Operation Detour
The U.S. Border Patrol's gritty and graphic effort to turn young Texans away from narco-trafficking. Coming soon to a classroom near you? Full Story
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.
The U.S. Border Patrol's gritty and graphic effort to turn young Texans away from narco-trafficking. Coming soon to a classroom near you? Full Story
2010 hopefuls for statewide office and the Texas Legislature: We want you on camera. Here are your instructions for submitting a video that we'll host on our site. Full Story
Here's how to submit a video, introducing yourself and your platform, that we'll aggregate on the Tribune site. Full Story
We examine the claims and quirks of the Democratic gubernatorial candidate's Austin remarks from early December. Full Story
Watch Farouk Shami's claims and quirks in the latest Stump Interrupted candidate speech. Full Story
In this week's TribCast, Evan, Ross, Ben and Elise talk the politics of gay, the latest changes in the race for governor and who we oughta drop from our Facebook friends lists. Full Story
In the latest HuTube vlog post, we take you behind the scenes of Wednesday morning TV partnerships and the subsequent breakfast summit. Full Story
Behind-the-scenes of Wednesday mornings at The Texas Tribune. Full Story
Humorist and author Kinky Friedman is setting his sights on a new prize: the agriculture commissioner post. Full Story
NBC-5 in Dallas used our data application for a story on red-light cameras. Full Story