Emily Ramshaw

Emily Ramshaw was the editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune from 2016 to 2020. During her tenure, the Tribune — billed “one of the nonprofit news sector’s runaway success stories” — won a Peabody Award, several national Murrow Awards and top honors from the Online News Association. Before joining the Tribune in 2010 as one of its founding reporters, Ramshaw spent six years at The Dallas Morning News, where she broke national stories about sexual abuse inside Texas’ youth lock-ups, reported from inside a West Texas polygamist compound and uncovered “fight clubs” inside state institutions for the disabled. The Texas APME named Ramshaw its 2008 star reporter of the year. In 2016, she was named to the board of the Pulitzer Prizes. A native of Washington, D.C., and the product of two journalist parents, Ramshaw graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 with dual degrees in journalism and American history.

Past Contributions

T-Squared: Two New Trib Hires

By Emily Ramshaw Sept. 30, 2015

We’ve got two great new hires to report here at Team Trib — a criminal justice reporter, Johnathan Silver, and an associate editor, Robert Inks. Full Story
T-Squared: Trib Wins Two Online Journalism Awards

By Emily Ramshaw Sept. 27, 2015

Our efforts to add game-changing investigative reporting to our stellar menu of politics and policy reporting were recognized on the national stage last night with two Online Journalism Awards. Full Story
TribCast: Primary Drop-Outs and a Wendy Davis Interview

By Jacob Villanueva and Emily Ramshaw Sept. 23, 2015

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Evan, Patrick and Edgar about the latest shakeup on the presidential campaign trail, legal action over Medicaid rate cuts and Wendy Davis' interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Full Story
TribCast: Paid to Prosecute and Ted Cruz's Travels

By Emily Ramshaw and Todd Wiseman Sept. 9, 2015

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Jay about Ted Cruz's time in the limelight and a major Tribune investigation into an unusual relationship between a giant insurance company and the Travis County district attorney's office. Full Story
TribCast: Paxton's Lawyers, Perry's Case and Abbott's Emails

By Emily Ramshaw and Todd Wiseman Sept. 2, 2015

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Edgar, Kiah and Morgan about Attorney General Ken Paxton's revolving door of lawyers, the state's involvement in Rick Perry's criminal case and what's revealed in Gov. Greg Abbott's health care emails. Full Story
TribCast: Perry's Money Woes and the Presidential Debate Stage

By Emily Ramshaw and Todd Wiseman Aug. 12, 2015

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Evan, Ross and Abby about Rick Perry's presidential money struggles, his GOP debate performance and security questions at the state Capitol. Full Story
TribCast: Paxton, Perry and Planned Parenthood

By Emily Ramshaw and Todd Wiseman Aug. 5, 2015

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Ross, Morgan and Patrick about Attorney General Ken Paxton's legal hot water, Rick Perry's failure to make the first GOP debate and the latest undercover Planned Parenthood video — this one in Texas. Full Story
TribCast: Sandra Bland, Chapo Guzmán and Donald Trump

By Emily Ramshaw and Todd Wiseman July 22, 2015

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Evan, Alana and Julián about the Sandra Bland death investigation in Waller County, Chapo Guzmán's escape from a Mexican prison and Donald Trump's impending visit to the Texas-Mexico border. Full Story
TribCast: From Jade Helm to Scientology

By Emily Ramshaw and Todd Wiseman July 15, 2015

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Ross, Patrick and Jay — complete with a tin foil hat — about Jade Helm, Rick Perry's reported income and Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to veto a bill opposed by a Scientology group. Full Story
TribCast: Paxton's Legal Woes and Patrick's Grassroots Advisers

By Emily Ramshaw and Todd Wiseman July 8, 2015

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Evan, Ross and Morgan about Attorney General Ken Paxton's legal troubles, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's split with his grassroots advisers and what to do with Confederate monuments on the Capitol grounds. Full Story