On the Records: Digging Through Disclosure
Writing about congressional travel required days of tedious work because the information isn't easily accessible. Full Story
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Matt Stiles
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Matt Stiles covered government and politics for the Tribune, with a focus on data journalism, from 2009 to 2011. He oversaw and developed the Tribune’s library of web applications and interactive graphics. Previously, he was a government reporter at the Houston Chronicle. While there, he won the newspaper’s Jesse Award for service journalism and beat reporting and was its reporter of the year in 2007. Before joining the Chronicle, Stiles worked as a reporter for nearly four years at The Dallas Morning News.
Past Contributions
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KHOU-TV companion story on congressional travel
KHOU-TV in Houston did a story using The Texas Tribune's analysis of Texas congressional travel. Full Story
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Super Salaries
School superintendent salary data offers a unique window into the vast diversity of Texas districts, from massive to miniscule, and the way they pay their chief executives. One new trend: Performance pay. Full Story
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![Superintendent salaries often, but not always correlate with district enrollment. The top earner in Texas, Beaumont ISD's Carrol Thomas, is the exception. He earns $334,212 for managing a system one-tenth the size of the state's largest, Houston ISD.]()
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On the Records: What He Said
Data: Make it available. Make it usable. Make it meaningful. Share. Full Story
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More Than One Million Caught
Next time you plan on speeding through an intersection after the signal changes to red, remember this: A camera could be watching. Full Story
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Congressional Travel
Members of the U.S. Congress must file documents explaining any privately funded trips they or their staffers take. Explore those trips by selecting destinations, members or the groups who sponsor the travel. Full Story
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On the Records: A View Behind the Cameras
How we built the red-light camera app. Download the data and build your own — or embed ours as an iframe. Full Story
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Data App: Red-Light Cameras
Explore red-light camera intersections across Texas, or drill down to individual intersections to see images, crash figures and citation totals. Full Story
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Data explainer: Red-Light Cameras
Watch this video to learn more about our data application. Full Story
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Show Us the Money
The Texas Ethics Commission wants candidates and elected officials to come clean about their spending, and it's adopted new rules that require them to do just that. Full Story
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