legacy. The post ‘Missing’ GOP Congresswoman Not Seen For Six Months Finally Found Living at Dementia Care Home appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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December 21, 2024 at 9:57 PM
This is an incredible testament to the loss of local news coverage. A congresswoman disappeared for six months and no one noticed.
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The Texas Tribune's Kayla Guo has the latest escalation in the political fight over the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/19/r...
Attorney General Ken Paxton files motion to block death row inmate Robert Roberson from testifying
The motion escalates a tense standoff between Paxton and a bipartisan Texas House committee, which had subpoenaed Roberson to testify at the Capitol on Friday.
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December 20, 2024 at 2:54 AM
The Texas Tribune's Kayla Guo has the latest escalation in the political fight over the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/19/r...
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NEW: Texas has never publicly reported where it has built border wall. So @texastribune.org requested records, interviewed landowners and traveled the Rio Grande to compile a first-of-its-kind look of the $3.1 billion in construction. apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
December 19, 2024 at 4:13 PM
NEW: Texas has never publicly reported where it has built border wall. So @texastribune.org requested records, interviewed landowners and traveled the Rio Grande to compile a first-of-its-kind look of the $3.1 billion in construction. apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
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🧵 While fielding a torrent of paper-airplane-delivered song requests in Austin, @actualbenfolds.bsky.social repeatedly reflected on the role newspapers played in helping him make sense of the world:
1) his songwriting lessons asking students to write based on articles in today's news…
1) his songwriting lessons asking students to write based on articles in today's news…
December 12, 2024 at 3:39 PM
🧵 While fielding a torrent of paper-airplane-delivered song requests in Austin, @actualbenfolds.bsky.social repeatedly reflected on the role newspapers played in helping him make sense of the world:
1) his songwriting lessons asking students to write based on articles in today's news…
1) his songwriting lessons asking students to write based on articles in today's news…
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Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Staffers at the Los Angeles Times described to Status a demoralized publication depleted of its spirit in which employees are "confused," "offended," and "frustrated."
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December 5, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...
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EDITORS: Come work with us. The ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigative unit has an opening.
Deputy Texas Editor
Austin, Texas, United States
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November 25, 2024 at 6:32 PM
EDITORS: Come work with us. The ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigative unit has an opening.
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We now have a weekly news quiz @texastribune.org
Give it test and let me know your score.
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Give it test and let me know your score.
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Tribune news quiz: What happened in Texas this week?
How closely did you follow the news in Texas this week? Take The Texas Tribune’s news quiz to find out!
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November 22, 2024 at 2:36 PM
We now have a weekly news quiz @texastribune.org
Give it test and let me know your score.
www.texastribune.org/weekly-news-...
Give it test and let me know your score.
www.texastribune.org/weekly-news-...
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On Friday, the Texas State Board of Education approved a state-authored curriculum under intense scrutiny in recent months for its heavy inclusion of biblical teachings.
Here’s what you need to know about the new lessons and how an Abbott-appointee became the deciding vote. 🧵
Here’s what you need to know about the new lessons and how an Abbott-appointee became the deciding vote. 🧵
November 22, 2024 at 8:08 PM
On Friday, the Texas State Board of Education approved a state-authored curriculum under intense scrutiny in recent months for its heavy inclusion of biblical teachings.
Here’s what you need to know about the new lessons and how an Abbott-appointee became the deciding vote. 🧵
Here’s what you need to know about the new lessons and how an Abbott-appointee became the deciding vote. 🧵
Grateful for the opportunity to chat with @penamerica.bsky.social about @texastribune.bsky.social events and how live journalism can empower audiences and counteract disinformation.
Can "live journalism" counter disinformation?
@texastribune.bsky.social's Matt Ewalt meets people where they are by organizing timely listening sessions, panel discussions, and an annual 3-day festival on politics and policy.
Read Ewalt's new #FactsForward interview here: pen.org/for-the-texa...
@texastribune.bsky.social's Matt Ewalt meets people where they are by organizing timely listening sessions, panel discussions, and an annual 3-day festival on politics and policy.
Read Ewalt's new #FactsForward interview here: pen.org/for-the-texa...
For the Texas Tribune, public events help to counteract disinformation - PEN America
In this Facts Forward interview, we talk with Matt Ewalt, senior director of events and live journalism at the Texas Tribune.
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November 20, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to chat with @penamerica.bsky.social about @texastribune.bsky.social events and how live journalism can empower audiences and counteract disinformation.
Last week, @texastribune.bsky.social convened officials and civic leaders to discuss the future of rural Texas, the challenges our regions face and the opportunities they offer. Grateful to our regions team for its leadership and to our speakers for giving voice to these issues.
Rural Texas officials and civic leaders discuss economic development, health care and water supply in smaller communities
The Tribune’s rural symposium highlighted the challenges the state’s far-flung regions face — and the opportunities they offer.
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November 18, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Last week, @texastribune.bsky.social convened officials and civic leaders to discuss the future of rural Texas, the challenges our regions face and the opportunities they offer. Grateful to our regions team for its leadership and to our speakers for giving voice to these issues.