Statewide managing editor, The Texas Newsroom, a public radio collab with @NPR & TX stations. Before: @texastribune, @statesman, @reuters. @UNC grad.
Austin, Texas
Joined June 2008
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Welcome to The Texas Newsroom!! Blaise will be our state Capitol reporter, based at @KUT in Austin. He brings experience covering statehouses in Tennessee and Florida. He starts Monday.
I'm hiring a state Capitol reporter for The Texas Newsroom. We are the collaboration among NPR and the public radio stations in Texas. This job is based at @KUT in Austin. Join us! utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.c…
Tonight we toasted @SergioMarBel as he prepares to start his new job at @NPR. Sergio is a star. He has done amazing work as The Texas Newsroom's state Capitol reporter, and we'll miss him. I'm thrilled our audiences will continue to hear and read his stories via NPR.
We Were Once a Family is an incredible book.
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This is so good.
If you missed @KUT’s recent live show, you can listen to my #ATXplained story today!
A listener wanted to know: What happened to the time capsule UT buried for its centennial? It was dug up and moved when Dell Seton broke ground in 2014.
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Fort Bend ISD unveils Sugar Land 95 memorial plans, from @HoustonPubMedia houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Here's the Sugar Land podcast from The Texas Newsroom. In 2018, crews building a school uncovered a historic cemetery containing 95 bodies. The series (hosted by @beedotmartin and @bethrwrites) explores why these 95 have not been identified. kut.org/sugar-land @KUT
ALT The art for The Texas Newsroom's Sugar Land podcast. The words "Sugar Land" appear in front of a building that says "Imperial Sugar."
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I've made my donation to my local nonprofit newsroom, @KUT. Have you? Today is a great day to give. Donate.KUT.org
With a paywall-free website and no traditional advertising, KUT’s journalism is free for everyone. Make a gift and join a local community of public radio supporters. Visit Donate.KUT.org and pick out your thank you gift today.
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The Texas Newsroom and @TexasStandard have live coverage today on the Ken Paxton trial closing arguments, with @LauraRiceKUT @BenPhilpottKUT @AlexSamuelsx5. Tune in now on the radio (@KUT or @keranews), on online at texasstandard.org. #txlege
Join The Texas Newsroom and @TexasStandard now for live coverage of the Paxton impeachment trial, with David Brown @LauraRiceKUT @BenPhilpottKUT @SergioMarBel @AlexSamuelsx5. Go to kut.org and click on LIVE: Ken Paxton's Texas Senate impeachment trial. #txlege
Texas Standard will be bringing you live coverage and analysis of the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton today.
Tune into your local public radio station, and share your thoughts with us: txst.us/3RciAGn
Texas college students (or any Texan who wants to learn about public media): Wednesday is the deadline to apply to The Texas Newsroom's NextGenRadio project in El Paso in Sept. OK to join remotely from elsewhere in Texas. Participants receive a stipend. nextgenradio.org/apply/
A good-news story about a local newspaper: KERA (a public media org in North Texas) has officially acquired the Denton Record-Chronicle. The newspaper is now a nonprofit. @keranews @keratx @DentonRC keranews.org/inside-kera-new… #localnews
We're hiring an Austin-based investigative reporter/editor at The Texas Newsroom, the collaboration among @NPR and public radio stations in the state, including @KUT @keranews @HoustonPubMedia and TPR. utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.c…
Austin City Council fires City Manager Spencer Cronk, @AKMcGlinchy reports. Cronk's leadership was criticized during an ice storm that left hundreds of thousands without power earlier this month.
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I'm happy to say that @NPR's coverage of the State of the Union will include Spanish-language commentary from The Texas Newsroom's @SergioMarBel. The live bilingual program will also feature former @statesman reporter @cgrisales. current.org/2023/02/nprs-sta…
Some Austin Energy customers won't have power restored until Friday night. From @KUT: kut.org/energy-environment/2…
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At the @TexasLyceum conference in Austin, a conversation about the role of the media in elections moderated by @MustafaTameez, with @sewellchan @miyashay @SergioMarBel. #txlege
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Great opportunity.
As part of our Arts Access initiative, KERA, in partnership with Dallas Morning News, is hiring a digital engagement fellow. This is part of our effort to cover arts & culture through a DEI lens. Apply here: j.brt.mv/PortalViewRequireme… @keratx @dallasnews
I plan to attend. Join me! The last show was terrific.
JUST ANNOUNCED + ON SALE NOW! @KUT’s award-winning ATXplained returns to the Paramount stage 2/22 with brand new stories based on questions from the Austin community, bringing a new dimension to the journalism you love from KUT 🎫 bit.ly/3isYhWq
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She's the best.
@AngelaKBorder does it all: video, audio, photos and probes into controversial role of Texas National Guard & DPS on banks of Rio Grande. Listen to @NPR #elpaso
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