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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Why is the Texas GOP is trying to stop extra days of early voting, and could this be the election that breaks U.S. democracy? -
Beto O’Rourke came within 2 percentage points of winning the election in 2018 against Republican Ted Cruz to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate.While…
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Beto O’Rourke came within 2 percentage points of winning the election in 2018 against Republican Ted Cruz to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate.While…
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On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott asked all candidates running for office in Texas this November to sign a pledge against cutting funding to police…
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This week President Trump told supporters that it would be a good idea if they tried to vote twice: once by mail and then head to the polls.Here’s what…
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This week President Trump told supporters that it would be a good idea if they tried to vote twice: once by mail and then head to the polls.Here’s what…
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The Texas state government is facing a multibillion dollar budget shortfall estimated to be $4.6 billion. There’s no avoiding that deep cuts are coming to…
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Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales says he is alarmed by reports of mail sorting machines being removed from the San Antonio postal facilities,…
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Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales says he is alarmed by reports of mail sorting machines being removed from the San Antonio postal facilities,…
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Because of human activities like burning coal and gasoline carbon dioxide has increased 40% in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.The ocean…
