Speaker

Matthew Watkins

Managing Editor for news and politics, The Texas Tribune

Before becoming an editor, he worked as a reporter at the Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and The Eagle in Bryan-College Station. He earned his bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University.  The Texas Tribune is a pioneering nonprofit, nonpartisan digital news organization whose deep coverage of Texas politics and public policy can be found at its website, texastribune.org, and in newspapers and on TV and radio stations across the state. Since its launch in 2009, the Tribune has won international acclaim and numerous honors, including a Peabody Award, 25 national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association and three general excellence awards from the Online News Association.