David Martin Davies
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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'Our systems in Texas are broken,' he said in an interview with TPR, 'and they're broken because of people like Ted Cruz.'
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Texas deployed a sting of buoys into the Rio Grande this weekend as a way to deter migrant crossings. It's the latest element in Gov. Greg Abbott's anti-immigration agenda.
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Five tractor trailers loaded with the four-foot diameter buoy balls arrived Friday in Eagle Pass. When assembled, they will make a thousand-foot-long obstacle for migrants crossing the Rio Grande.
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City View ISD parents called on the school district to take action in holding the seven arrested administrators accountable for not reporting a City View High School coach's sexual misconduct.
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“The whole notion of vouchers. They were originally called segregation vouchers,” said Louis Malfaro, a leader in Pastors for Texas Children.
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Food costs have also been negatively impacted by the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, higher fertilizer costs, and higher energy prices due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Eggs are a staple item that’s tough to skip on the grocery list – that’s why shelling out big bucks per dozen is no yoke.
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When Texas civil rights hero Frank J. Robinson died in 1976 there was a public outcry for an independent investigation. That never happened, and since then there have been doubts about the official ruling of suicide. In the final part of his series Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports on calls for a new investigation.
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When a Southern civil rights leader is found dead under strange and suspicious circumstances, there are bound to be questions. That’s what happened in East Texas in 1976 with the death of Frank J. Robinson. The controversial official ruling was suicide, but Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies has found evidence that challenges this narrative and points to the possibility of murder. Here’s part two in his investigative series.
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In 1976, a Texas civil rights leader died under mysterious circumstances that today continue to baffle the residents of Palestine. The death of Frank J. Robinson is remembered by many as a miscarriage of justice that needs to be rectified. In the first part of a series of reports Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies investigates.
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He vowed that he would ensure the will of the voters was honored, and, if elected, he would reunite a deeply divided state.
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The announcement comes after some family members of victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School have protested and even camped out at the district headquarters demanding accountability from law enforcement agencies who responded to the shooting.