Austin Way Magazine - GreenGale Publishing - There is a place beyond the crowds, beyond the ropes, where dreams are realized and success is celebrated. You are invited.
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photography by Jay b. Sauceda It was under the Capitol dome, during the Wendy Davis fillibuster in 2013, that Evan Smith's Texas Tribune captured the attention of people across the country, including President Obama. Evan almighty IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, EVAN SMITH HAS GROWN THE TEXAS TRIBUNE INTO A MODEL OF NONPROFIT JOURNALISM. BY S. KIRK WALSH From Evan Smith's 14th-f loor corner office, the CEO and editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune can look out of his f loor-to-ceiling windows onto the pink granite rotunda of the Capitol. It was there, on the f loor of the Senate Chamber, that State Senator Wendy Davis's abortion filibuster placed not only the Mizuno-wearing Fort Worth politician on the national map, but Smith's nonpartisan, nonprofit online organization as well. On that June 2013 night, President Barack Obama tweeted: "Something special is happen- ing in Austin tonight" continued on page 72 AUSTINWAY.com 71 PEOPLE View from the Top