June 27th, 2013
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This was a truly transformational moment in Texas politics. We hadn’t considered the possibility that by the transmission of this livestream it would become the national and international story that it did… We specifically sought permission from the legislature in 2013 to jack into their feed and present the livestream on an ongoing basis for free to people who access our site. The cable companies had permission, but of course you had to pay to watch. We said, we think we can do this better.

 Evan Smith, editor in chief and CEO of the Texas Tribune, discusses covering the Wendy Davis filibuster with Ann Friedman. 

Read more: Making politics and policy news sexy : Columbia Journalism Review

(Source: cjr.org)

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