Francesca D'Annunzio

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Francesca D'Annunzio is the Texas Observer's 2025 David McHam investigative reporting fellow. D’Annunzio has reported on topics ranging from deportations in the Dominican Republic, Christian nationalism, U.S.-Mexico border colonias, right-wing sheriffs, to zoning and housing policy in Texas. Her work has been published or syndicated in The Guardian US, The Dallas Morning News, Religion News Service, The Global Investigative Journalism Network, The Texas Standard, and The Arizona Republic, among others. She received her master’s in investigative journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and is an alumna of the Arabic Flagship and Humanities programs at The University of Texas at Austin. She is proficient in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Arabic.

Articles by Francesca D'Annunzio

Jerry J. Pena-Ahuyon, a man with a very long dark beard, wearing sugnglasses and dark clothing, along with a digital SLR and homemade press badge around his neck.

Right-Wing Bloggers Busted During Militia Border Tour

Near Eagle Pass, Texas officers arrested bloggers for drug possession after receiving information that someone in a caravan was pointing a gun at migrants, DPS report says.

by Francesca D’Annunzio

Texas Observer Poetry Editor Naomi Nye poses for a portrait after the Poetry Out Loud competition at Texas Spirit Theater in the Bullock Texas State History Museum on Saturday, March 11 in Austin, TX. She's an older woman wearing a red dress with an autumn leaf pattern, and her blonde hair hair in a side pony tail.

Naomi Shihab Nye: Life As a Palestinian-American Poet

"Palestinians are all haunted. We’re haunted by what used to be, what could have been."

by Francesca D’Annunzio