Rachel Osier Lindley
Statewide Senior EditorRachel Osier Lindley is Statewide Senior Editor for The Texas Newsroom. That's a regional news hub linking stations across the state, the prototype for NPR's Collaborative Journalism Network. She connects with newsrooms across Texas to plan and produce collaborative news coverage and projects, daily statewide newscasts, content for the public radio newsmagazine Texas Standard and national coverage for NPR and other outlets.
Previously, Lindley served as news director for WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama from 2013 to 2016. Before that, Lindley was news director at Marfa Public Radio/West Texas Public Radio, where she played an essential role in building the fledgling station from the ground up.
Lindley holds an MBA from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, as well as a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up outside of Chicago and has been a radio nerd since childhood.
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City leaders, business owners, school districts, teachers and parents respond to Gov. Abbott's lifting of the statewide mask mandate and business capacity limits.
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Fall in Texas means high school football and a statewide tradition: the homecoming mum. The much-loved, elaborate accessories are worn to school homecomings. This year, as COVID-19 delays or changes festivities, how is the mum business coping?
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“We're certainly gonna win the state of Texas by a large margin. But it's important for us to run up the score ... and make sure that we win by hopefully double digits this time."
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During Tuesday’s primary runoff, voters renewed a long-standing sales tax that will help pay for extra police protection in Fort Worth.After a white…
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This week, thousands of people across Texas protested police killings of black Americans — sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. While some…
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Think of the last time you shopped for food. Those sliding glass doors open, and you're greeted by orderly rows of apples, pears and leafy green…
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From Texas Standard : This political season in Texas, yard signs have been at the center of stories that sound straight out of The Onion. There’s the...
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The Texas Senate race is one of the closest-watched midterm contests in the country.The Democratic challenger, Beto O’ Rourke, has been skateboarding…
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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and challenger Beto O'Rourke sparred on immigration, health care, gun control and national anthem protests. The race could tilt the balance of power in the Senate in November.
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It was more duel than debate Friday night in Dallas as Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke went after each other from the…
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Botham Jean, the man shot to death in his own apartment by a Dallas police officer, is being remembered by his faith community.
