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texastribune: Reading material at the Ted Cruz watch party. Um… at least they are catering to the Tea Party’s reading level.

texastribune:

Reading material at the Ted Cruz watch party.

Um… at least they are catering to the Tea Party’s reading level.

Don’t Cry Over Burnt Milk In South Texas; Savor It You can pick up cajeta in almost any form. In addition to the lollipops, cajeta comes in jars, squeeze bottles, in little bricks, in pinwheels with pecans, smeared between wafers, and rolled up like taffy in plastic wrap. A great story from Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies for NPR’s Americandy series, which is showcasing regional confections. Davies’ story is about leche quemada, or cajeta, this sort of hardened goat’s milk caramel thing that you an find in every hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant here in San Antonio.  Personally, I think is disgusting, but my mother lives for the stuff.

Don’t Cry Over Burnt Milk In South Texas; Savor It

You can pick up cajeta in almost any form. In addition to the lollipops, cajeta comes in jars, squeeze bottles, in little bricks, in pinwheels with pecans, smeared between wafers, and rolled up like taffy in plastic wrap.

A great story from Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies for NPR’s Americandy series, which is showcasing regional confections. Davies’ story is about leche quemada, or cajeta, this sort of hardened goat’s milk caramel thing that you an find in every hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant here in San Antonio. 

Personally, I think is disgusting, but my mother lives for the stuff.

inothernews: THE ABSENT   An installation of 857 empty school desks, representing the number of U.S. students who drop out of school every hour, every school day, displayed at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  (Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images via The Telegraph) Heard today on TPR that San Antonio’s drop-out rate is at 40 percent. That is just disturbing. 

inothernews:

THE ABSENT   An installation of 857 empty school desks, representing the number of U.S. students who drop out of school every hour, every school day, displayed at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  (Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images via The Telegraph)


Heard today on TPR that San Antonio’s drop-out rate is at 40 percent. That is just disturbing. 

telegraph.co.uk

texaspublicradio: So Maruchan, the makers of the college dorm staple Ramen Noodles is opening up a plant in San Antonio. The city struck a $2.4 million deal on the company’s property taxes, so long as Maruchan  invests $318 million and creates more than 500 jobs. But critics are complaining that the majority of those job opportunities are minimum wage. 

texaspublicradio:

So Maruchan, the makers of the college dorm staple Ramen Noodles is opening up a plant in San Antonio. The city struck a $2.4 million deal on the company’s property taxes, so long as Maruchan  invests $318 million and creates more than 500 jobs.

But critics are complaining that the majority of those job opportunities are minimum wage. 

texaspublicradio: ARTSLAM! Turns Visual Art into Performance TPR’s Paul Flahive was at The White Rabbit this weekend covering ARTSLAM! a night where visual art turns into performance art as painters conceive, paint and sell their art in one evening. The theme this past Saturday night was “8-bit Arcade.” (Photo: Paul Flahive/TPR)

texaspublicradio:

ARTSLAM! Turns Visual Art into Performance

TPR’s Paul Flahive was at The White Rabbit this weekend covering ARTSLAM! a night where visual art turns into performance art as painters conceive, paint and sell their art in one evening. The theme this past Saturday night was “8-bit Arcade.” (Photo: Paul Flahive/TPR)

The latest Texas Observer cover. I think I get their point.

The latest Texas Observer cover. I think I get their point.

A Guy Accuses the Texas Tribune of Destroying Journalism, I Disagree

Do you think nonprofit journalism’s reliance on philanthropic donors and sponsors leads to a tendency to tone down potential criticism of funders or even of the entire spectrum of philanthropic support?

Rick Cohen, in his response to Andrew Beaujon’s commentary on the Texas Tribune’s nonprofit journalism.

via Nonprofit Quarterly:

The author, Poynter’s Andrew Beaujon, draws on a blog posting by journalist Stephen Robert Morse suggesting a couple of problems with the nonprofit business model of the Austin-based Texas Tribune. According to Beaujon, Morse argues that regular newspaper journalists now have to compete with “bigger name Tribune journalists whose work newspapers can run for free.” He also contends that a nonprofit newspaper like The Texas Tribune, dependent on sponsors and grants, is not likely to “do anything that might cheese off its sponsors.

FJP: It’s an ongoing debate. Thoughts?

(via futurejournalismproject)

The criticism of the Tribune, warranted or not (and I lean toward not), is the same criticism that can be fielded toward for-profit newspapers and their advertisers. The fact of the matter is that the Tribune is providing innovative, quality multimedia coverage that is unmatched by any Texas paper’s newsroom. Nonprofit journalism outfits like the Tribune are just another threat to a flagging newspaper industry that continually refuses to innovate its business model or its reporting. This criticism is jealousy and nothing else.

newshour:

In honor of World Water Day, here’s the tale of two cities in Texas that have run out of water because of the drought. The town of Robert Lee in West Texas has already cut its water consumption by 80 percent, and conditions are only getting worse. 

According to climate scientists, little rainfall compounded by record high temperatures across the Southwest could be the new norm. In 2011, losses in crops, livestock and timber from the drought reached $10 billion.

Here’s the video and more. 

-KC

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NPR StateImpact Texas

StateImpact is a collaboration among NPR and local public radio stations in eight pilot states to examine issues of local importance. The project seeks to inform and engage communities with broadcast and online news about how state government decisions affect people’s lives. In Texas, Austin’s KUT and Houston’s KUHF are collaborating with NPR to report on energy policy and the environment.

Mason Gun Dealer Refuse to Teach Concealed Carry Class to Muslims [via Texas Public Radio]

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Girl in a Coma is a trio of young women from San Antonio who play rock music — loud rock music — in both English and Spanish. Lead singer and songwriter Nina Diaz, 23, is the youngest member of the band. Her sister Phannie plays drums, while their longtime friend Jenn Alva slaps the bass. Girl in a Coma is signed to Blackheart Records — a label owned by rocker Joan Jett — and takes its name from the song “Girlfriend in a Coma” by The Smiths. So cool to see this local band get national attention. [via NPR Music]

Girl in a Coma is a trio of young women from San Antonio who play rock music — loud rock music — in both English and Spanish. Lead singer and songwriter Nina Diaz, 23, is the youngest member of the band. Her sister Phannie plays drums, while their longtime friend Jenn Alva slaps the bass. Girl in a Coma is signed to Blackheart Records — a label owned by rocker Joan Jett — and takes its name from the song “Girlfriend in a Coma” by The Smiths.

So cool to see this local band get national attention. [via NPR Music]