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Chris Hughes
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Editor, Texas Highways
Features editor at @TexasHighways. Formerly of @BostonMagazine, @Austin_Monthly, and @coastalliving.
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Jon Morrow
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Founder and Editor, Smart Blogger
Born paralyzed. Hundreds of broken bones. Pneumonia 16 times. Built a business using a lip operated mouse. Traveled the world. You have no excuses.
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Olivia Webb
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Editorial Lead, a16z
editorial lead @a16zbiohealth | writer of Acute Condition | all opinions my own
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Chase Karacostas
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Newsletters Editor, State Affairs
🏳️🌈 sip tea, spill tea — travel, dating & carolinas’ #1 t swift expert. disabled and queer. now: @KUT. past: @thestate. 📧: chase@kut.org (he/they)
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Ebony Flake
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Business Reporter, Essence
Journalist Covering Business, Culture & News
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Matthew Watkins
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Editor-in-Chief, Texas Tribune
Editor-in-chief at @texastribune. Aggie. Winner of the 2011 Texas Christmas Tree Growers Award for business writing. Ask me about my kids.
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Chris Dukes
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Freelance Journalist and Writer, Freelance
Sportswriter. Lover of college football, wrestling, live music, horror movies and general silliness.
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Asher Price
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Reporter, Axios
Austin reporter @axios, frmr @statesman journo. My books: Earl Campbell: Yards After Contact; Year of the Dunk; The Great Texas Wind Rush. asher.price@axios.com
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Alana Rocha
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Director, Collaborative and Rural Initiatives, The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN)
.@INN's Dir of Collaborative and Rural Initiatives. Shaped by @TexasTribune @SpectrumNews1TX @KWCH12. Seasoned millennial. Tweets son míos. #GoGators
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Nadia Lathan
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State Government Reporter, Associated Press
covering texas politics @ap via @report4america. @ucbsoj '24. california born and raised. reach me: nlathan@ap.org.
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