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Texas Monthly

Texas Monthly is a monthly United States magazine published in Austin, Texas, Texas. Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, Texas Monthly chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the Natural environment, industry, and education....
 is a monthly American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 magazine
Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
 published in Austin
Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
. Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy
Michael R. Levy

Michael R. Levy was the founder and publisher of Texas Monthly magazine. In AUgust 2008 he retired from the Texas Monthly.A native of Dallas, Levy is a graduate of St....
, Texas Monthly chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
, the environment
Natural environment

The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all life and non-living things occurring nature on Earth or some region thereof....
, industry
Industry

An industry is the manufacturing of a Good or Service within a category. Although industry is a broad term for any kind of economic production, in economics and urban planning industry is a synonym for the secondary sector, which is a type of economic activity involved in the manufacturing of raw materials into goods and products....
, and education
Education

File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
. The magazine also covers leisure topics such as music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
, art
Art

Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music and literature....
, dining, and travel. Texas Monthly has a paid circulation of 300,000 and is read by more than 2,500,000 people each month — one out of seven Texas adults. Texas Monthly is published by Emmis Publishing, L.P.
Emmis Communications

Emmis Communications is a media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company owns radio stations and magazines in the United States, Belgium, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria....


Texas Monthly takes as its premise that Texas began as a distinctive place and remains so.






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Texas Monthly
Texas Monthly

Texas Monthly is a monthly United States magazine published in Austin, Texas, Texas. Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, Texas Monthly chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the Natural environment, industry, and education....
 is a monthly American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 magazine
Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
 published in Austin
Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
. Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy
Michael R. Levy

Michael R. Levy was the founder and publisher of Texas Monthly magazine. In AUgust 2008 he retired from the Texas Monthly.A native of Dallas, Levy is a graduate of St....
, Texas Monthly chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
, the environment
Natural environment

The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all life and non-living things occurring nature on Earth or some region thereof....
, industry
Industry

An industry is the manufacturing of a Good or Service within a category. Although industry is a broad term for any kind of economic production, in economics and urban planning industry is a synonym for the secondary sector, which is a type of economic activity involved in the manufacturing of raw materials into goods and products....
, and education
Education

File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
. The magazine also covers leisure topics such as music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
, art
Art

Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music and literature....
, dining, and travel. Texas Monthly has a paid circulation of 300,000 and is read by more than 2,500,000 people each month — one out of seven Texas adults. Texas Monthly is published by Emmis Publishing, L.P.
Emmis Communications

Emmis Communications is a media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company owns radio stations and magazines in the United States, Belgium, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria....


Texas Monthly takes as its premise that Texas began as a distinctive place and remains so. As waves of New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
ers, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
ns, and the like have moved to Texas, attracted by a strong economy and vibrant lifestyle, the state has evolved and thus has the mission of the magazine. For the natives, Texas Monthly functions as a reminder of what once was, a record of their proud heritage. For those new to the state, it is part textbook and part guidebook, a journalistic road map of the state, its history, and its people.

Its audience comprises an equal number of men and women, most of whom are between the ages of 30 and 55. Generally speaking, they are college educated, married, and affluent, and they live in urban areas.

Subject matter


Texas Monthly also is the self-appointed arbiter of all things culturally Texan, with past articles on Texas BBQ, the Texas Rangers (including Joaquin Jackson
Joaquin Jackson

H. Joaquin Jackson is a retired Texas Ranger Division most notable for his appearance on the February 1994 cover of Texas Monthly magazine, after which he became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers....
's famous 1994 cover appearance), and Texas musicians.

Texas Monthlys annual "Bum Steer Awards" poke fun at Texas politicians and policies, odd Texas-related news items and personalities from the previous year. Anna Nicole Smith
Anna Nicole Smith

Vickie Lynn Marshall , better known under the stage name of Anna Nicole Smith, was an United States model , sex symbol, actress and television personality....
 (prior to her death) was a perennial "winner." Other Bum Steer 'Hall of Famers' include Ross Perot
Ross Perot

Henry Ross Perot is an United States businessman from Texas, who is best known for seeking the office of President of the United States in U.S....
, Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay

Thomas Dale DeLay is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas, Texas. He was Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives 2003?2005, when his high profile legal problems forced him to step down, and is a prominent member of the Republican Party ....
, and Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson

Jessica Ann Simpson is an United States singer, actress, and reality television who rose to fame in the late 1990s. She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, and has three gold and two multi-platinum RIAA-certified albums....
.

The magazine's current president and editor in chief is Evan Smith
Evan Smith

Evan Smith is the president and editor-in-chief of Texas Monthly.Born in New York, Smith has a bachelor's degree in public policy from Hamilton College and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University ....
, who also hosts the weekly television interview/talk program Texas Monthly Talks
Texas Monthly Talks

Texas Monthly Talks is a thirty-minute interview show on public television networks across the state of Texas hosted by Texas Monthly editor in chief Evan Smith....
.

Awards

The magazine has received nine National Magazine Award
National Magazine Award

The National Magazine Awards are a prestigious series of American awards that honor excellence in the magazine industry. They are administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City....
s:
  • General Excellence - 2003, 1992, 1990
  • Public Interest - 1996, for "Not What the Doctor Ordered" by Mimi Swartz
  • Photography - 1990
  • Reporting - 1985, for "The Man in the Black Hat" (part 1 and 2) by Paul Burka
    Paul Burka

    Paul Joel Burka is a senior executive editor, political columnist, and blogger for Texas Monthly. Born in Galveston, Texas, he received his B.A....
  • Public Service - 1980, for "Why Teachers Can't Teach" by Gene Lyons
  • Reporting - 1979, for a three-part series by Richard West
  • Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Special Journalism - 1974


A full list of awards is on .

External links

  • - Official site