Bringing Stories to Life
Meet three members of our acclaimed art department who make each issue of Texas Monthly a treat for the eye.
Dan Goodgame is Texas Monthly’s editor in chief. A Pulitzer Prize finalist and best-selling author, Goodgame joined TM in early 2019, after serving as a vice president at Rackspace, a cloud computing company based in San Antonio. Before that, Goodgame was editor in chief of Fortune Small Business magazine, whose subscribers were more than a million owners of entrepreneurial companies. He earlier worked for Time magazine as White House correspondent, Washington bureau chief, and assistant managing editor. He is coauthor of the book Marching in Place, about the first president Bush. Goodgame previously worked for the Miami Herald, including as a correspondent in the Middle East, covering the Israel-Lebanon and Iran-Iraq wars. A native of Pascagoula, Mississippi, Goodgame earned a bachelor’s degree at Ole Miss and a master’s in international relations at Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Meet three members of our acclaimed art department who make each issue of Texas Monthly a treat for the eye.
By Dan Goodgame
Sean O’Neal explores the Texas roots of an actor increasingly in demand in Hollywood.
By Dan Goodgame
Thanks to our patient owners, we’re among the few publications growing in audience, revenue, and staff.
By Dan Goodgame
When Forrest Wilder isn’t hanging out at the state capitol, he’s often clinging to a cliff face.
By Dan Goodgame
Veteran video storyteller J. B. Sauceda will now roam the back roads as the host of Texas Country Reporter.
By Dan Goodgame
The latest issue of Texas Monthly features more than the usual number of Texans committing creative acts of altruism.
By Dan Goodgame
A celebration of beloved neighborhood restaurants—and the many folks who cover food for Texas Monthly.
By Dan Goodgame
Starting in this issue, you’ll find visual delight from the first page to the last—and a whole new section.
By Dan Goodgame
From arid El Paso to the Piney Woods, Texas boasts outstanding links that don’t require an expensive membership.
He’s surfed in Waco, skied in College Station, and braved a karaoke bar where Texas lawmakers serenaded one another.
By Dan Goodgame
Decades of his dogged reporting are receiving well-deserved recognition.
By Dan Goodgame
Meet our executive producer Megan Creydt, who’s shepherding dozens of the magazine’s stories to the silver screen.
By Dan Goodgame
Meet Texas Monthly executive editor (and travel and lifestyle guru) Kathy Blackwell.
By Dan Goodgame
Meet Texas Monthly’s photo editor, Claire Hogan.
By Dan Goodgame
Mimi Swartz’s latest epic is a must-read tale of a decades-long attempt to sabotage Texas’s public schools.
By Dan Goodgame
On the occasion of our fiftieth anniversary, we reflect on how far we’ve come—and where we’re headed.
By Dan Goodgame
Meet the folks behind our latest audio project, which grapples with the complicated legacy of the Texas Rangers.
By Dan Goodgame
Go behind the scenes with the inventive force shaping our photography and design.
By Dan Goodgame
Meet the editors and writers behind our award-winning food coverage.
By Dan Goodgame
For Texas Monthly’s latest cover story, our correspondent set out to capture the state’s plenitude of roadside quirks.
By Dan Goodgame
We’re on track to have nearly all our longform features online by the end of 2022.
By Dan Goodgame
Sarah Hepola’s cover story expertly examines the fifty-year history of the famous NFL cheerleading squad.
By Dan Goodgame
Newly named senior editors Rose Cahalan and Ben Rowen elevate our coverage of Texas’s wildlife and wild politics.
By Dan Goodgame
Texas Monthly makes it official with senior editors Jason Heid and Michael Hardy.
By Dan Goodgame
Texas Monthly welcomes a new deputy editor for digital journalism and celebrates a strong awards showing.
By Dan Goodgame
Arts and entertainment editor Josh Alvarez gets into the spirit of the story, no matter what he's working on.
By Dan Goodgame
Senior editor Dan Solomon reports on topics from the wacky to the weighty.
By Dan Goodgame
Three Texas Monthly staffers step into new roles as our storytelling expands.
By Dan Goodgame
Texas Monthly has a deal with HBO and is the new owner of ‘Texas Country Reporter.’
By Dan Goodgame
The premier entertainment brands are entering a three-year deal with the National Magazine of Texas that gives them a “first look” at articles and podcasts they’re interested in adapting as TV series.
By Dan Goodgame
Our creative director, Emily Kimbro, and design director, Victoria Millner, keep Texas Monthly looking good.
By Dan Goodgame
A half century after both media outlets launched, Texas Monthly will purchase Phillips Productions, the company that creates and distributes Texas Country Reporter.
By Dan Goodgame
Many new Texans quickly come to love what stirs the hearts of the native-born.
By Dan Goodgame
Barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn enlisted the largest group of tasters ever for this year's Top 50 BBQ list.
By Dan Goodgame
As Texas Monthly’s new energy editor, Russell Gold will dig deep into one of our state’s most crucial industries.
By Dan Goodgame
Mike Hall was recently honored for his incisive coverage of the Texas legal system, while Casey Gerald brought a singular voice to our cover story on Fort Worth singer-songwriter Leon Bridges.
By Dan Goodgame
J. K. Nickell, features director for ‘Texas Monthly,’ was instrumental in bringing this month's cover story to life.
By Dan Goodgame
Senior editor Paula Mejía, senior editor Josh Alvarez, and executive editor Courtney Bond plan to pursue compelling stories in the coming months.
By Dan Goodgame
Executive editor Kathy Blackwell and her team have chronicled the pandemic's impact on the employees and owners of Texas’s hospitality companies.
By Dan Goodgame
In this month’s cover package on the late Tejana singer Selena, we offer readers what we hope will be a welcome change of pace from our disaster coverage.
By Dan Goodgame
Two of our staffers have been ardent Hank the Cowdog fans since they were kids. Now they bring you this month's cover story on the creator of the beloved children's books.
By Dan Goodgame
Whatever your views are on hunting, I think you’ll find senior editor Wes Ferguson a clear-eyed guide to this timely topic.
By Dan Goodgame
We signed a deal to produce four books over the next four years. The first volume will go on sale next fall.
By Dan Goodgame
Texas Monthly is making big moves into film and television.
By Dan Goodgame
An ambitious politics cover package ahead of the 2020 election wouldn't have been possible without these key players.
By Dan Goodgame
How Skip Hollandsworth does it.
By Dan Goodgame
The team behind this month's well-red cover story.
By Dan Goodgame
The former city manager talks about a dead rat in a gift basket, a poop sandwich, and her timely new memoir, ‘Greedy Bastards.’
By Dan Goodgame
Behind the scenes, two staffers with the same first name keep Texas Monthly running smoothly.
By Dan Goodgame
Senior editor John Spong is the brains behind our special thirteenth issue of Texas Monthly devoted to the life and music of Willie Nelson. The issue publishes in August.
By Dan Goodgame