Maggie Gordon

Senior Storytelling Editor @StraightArrow__ | Raised by @NewhouseSU @StamAdvocate @HoustonChron & @Hou_Landing | Now raising 3 littles | 90% Caffeine + 10% Sass

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

When I met Jessie Jacobs this summer, she desperately needed her home to be repaired due to catastrophic Harvey damage from 6 years ago.

Now, I am *so pleased* to report, the state is taking action. Jessie's house will be rebuilt.

A story of resilience:

https://t.co/T0yUSYRqmC

[Keaton Peters @KeatonPeters]

Trump admin paid $928M to cancel an offshore wind lease. Now, Blue states are suing to reverse it.

The focus is a 84,000-acre New York lease TotalEnergies purchased in 2022 to build a 2.7 gigawatt wind farm — enough to power 1.3 million homes.

https://t.co/PyYeKVv1bH

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

Today is my one-year anniversary at @StraightArrow__, and I am just so happy I made the leap to this small, scrappy and joyful newsroom.

And if you're not following our work, get on board, y'all.

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

“Folks we’ve heard from are enthusiastic, and so many have said, ‘I’m going to continue my ‘subscription.’ I want to support this.'”

https://t.co/izsiptVstv

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

Inside the new battleground in the clash over data centers: Tax breaks

@KeatonPeters' latest, for @StraightArrow__

https://t.co/lGv1BrNijK

[Mark Keierleber @mkeierleber]

Exclusive: Newspaper chain’s executives tell journalists to accept AI or face ruin @StraightArrow__

[Alejandra Martinez @alereports]

8 data centers. Over 7,600 acres.

Developers promise economic gains. Locals don’t want them.

Hood County is becoming a test case for whether local government has any authority to protect their communities amid an AI boom. @TexasTribune #txlege
https://t.co/HbUxIHFvNv

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

The best surprise when I got a chance to hang with my buddy/former @Hou_Landing colleague @small_asher at @HoustonPubMedia this morning.

Read his new @nytimes investigation here:

https://t.co/WPu6dIoVXm

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

In this economy?

Tune in to @HoustonPubMedia this morning to hear me chat about bar steak nights. See y'all soon!

[Dylan Baddour @DylanBaddour]

Fitch Ratings Lowers Credit Rating for Corpus Christi’s Utility System Due to Drought and Water Emergency https://t.co/Mzg5EeXePF

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

"Enjoy the bagels." Inside a tumultuous showdown between Scott Pelley and Nick Bilton, the new executive producer of "60 Minutes." w/@grynbaum
https://t.co/K5FObPLtZn

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

Not even sure I want to unpack what this means about America/the economy

[Seamus Hughes @SeamusHughes]

“I fear we are careening toward a future with fewer and fewer journalists to do the expensive, difficult work of original reporting — going to places, talking to people, digging up information, covering important issues and events, providing context…” https://t.co/nNPZLHscXe

[Mike Morris @mmorris011]

New 100-acre Sunnyside park marks major investment in long-neglected Houston neighborhood https://t.co/110voQ3NXv via @houstonchron @Rya_n_ickerson

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

The implications of New Glenn’s failure are probably worse than you think. I dig in here to some of the most serious concerns.

https://t.co/IkUTNjDvjI

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

Have you heard of 60 Minutes? The unutilized news brand?

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

The kiddos all moved up to their new classes in daycare this week. The 4yo Wednesday, and the twins today.
So each of them got a new backpack, made by Mama in the wee hours after they go to bed at night. A first-day-of-school fashion show:

[Clare Amari @Amari_Clare]

More than two years ago, I obtained video footage of an arrest at a Texas high school.

It showed an officer confronting a student who had thrown a can at a girl in his special education classroom. The officer dragged the 17-year-old boy to the ground and punched him. 🧵

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

@JessMcMasterKC Ma'am, this is his formal best

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

Is "Learned How To Scan Library Books" my favorite baby milestone?

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

I’m like the opposite of AI. It took me over half an hour to write a simple email, and I didn’t consume a single drop of water all day.