Editing Austin, Texas (section)

==Media==
{{see also|List of newspapers in Texas|List of radio stations in Texas|List of television stations in Texas}}
Austin's main daily newspaper is the ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]''. ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' is Austin's [[alternative weekly]], while ''[[The Daily Texan]]'' is the student newspaper of the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. Austin's business newspaper is the weekly ''[[Austin Business Journal]]''. ''The Austin Monitor'' is an online outlet that specializes in insider reporting on City Hall, Travis County Commissioners Court, [[Austin Independent School District|AISD]], and other related local civics beats. The ''Monitor'' is backed by the nonprofit Capital of Texas Media Foundation. Austin also has numerous smaller special interest or sub-regional newspapers such as the ''[[Oak Hill Gazette]]'', ''Westlake Picayune'', ''Hill Country News'', ''Round Rock Leader'', ''NOKOA'', and ''The Villager'' among others. ''[[Texas Monthly]]'', a major regional magazine, is also headquartered in Austin. The ''[[Texas Observer]]'', a muckraking biweekly political magazine, has been based in Austin for over five decades. The weekly ''[[Community Impact Newspaper]]'' published by John Garrett, former publisher of the ''[[Austin Business Journal]]'' has five regional editions and is delivered to every house and business within certain ZIP codes and all of the news is specific to those ZIP codes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2008 |title=Community Impact Distribution Map |url=http://www.impactnews.com/reader-services/248-general/1805-distribution-map |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013094040/http://impactnews.com/reader-services/248-general/1805-distribution-map |archive-date=October 13, 2008 |access-date=October 28, 2008 |website=Community Impact Newspaper}}</ref> Another statewide publication based in Austin is ''[[The Texas Tribune]]'', an on-line publication focused on Texas politics.<ref name="nytimes.com" /> The ''Tribune'' is "user-supported" through donations, a business model similar to public radio.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thornton |first=John |date=August 1, 2009 |title=What If: The Non-Profit Media Model |work=[[HuffPost]] |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-if-the-non-profit-me_b_248284}}</ref> The editor is [[Evan Smith (journalist)|Evan Smith]], former editor of ''Texas Monthly''. Smith co-founded the ''Texas Tribune'', a nonprofit, non-partisan public media organization, with Austin venture capitalist John Thornton and veteran journalist Ross Ramsey.<ref name="nytimes.com" /><ref>[http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/Texas_Tribune_set_as_state_watchdog.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728065728/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/Texas_Tribune_set_as_state_watchdog.html|date=July 28, 2009}}</ref>

Commercial radio stations include [[KASE-FM]] ([[Country music|country]]), [[KVET (AM)|KVET]] (sports), [[KVET-FM]] (country), [[KKMJ-FM]] ([[adult contemporary]]), [[KLBJ (AM)|KLBJ]] (talk), [[KLBJ-FM]] ([[classic rock]]), [[KJFK (AM)|KJFK]] (variety hits), [[KFMK]] (contemporary Christian), [[KOKE-FM]] ([[progressive country]]) and [[KPEZ]] ([[rhythmic contemporary]]). [[KUT-FM]] is the leading [[Public broadcasting|public radio]] station in Texas and produces the majority of its content locally.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beach |first=Patrick |date=August 15, 2008 |title=KUT's 50 years of not playing the hits |url=http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2008/08/0817kut.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222023451/http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2008/08/0817kut.html |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |access-date=October 25, 2008 |website=[[Austin American-Statesman]]}}</ref> [[KOOP (FM)]] is a volunteer-run radio station with more than 60 locally produced programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KOOP Website |url=http://www.koop.org |access-date=September 19, 2014 |publisher=Koop.org}}</ref> [[KVRX]] is the student-run college radio station of the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on local and non-mainstream music and community programming.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KVRX Website |url=http://www.kvrx.org |access-date=September 19, 2014 |publisher=Kvrx.org}}</ref> Other listener-supported stations include [[KAZI]] ([[urban contemporary]]), and [[KMFA]] ([[Classical music|classical]]).

Network television stations (affiliations in parentheses) include [[KTBC (TV)|KTBC]] (Fox [[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]]), [[KVUE]] (ABC), [[KXAN]] (NBC), [[KEYE-TV]] (CBS), [[KLRU]] (PBS), [[KNVA]] (The CW), [[KBVO (TV)|KBVO]] (MyNetworkTV), and [[KAKW]] (Univision [[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]]). KLRU produces several award-winning locally produced programs such as ''[[Austin City Limits]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Diane |date=October 29, 2007 |title=Austin stations win Lone Star Emmys |url=http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2007/10/29/austin_stations_win_lone_star_emmys.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207055031/http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2007/10/29/austin_stations_win_lone_star_emmys.html |archive-date=December 7, 2008 |access-date=October 25, 2008 |website=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Despite Austin's explosive growth, it is only a medium-sized market (currently 38th) because the suburban and rural areas are not much larger than the city proper. Additionally, the proximity of San Antonio truncates the potential market area.

Alex Jones, journalist, radio show host and filmmaker, produces his talk show ''[[The Alex Jones Show]]'' in Austin which broadcasts nationally on more than 60 AM and FM radio stations in the United States, [[WWCR]] Radio shortwave and [[XM Radio]]: Channel 166.<ref>{{Cite web |title=America's Talk: Compelling Talk Show Hosts |url=http://www.siriusxm.com/americastalk |access-date=January 19, 2013 |publisher=Siriusxm.com |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328141818/http://www.siriusxm.com/americastalk |url-status=live }}</ref>