Monday 26 December 2016

A Year in the Life of Texas Monthly

THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS HAVE BEEN A PARTICULARLY EVENTFUL TIME FOR THE MAGAZINE. HERE'S A LOOK AT HOW 2016 WENT DOWN AT 816 CONGRESS AVENUE.

JANUARY 2017by TEXAS MONTHLY STAFF3 COMMENTS

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Photo BY JEFF WILSON

It wouldn't be exact to state that there's a continuous rush of excitement here at Texas Monthly—we're a genuinely messed up parcel before the end of our due date week—however it's implied that there's never been a dull year. At the point when your beat is the most intriguing state in the union, there's not a great deal of chance to be exhausted or exhausting. What's more, 2016 was an especially momentous time for the magazine, most strikingly because of a change of possession and authority. Here's a glance at how the year went down at 816 Congress Avenue.

January

Right hand editorial manager Paul Knight and his better half, Justine, have their first kid, Emerson.

February

A wall painting painted on an Austin working for our March cover turns into a selfie magnet. Duplicate editorial manager Shannon Stahl and her accomplice, John Clapp, have their first tyke, Charlie.

Walk

Relate editors David Moorman and Valerie Wright resign. Tower, a narrative in view of a story composed by Texas Monthly official editorial manager Pamela Colloff, debuts at SXSW. Christian Wallace is contracted as a partner manager.

April

Official proofreader Skip Hollandsworth distributes the genuine wrongdoing thriller The Midnight Assassin. Eric Benson joins the magazine as an author on the loose. Colloff and her kindred official supervisor Mimi Swartz are incorporated into New York magazine's rundown of "56 Women Journalists Everyone Should Read."

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May

TM wins nine prizes at the City and Regional Magazine Awards. Texanist artist Jack Unruh (presented above, with David Courtney) passes away. Texasmonthly.com proofreader Andrea Valdez distributes How to Be a Texan. Baylor University fires its football mentor and downgrades its leader taking after an examination concerning the treatment of a rape case that was prodded by a TM story by Jessica Luther and Dan Solomon.

June

Workmanship partner Nicki Longoria deserts for San Antonio. Texas Country Reporter have Bob Phillips debuts his new TM segment, Bob Phillips' Texas. Staff members John Spong and David Courtney dispatch a brief Banana Happy Hour every day at 3:45 in duplicate boss Courtney Bond's office, which they redub the Bananatorium.

July

TM dispatches five new portable neighborly bulletins. Senior VP and controller Shelly Broussard, a 31-year veteran of the magazine, withdraws.

Eminent

An Unruh-less Texanist makes a big appearance another section arrange. Claire Hogan is employed as the new craftsmanship right hand. TM's proprietor, Emmis Communications, puts the magazine available to be purchased.

September

Author everywhere S. C. Gwynne distributes The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football. Official proofreader Michael Hall's story "The Outcast" wins the State Bar of Texas Gavel Award and the Dallas Bar Association's Philbin Award.

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October

TM's softball group closes the season having won two diversions (just a single of which was because of the other group's relinquishing). Relate proofreader Francesca Mari takes off. Emmis reports the offer of TM to a private-value firm headed up by Houston agent Paul Hobby, who turns into the magazine's director and CEO.

November

Relate supervisor Sonia Smith gets hitched. Imaginative executive T. J. Tucker gets to be co-seat of the Society of Publication Designers grants. Proofreader in boss Brian D. Sweany reports he is venturing down. Alcalde manager Tim Taliaferro is named his successor; Scott Brown is named as boss innovative officer, Erin Beil as controller, and Laura Beckworth as general insight. The flights of TM president John D. Lunn, VP and general chief Mark Harris, and magazine kiosk executive Tami Long are too

declared, similar to the impermanent return of president emeritus Elynn J. Russell.

December

Tower is shortlisted for an Oscar. Taliaferro starts his residency as Texas Monthly's 6th proofreader in boss.

What We're Looking Forward to in 2017

A conceivable TV arrangement (now being developed) roused by Mimi Swartz's 1995 story "Silicone City," about the Houston bosom embed industry.

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