Past Contributions

• TribLIve: Craddick on the Denton Fracking Ban

  By Evan Smith Nov. 6, 2014

  At our 11/6 TribLive conversation, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Christi Craddick reacted to Denton's passage of a ban on fracking. Full Story 

• TribLive: Craddick on the GOP Sweep

  By Evan Smith Nov. 6, 2014

  At our 11/6 TribLive conversation, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Christi Craddick talked about the results of the 2014 general election. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Christi Craddick

  By Evan Smith Nov. 6, 2014

  Full video of my 11/6 TribLive Conversation with Christi Craddick, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: The Shale Boom and the Texas Economy

  By Evan Smith Nov. 4, 2014

  At our 10/31 symposium on the impact of the shale boom on Texas, I talked economic transformation with Midland Mayor Jerry Morales, San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor, UTSA's Thomas Tunstall and Don Tymrak, the city manager of Karnes City. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: How to Keep the Shale Boom Booming

  By Evan Smith Nov. 4, 2014

  At our 10/31 symposium on the impact of the shale boom on Texas, Jim Malewitz talked with state Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, and Texas Railroad Commissoner Barry Smitherman about what it will take to keep the boom booming. Full Story 

• T-Squared: High Five

  By Evan Smith Nov. 3, 2014

  In the wee hours of Nov. 3, 2009, we flipped the switch on our website, this little experiment of ours in raising the level of civic engagement through nonprofit, nonpartisan journalism. Yep, happy birthday to us. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation With Brown and Sitton

  By Evan Smith Oct. 31, 2014

  Full video of Jim Malewitz's 10/30 TribLive conversation with Steve Brown and Ryan Sitton, the Democratic and Republican nominees for Texas Railroad Commissioner, respectively, in 2014. Full Story 

• T-Squared: Trib, Times Will End Partnership

  By Evan Smith Oct. 31, 2014

  The four-year collaboration between The Texas Tribune and The New York Times will come to an end at the conclusion of the calendar year — a casualty of the challenging economic times that continue to bedevil the media industry. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation With Nichols and Clardy

  By Evan Smith Oct. 23, 2014

  Full video of my 10/23 TribLive conversation with state Rep. Travis Clardy, R-Nacogdoches, and state Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University. Full Story 

• TribLive: Houston on Open Government

  By Evan Smith Oct. 16, 2014

  At our 10/16 TribLive conversation, Sam Houston, the Democratic nominee for Texas Attorney General in 2014, talked about how he'd respond to open records requests. Full Story