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Akwasi Rozelle Evans (October 17, 1948 – April 8, 2019) was an African-American journalist, a prominent Austin civil-rights activist, and the founder of the NOKOA Observer newspaper. Evans edited and published the progressive weekly newspaper for 32 years, to provide a voice for Austin activists, free of distortion by mainstream media.
Louis Black is an American journalist and businessman who is the co-founder of The Austin Chronicle, an alternative weekly newspaper published in Austin, Texas, and was the newspaper's editor from its inception until his retirement on August 8, 2017. [1] [2] He has written over 600 articles in his column in that newspaper. [3]
Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell proclaimed March 8, 2012, and every March 8 forward Leslie Day in Austin. [3] The official proclamation called him "an icon in the Keep Austin Weird scene" who provided "an indelible image" in the memories of many Austin visitors and tourists over the years. [4] "He was an icon for the homeless in Austin, he ...
Michael Hickson, aged 46, died on June 11, 2020, after being denied care for COVID-19 by doctors at South Austin Medical Center over his wife's objections. [1] Hickson was a quadriplegic. [2] Hickson's case received public scrutiny after his wife Melissa recorded a conversation with a doctor; the recording was widely shared.
Richard A. Oppel (born Jan. 30, 1943 in Newark, N.J.) is an American newspaper, magazine and digital editor living in Austin, Texas.He was interim editor-in-chief (May 5, 2018 – Feb. 1, 2019) of Texas Monthly, [1] an Austin-based publication with a statewide readership of 2.4 million. [2]
Also in 1991, rival newspaper, The Dallas Morning News bought the Times Herald and closed it down. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram immediately made Ivins an offer and said she could stay in Austin. Ivins accepted, and wrote a column for the Fort Worth paper from 1992 until 2001, when she became an independent journalist.