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Texas Observer journalists raise $270,000 in bid to save publication

Texas Observer journalists raise $270,000 in bid to save publication


Texas Observer journalists raise $270,000 in bid to save publication
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Journalists at the muckraking liberal magazine Texas Observer have raised more than $270,000 through a GoFundMe campaign in a last-ditch attempt to save the publication from closure.

But it still came as a shock when the Texas Tribune broke the news Sunday evening that the board had voted to cease publication and lay off the staff on Friday. It was perhaps less surprising that the staff of a crusading publication quickly organized to fight back.

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