https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ayan-mittra/The latest news by Ayan Mittra.enThu, 07 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/07/texas-tribune-news-avoidance/We wanted to learn more about how to reach younger Texans through short-form video, how to build trust with folks who distrust the news and how to revamp our in-person engagement.By Ayan MittraThu, 07 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/07/texas-tribune-news-avoidance/Texas Tribune audience producer Laura Duclos goes live on TikTok during the “No Kings” protest at the Texas Capitol on June 14, 2025, in Austin.Texas Tribune audience producer goes live on Tik Tok during the “No Kings” protest at the Texas Capitol on June 14, 2025 in Austin, Texas.Ronaldo Bolaños/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/08/texas-tribune-austin-monitor/This move will allow us to build on the Monitor's mission to serve a growing city with more expansive needs.By Ayan Mittra and Matthew WatkinsThu, 08 May 2025 08:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/08/texas-tribune-austin-monitor/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/03/university-texas-austin-free-speech/An American Civil Liberties Union of Texas attorney and a UT-Austin professor discussed how free speech has been protected and challenged in campus protests, and what we should all learn from the last few weeks.By Ayan MittraFri, 03 May 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/03/university-texas-austin-free-speech/https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/05/ruth-simmons-one-girls-journey/Simmons talked with The Texas Tribune about “Up Home: One Girl’s Journey,” which depicts an era long gone but whose legacies of inequality still persist.By Ayan MittraTue, 05 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/05/ruth-simmons-one-girls-journey/https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/25/uvalde-recovery-resilience-healing/During a Texas Tribune event marking one year since the shooting at Robb Elementary School, parents, mental health experts and faith leaders talked about how the path to recovery isn’t the same for everybody.By Ayan MittraWed, 26 Apr 2023 10:12:53 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/25/uvalde-recovery-resilience-healing/Texas Tribune reporter Uriel J. García spoke with Kimberly Mata-Rubio and Veronica Mata at a May 20 community event titled "Uvalde: Resilience, Recovery and Healing" at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde.Texas Tribune reporter Uriel J. García speaks with Kimberly Mata-Rubio and Veronica Mata at a community event titled "Uvalde: Resilience, Recovery and Healing" at the Southwest Texas Junior College on May 20th, 2023 in Uvalde.Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/07/texas-public-defense/In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of a right to a lawyer applies to criminal defendants. Together with the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, The Texas Tribune hosted a series of conversations Friday on public defense in Texas.By Ayan MittraTue, 07 Mar 2023 10:28:22 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/07/texas-public-defense/Victoria County Judge Ben Zeller speaks during a symposium on indigent public defense hosted by the Texas Tribune and the Texas Indigent Defense Commission inside the Texas State Capitol on Friday, March 17, 2023.Victoria County Judge Ben Zeller speaks during a symposium on indigent public defense hosted by the Texas Tribune and the Texas Indigent Defense Commission inside the Texas State Capitol on Friday, March 17, 2023. The event discussed the effects of the 1963 Supreme Court ruling on Gideon v. Wainwright which required states to provide attorneys to defendents who could not afford them. (Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune)Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/11/allison-erickson-military-reporting-fellow/Allison, who served as a Medical Service Corps officer in the U.S. Army from 2011 to 2018, is joining the Tribune through a partnership with Military Veterans in Journalism.By Sewell Chan and Ayan MittraThu, 11 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/11/allison-erickson-military-reporting-fellow/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/30/lufkin-east-texas-pooja-salhotra/Pooja has worked at Chalkbeat, CNN and NPR. Based in Lufkin, she will report from a vast and diverse region that borders on three states.By Sewell Chan and Ayan MittraFri, 01 Jul 2022 13:28:01 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/30/lufkin-east-texas-pooja-salhotra/Pooja Salhotra will be joining us as our first-ever East Texas reporter. She’ll be based in Lufkin.Pooja Salhotra will be joining us as our first-ever East Texas reporter. She'll be based in Lufkin.Courtesy Pooja Salhotrahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/17/nic-garcia-texas-tribune-regional-editor/Joining us from The Des Moines Register, Nic will oversee reporters based in Lubbock, Lufkin and elsewhere. They’ll cover the impact of state policies across Texas’ diverse communities.By Sewell Chan and Ayan MittraFri, 17 Jun 2022 08:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/17/nic-garcia-texas-tribune-regional-editor/Nic Garcia in Des Moines.Nic Garcia in his downtown apartment in Des Moines.Courtesy Nic Garciahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/08/alana-rocha-inn-rural-tribune/In nearly a decade at The Texas Tribune, Alana has been a multimedia innovator and a leader of our fellowships and partnerships. She will be missed.By Sewell Chan and Ayan MittraWed, 08 Jun 2022 12:21:15 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/08/alana-rocha-inn-rural-tribune/Alana Rocha in 2018, speaking