Fort Worth Report

Fort Worth Report (FWR) is a nonprofit news media outlet covering local government, business, education and arts in the city of Fort Worth, Texas. The organization, founded by local business leaders and former Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher Wes Turner,^[1] announced its intentions in February 2021 and officially launched the newsroom in April 2021.^[2][3] Since its launch in response to declines and cuts at other local news organizations,^[4] FWR has added staff and expanded to provide radio news content through a collaboration with KERA News.^[5]

Fort Worth Report

Type	Nonprofit
Format	Web
Publisher	Chris Cobler
Editor	Babs Rodriguez
Founded	2021
Website	fortworthreport.org

The founding publisher and CEO is Chris Cobler, who previously led the Victoria Advocate and was slated to become managing editor of Poynter Online, a position he did not occupy due to attribution errors in news articles published under his leadership at The Greeley Tribune.^[6]

References

1. Nishimura, Scott (2021-02-05). "Seeding a Nonprofit Newspaper in Fort Worth". Fort Worth Inc. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
2. "Launching a news nonprofit in Fort Worth, Chris Cobler doesn't want to "repeat the mistakes of the past"". Nieman Lab. 2021-02-18. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
3. Mateos, Evelyn (2021-04-19). "Fort Worth Report Set to Launch This Spring". Editor and Publisher. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
4. "Fort Worth Report". American Journalism Project. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
5. Falk, Tyler (2022-05-19). "KERA, Fort Worth news outlet agree to journalism collaboration". Current. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
6. Colorado, Kevin DarstThe ColoradoanAspen, CO (2007-02-23). "Newspaper acknowledges ethical lapses". www.aspentimes.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Official website