David Brown
David entered radio journalism thanks to a love of storytelling, an obsession with news, and a desire to keep his hair long and play in rock bands. An inveterate political junkie with a passion for pop culture and the romance of radio, David has reported from bases in Washington, London, Los Angeles, and Boston for Monitor Radio and for NPR, and has anchored in-depth public radio documentaries from India, Brazil, and points across the United States and Europe. He is, perhaps, known most widely for his work as host of public radio's Marketplace. Fulfilling a lifelong dream of moving to Texas full-time in 2005, Brown joined the staff of KUT, launching the award-winning cultural journalism unit "Texas Music Matters."
A graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law, David is currently completing his PhD in journalism at the University of Texas, and helping to launch, as host and managing editor, an innovative news program about which he is genuinely proud and thrilled to be a part of: The Texas Standard.
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The California Newsroom and the Texas Standard team up to examine how the Trump administration is changing life in two of the nation's largest states. -
From Texas Standard : Gov. Greg Abbott offered his State of the State address yesterday – his second since taking office. Unless you had the patience to... -
From Texas Standard : A handful of musical instruments are so closely associated with certain artists that the instruments themselves are known by their... -
From Texas Standard: Over the past several months, Texas has become home to hundreds of Syrian refugees. These people fled their homes because of... -
A new airport is being built at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, but it won't cater to pilots or offer any amenities common to the typical... -
Following a punishing loss to Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick in the race for Lieutenant Governor, Leticia Van de Putte appears ready to run again -... -
A certain NFL team in Washington, D.C. has come under fire for its name – but a new Texas university appears to have a name controversy of its own. The... -
Republicans swept the statewide elections last night. Already, controversial national issues are on the table for the next session, including... -
For much of this election year there was powerful conventional wisdom about the race for governor in Texas: Democrat Wendy Davis couldn’t win,... -
Now that the elections are over the big question on everybody’s mind is – what now? What changes will we see coming in the state and what battles will...