at a Texas Tribune symposium on the future of rural Texas, held in College Station.Alana Rocha moderated a panel at the Texas Tribune Symposium on The Future of Rural Texas on Nov. 13, 2018Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/10/jayme-lozano-lubbock-reporter/She will cover the Panhandle and South Plains through Report for America. She previously reported for Texas Tech Public Media.By Sewell Chan and Ayan MittraTue, 10 May 2022 06:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/10/jayme-lozano-lubbock-reporter/Jayme Lozano will join The Texas Tribune in June.Jayme Lozano.Katie Evans with Texas Tech Public Mediahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/01/pu-ying-huang-texas-tribune-photo-1643770879/Huang is an accomplished photojournalist who has built an impressive body of work in Texas and Latin America.By Sewell Chan and Ayan MittraWed, 02 Feb 2022 08:40:35 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/01/pu-ying-huang-texas-tribune-photo-1643770879/Pu Ying Huang while on assignment in Cúcuta, Colombia.Pu Ying Huang.Dylan Baddourhttps://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/13/texas-tribune-coronavirus-coverage-journalism/Coronavirus is in Texas, and The Texas Tribune is here to help — providing trusted information and helpful context about these rapidly changing events.By Ayan MittraFri, 13 Mar 2020 10:22:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/13/texas-tribune-coronavirus-coverage-journalism/Texas Tribune editors Rebekah Allen and Ross Ramsey discuss coverage plans.John Jordan/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/16/texas-tribune-propublica-investigative-manny-garcia/Manny García, a veteran reporter and editor, is the first of 11 hires for our ambitious joint project with ProPublica.By Ayan MittraThu, 16 Jan 2020 09:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/16/texas-tribune-propublica-investigative-manny-garcia/Manny García, a veteran reporter and editor, will lead The Texas Tribune's ambitious investigative collaboration with ProPublica.Manny García.Jack Gruber/USA TODAYhttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/11/08/texas-tribune-editorial-new-roles/We're thrilled to welcome some new faces to our newsroom — and to announce big new roles for two editors already on our team.By Ayan MittraFri, 08 Nov 2019 09:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2019/11/08/texas-tribune-editorial-new-roles/From left: David Pasztor, Stacy Fernández, Rebekah Allen, Corrie MacLaggan and Matthew Watkins.From left, David Pasztor, Stacy Fernandez, Rebekah Allen, Corrie MacLaggan and Matthew Watkins. Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/05/census-citizenship-question-2020-federal-judge/The judge wrote that the "unreasonableness of Defendants’ addition of a citizenship question to the Census is underscored by the lack of any genuine need for the citizenship question."By Ayan MittraFri, 05 Apr 2019 15:05:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/05/census-citizenship-question-2020-federal-judge/Emily Albracht for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/30/texas-gov-greg-abbott-orders-investigation/Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the Texas Rangers to investigate misconduct allegations at the famed Karolyi Ranch, the Texas training facility where Larry Nassar treated athletes. By Ayan Mittra and Emma PlatoffTue, 30 Jan 2018 11:07:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/30/texas-gov-greg-abbott-orders-investigation/Texas Gov. Greg AbbottTexas Gov. Greg AbbottLaura Buckman for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/23/brief/As President-elect Donald Trump looks to fill the remaining holes in his planned Cabinet, another Texas connection has emerged. By Ayan MittraFri, 23 Dec 2016 03:55:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/23/brief/(L.-R.) Former Texas A&M University President Elsa Murano, former state Comptroller Susan Combs and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.(L.-R.) Former Texas A&M University President Elsa Murano, former state Comptroller Susan Combs and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.Murano: A&M/Combs: Laura Skelding/Miller: Bob Daemmrichhttps://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/22/brief/Texas is home to nearly 300,000 active oil and gas wells. When most wells end their service operators will plug them, limiting pollution threats, and move on. But the state is facing a surge of abandoned drilling sites and dwindling funds to clean them up.By Ayan MittraThu, 22 Dec 2016 03:55:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/22/brief/Brackish water flows from an unplugged abandoned well outside of Imperial in Pecos County — one of several in the area likely drilled for oil but later tapped for water.Brackish water flows from an unplugged abandoned well outside of Imperial in Pecos County — one of several in the area likely drilled for oil but later tapped for water.Rafael Aguilera for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/30/t-squared-unholstered-look-police-shootings-texas/This week we launch “Unholstered,” a nearly yearlong investigation into when and why officers used lethal force in Texas between 2010 and 2015. By Ayan MittraTue, 30 Aug 2016 00:01:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/30/t-squared-unholstered-look-police-shootings-texas/The Texas Tribune's "Unholstered" series is a seven-part, data-driven investigation that looks at when and why officers used lethal force in Texas between 2010 and 2015.The Texas Tribune's "Unholstered" series is a seven-part, data-driven investigation that looks at when and why officers used lethal force in Texas between 2010 and 2015.Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune