Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Where's the outrage now?

April 1, 2009 Kevin Whited

Remember when the Chron‘s erratic features editor Kyrie O’Connor had one of her classic meltdowns over a female firefighter who gave birth, left the hospital, and took an advancement exam because the mean old men

Giff Nielsen has (almost) left the building

March 31, 2009 Kevin Whited

Tonight is KHOU-11 sports director Giff Nielsen’s last day on the job. The Chronicle‘s David Barron has more on Nielsen’s departure: As Gifford Nielsen prepares today to wrap up 31 years in two of the

Maybe it's best for some to stick with the KTRH conservative talk beat…

March 31, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Houston Press Hair Balls blog decided to try a little Chron/media criticism today, with regard to the newspaper’s coverage of the DA’s recent criticism of two prosecutors: “She did this rush to just blast

Clay Robison has left the building

March 30, 2009 Kevin Whited

Clay Robison, the longtime Chronicle Austin bureau newsman (six days per week) and editorialist (one day per week), pens his farewell column for today’s newspaper. Much of the column is the customary reflection on a

The fallout

March 26, 2009 Kevin Whited

We comment on local media quite a bit on the blog, so readers have probably been wondering about the deafening silence on the big layoffs at the Chronicle. Frankly, what was there to say in

Chief Hurtt announces more crimefighting by acronym

March 24, 2009 Kevin Whited

Chief Hurtt has broken out an excellent crimefighting acronym on his blog: To combat the drunk driving problem in the city of Houston, HPD is acquiring six Breath Alcohol Testing (B.A.T.) vans to be used

Bring back the "Red, White and Blue"

March 18, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has posted a story by political reporter Alan Bernstein that is a real head-shaker. The quick synopsis is as follows: Following last November’s elections, KUHT general manager John Hesse put the weekly Gary

Chron's Olson: "MWBE showdown at City Hall"

March 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Brad Olson reports that next week’s Council meeting could be entertaining: A federal judge today ordered the city to put to a City Council vote a settlement agreement over the participation of women

METRO: Our performance levels aren't bad!

March 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

METRO’s expensive blogger has posted the organization’s latest “web chat,” this time with Andy Skabowski, associate vice president of operations (long titles and bureaucratic bloat are fun!). We didn’t sit through it, but we think

Texas Watchdog reports on Sen. Ellis' apparent HISD bond conflict of interest

March 16, 2009 Kevin Whited

Texas Watchdog has posted an interesting bit of investigative journalism by Matt Pulle. Pulle takes a closer look at state senator Rodney Ellis’ support of HISD’s 2007 bond proposal. Sen. Ellis’ support came at a