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3 weeks ago | 
latamjournalismreview.org | Sarah Brager |Teresa Mioli
By Sarah Brager March 31, 2025 Discerning truth from lies on social media is challenging when platforms want to keep users in the dark. So what does that mean for journalists working to counter disinformation? Professional fact-checkers spoke on a panel at the 26th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on Thursday, March 27.
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1 month ago | 
dentonrc.com | Rhonda Fanning |Sarah Brager
A lot of what happens in the coming days will heavily depend on weather patterns sweeping across Texas. Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist for Harris County, has been closely monitoring the forecast and how it might affect current fires and potential for new ones. He joined Texas Standard with more on what Texans can expect. This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity:Texas Standard: Can you recap some of the conditions that Texans have been facing for the past 24 hours?
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2 months ago | 
kut.org | Sarah Brager |Sean Saldaña
Ben Duong knew he had won the Austin Half Marathon last year before he even crossed the finish line. He wasn’t the first runner to finish the race, but he would officially be the fastest person in the world to run a half while dribbling a ball. “I remember for the rest of that day, I was shaking,” said Duong, who finished the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 38 seconds.
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2 months ago | 
kdhnews.com | Rhonda Fanning |Sarah Brager
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2 months ago | 
dentonrc.com | Rhonda Fanning |Sarah Brager
Texas lawmakers will reconsider laws regarding gambling and marijuana this legislative session. But will their decisions reflect what a majority of Texans want? Just last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a bill to ban all THC products in Texas as one of his top Senate priorities. And in 2023, a bill to legalize sports betting died in the Senate after failing to garner enough Republican support. But most Texans think it’s time for a change.
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2 months ago | 
tylerpaper.com | Rhonda Fanning |Sarah Brager
Texas lawmakers will reconsider laws regarding gambling and marijuana this legislative session. But will their decisions reflect what a majority of Texans want? Just last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a bill to ban all THC products in Texas as one of his top Senate priorities. And in 2023, a bill to legalize sports betting died in the Senate after failing to garner enough Republican support. But most Texans think it’s time for a change.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Sarah Brager
Most days, when she leaves her house in Fort Bend County, south of Houston, she does so wearing a mask. Donna Thomas, a 63-year-old environmentalist, doesn’t take the precautionary measure because of COVID-19 concerns. Instead, she aims to protect herself from the gray plume of smoke—a “menacing storm cloud,” as she puts it—that sometimes wafts from a coal-fired power plant about fifteen miles southwest of the neighborhood where she’s lived since elementary school.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
thedailytexan.com | Sarah Brager
This column, my last written work for The Daily Texan, started the same as all of my articles: with a frustrating series of typing and deleting, taunted by a flashing cursor. Does writer’s block ever go away? It never did in my seven semesters working for the Texan, so I’m starting to lose hope. I joined the Texan freshman year longing to make a contribution to this newspaper, but I had no clue what type of journalist I wanted to be.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Sarah Brager |Jasmine Wright |Angela Lim
The Texas–Texas A&M football game is back this week, after a thirteen-year hiatus. Texas Monthly, which has long covered the rivalry, rejoices in its return with a full collection of stories about the game’s history, off-the-field antics, major players, and more. Read everything here. What was the greatest moment in the 130-year history of the Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry? Was it Justin Tucker’s game-winning field goal in 2011?
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Sarah Brager |Jasmine Wright |Angela Lim
The Texas–Texas A&M football game is back this week, after a thirteen-year hiatus. Texas Monthly, which has long covered the rivalry, rejoices in its return with a full collection of stories about the game’s history, off-the-field antics, major players, and more. Read everything here. What does it take to put on the Lone Star State’s most historic college football rivalry?
