Natalie Choate

3 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Matthew Watkins |Natalie Choate

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas and the American journalism community have lost a luminary. John Thornton, a founder of The Texas Tribune and one of the most vital and influential leaders in nonprofit journalism, died on Saturday. He was 59. His passing is an immeasurable loss for our staff, our board, our many supporters and readers past and present.