Dave Mann

Dave Mann
Dave Mann has been with the Observer since 2003. Before that, he worked as a reporter in Fort Worth and Washington, D.C. He was born and raised in Philadelphia. He thinks border collies are the world’s greatest dogs, and believes in the nourishing powers of pickup basketball.

  • Lifestyles of the Corrupt and Elected

    Troy Fraser enjoys the kind of job security most Americans can only dream of. He’s served in the Texas Senate for 14 years and [...] Full Story

  • From Soapbox to the Floor

    In politics, 2010 was the year of the Tea Party. What looked at first like a Fox News–hyped, one-time protest on Tax Day 2009 [...] Full Story

  • Undoing Injustice

    If you ask attorney Walter Reaves why he started representing wrongly convicted prisoners in Texas with their innocence claims, he’ll tell you it just [...] Full Story

  • DNA Tests Undermine Evidence in Texas Execution

    Hear Dave Mann’s interview with KUT’s Matt Largey on All Things Considered Claude Jones always claimed that he wasn’t the man who walked into [...] Full Story

  • Solitary Men

    Imagine spending 23 hours a day in a cement enclosure the size of a bathroom. Now imagine sitting in that small room nearly all [...] Full Story