Dan Katz
News DirectorAs TPR's news director, Katz leads the organization’s news and journalism efforts, overseeing the newsroom’s day-to-day management and the development of a strategic vision for the news division. He also serves on the organization’s executive leadership team.
TPR’s news team currently has 16 staff members, including reporters dedicated to in-depth coverage of subjects including arts & culture, bioscience & medicine, education, technology & entrepreneurship, military & veterans issues and state government. Previously, Katz served as the news director of WSHU Public Radio in Fairfield, Connecticut, and as a reporter, producer, and on-air host at WUFT in Gainesville, Florida.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday issued an executive order that restricts the transportation of detained migrants under the pretext of stopping the spread of COVID-19, something immigrant rights activists describe as unconstitutional and fascist. -
The San Antonio Spurs take on the Memphis Grizzlies in their play-in tournament matchup, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at ESPN’s playoff graphic.
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Tim Duncan will be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame on Saturday. The San Antonio Spurs legend amassed five NBA championships and two MVP awards, and he made the playoffs every year of his long career with the Spurs from 1997 to 2016. But those who know him say he would never brag about those statistics. Duncan is being celebrated in San Antonio for his work ethic, humble nature, unorthodox style, and all the joy he brought to the city.
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La Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias generalmente responde a desastres importantes como inundaciones y tormentas, pero la administración Biden pidió ayuda a esta dependencia para afrontar otra crisis: ayudar con un número récord de jóvenes migrantes que se encuentran en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.
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The Biden administration has deployed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to care for a “record number of individuals,” which the Department of Homeland Security said includes unaccompanied children.
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An explanation of why Texas Public Radio sued the USDA over public records.
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The remnants of Post-Tropical Cyclone Beta left a drenched but relieved Lone Star State behind on Wednesday. The system that forecasters had worried last week could grow into a hurricane and slam into the Corpus Christi region became little more than a heavy rainmaker for southeastern Texas.
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UPDATE: FBI officials previously said they were searching for a potential second person of interest involved in the Naval Air Station shooting. On May 26,…
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Texas Public Radio documented the evolution of U.S. immigration policy in 2019, from President Trump's emergency declaration over border wall funding to…
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Texas Public Radio documented the evolution of U.S. immigration policy in 2019, from President Trump's emergency declaration over border wall funding to…
