David Martin Davies
Host, "The Source," "Texas Matters"David Martin Davies is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering Texas, the border and Mexico.
Davies is the host of "The Source," an hour-long live call-in news program that airs on KSTX at noon Monday through Thursday. Since 1999 he was been the host and producer of "Texas Matters," a weekly radio news magazine and podcast that looks at the issues, events and people in the Lone Star State.
Davies' reporting has been featured on National Public Radio, American Public Media's "Marketplace" and the BBC. He has written for The San Antonio Light, The San Antonio Express-News, The Texas Observer and other publications.
His reporting has been recognized with numerous awards. In 2019 Davies was honored with a National Edward R. MurrowAward for his radio documentary exposing human sex trafficking. Davies was also awarded in 2019 by the Public Radio News Directors Inc. for best talk show. Davies was named the 2008 Texas Radio Journalist of the Year by the Houston Press Club. In 2019 he was recognized with a First Amendment Awards by the Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The Association for Women in Communications San Antonio Professional Chapter honored Davies with the 2015 Edna McGaffey Media Excellence Headliner Award.
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Due to the response to COVID-19, state-required school screenings for type-2 diabetes are stunted. -
The book "Lynching and Leisure," asks how the public torture and execution of African Americans became a form of entertainment in Texas. What is the legacy of the Texas style of lynching today?
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Plyler v. Doe is the landmark Supreme Court case that held states — such as Texas — could not charge tuition to undocumented children for free public K–12 education. Gov. Greg Abbott wants that overturned.
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Texas primary runoff day is May 24. The big race for both parties is for Texas attorney general. With a vulnerable Paxton on the November ballot, Democrats see this as a chance to win a key battle in the culture war.
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Both Democrats and Republicans need to finalize who will be their nominees for Texas attorney general. Meanwhile, the incumbent Ken Paxton is showing he is vulnerable to defeat in November.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 37 million people in the U.S. have Type 2 diabetes. And it’s on the rise.However, many people don’t realize that they are at risk for a diabetes diagnosis. As part of the reporting series “Diagnosis Diabetes,” Texas Public Radio’s Yvette Benavides and David Martin Davies went to San Antonio’s Woodlawn Lake Park and talked to people about how diabetes is impacting their lives.
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Who is Greg Abbott? The man in the governor’s office is a mystery to most Texans.Does Greg Abbott have the makings of an authoritarian? An expert on dictators doesn’t like what she sees. And Bringing back the Republic of Texas. How a failed revolt in the 1990’s is remembered today and how the secession fantasy lives on.
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is coming under intense scrutiny for his role on Jan. 6 to overthrow the presidential election results in favor of Donald Trump. And Melissa Lucio is now less than a month away from being executed by Texas. There’s growing pressure to recognize that no crime was committed.
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Texas has everything it needs to be a green energy powerhouse. There’s an abundance of wind and solar. There are entrepreneurs creating cutting edge sustainable tech. But what Texas is lacking is political leadership.
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Allegations of sex trafficking at a Texas foster care facility prompts an overdue investigation. There were thousands of rejected mail-in ballots during the recent state primary. Is the system broken? Can it be fixed? And Texas uses state pension funds to targets financial firms, warning them not to divest from fossil fuel companies.
