Tag Archives: MOLLY Journalism Prize
‘Consider What the Most Powerful Least Want You to Do, and then Do That’
In her keynote speech at the Observer’s 2019 MOLLY Prize dinner, Rebecca Traister argued that women’s anger has been silenced throughout history — and that daring to speak out is a powerful, subversive act.
I want to start by saying thank you to the Texas Observer for inviting me here to give this speech tonight, and thanks beyond measure both to the journalists wh...Read More
Wired’s Andrea Valdez Will Be the Texas Observer’s Next Editor
It’s not every day you get to read good news in these pages.
In what amounts to some of the best news you’ll ever read in this spot, the Texas Observer is pleased to announce that Andrea Valdez, the current editor of Wi...Read More
Texas Observer Announces ProPublica’s Hannah Dreier as the 2019 MOLLY National Journalism Award Winner
Dreier’s work on “Trapped in Gangland” provides a “necessary dose of reality in a conversation dominated by the Trump administration’s fear-mongering,” the judges wrote.
The Texas Observer and the Texas Democracy Foundation will award Hannah Dreier its 2019 MOLLY National Journalism Prize for her work on “Trapped in Gangland....Read More
Q&A with Janice Engel, Director of a New Molly Ivins Documentary
Janice Engel, an award-winning producer of documentaries and television series, is directing and producing a documentary about the late Molly Ivins....Read More
Esther Kaplan wins MOLLY National Journalism Prize
In honor of legendary reporter and former Observer editor, Molly Ivins, the 2015 MOLLY Journalism Prize was awarded to Esther Kaplan for her story "Los...Read More
Paul Krugman at the 2012 Texas Observer MOLLY Journalism Prize Dinner
New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman sits down for an exclusive interview with Texas Observer editor Dave Mann....Read More