Mission The Texas Tribune is the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
Description The Tribune was founded in 2009 by John Thornton, Evan Smith, and Ross Ramsey. The Texas Tribune and its destination website were launched in November 2009, thanks to $4 million in private contributions as seed funding, a small band of talented computer programmers and some of the most accomplished journalists in the state.
Now with a staff of nearly 50 dedicated reporters, editors, technologists, designers and business leaders, the Tribune has continued to advance its mission of bringing greater transparency and accountability to public policy, politics and government through news, data and events.
As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, The Texas Tribune is supported by individual contributions and membership, major gifts, corporate sponsorships, events and foundation grants.
The Texas Tribune has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The The Texas Tribune employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 81% of employees would recommend working at The Texas Tribune to a friend. This is based on 16 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
80% of job seekers rate their interview experience at The Texas Tribune as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at The Texas Tribune.