David Martin Davies

Host, "The Source," "Texas Matters"
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David Martin Davies is  a veteran journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering Texas, the border and Mexico. 

Davies is the host of "The Source," am hour-long live call-in news program that airs on KSTX at noon Monday through Thursday. Since 1999 he was been the host and producer of "Texas Matters," a weekly radio news magazine and podcast that looks at the issues, events and people in the Lone Star State. 

Davies' reporting has been featured on National Public Radio, American Public Media's "Marketplace" and the BBC. He has written for The San Antonio Light, The San Antonio Express-News, The Texas Observer and other publications.

His reporting has been recognized with numerous awards. Davies was named the 2008 Texas Radio Journalist of the Year by the Houston Press Club. In 2015, he was recognized with two First Amendment Awards by the Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The Association for Women in Communications San Antonio Professional Chapter honored Davies with the 2015 Edna McGaffey Media Excellence Headliner Award.

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Texas Matters: Is Hyperloop The Future Of Transportation Or Just A Pipe Dream?

By • Jul 13, 2018
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On this episode of "Texas Matters," we discuss the Dallas Fort-Worth Regional Transportation Council's plan to study bringing hyperloop to the DFW area.

Steven Duong joins us to discuss the issue. He is the Hyperloop Texas project lead for AECOM, a Fortune 500 engineering and construction firm.


Protesters Confront Leon Valley Police, Officials Over Civil Liberties

By • Jul 6, 2018
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On a Saturday late last month, a group of Constitution activists staged a protest outside the Leon Valley City Hall. The single story modern building also serves as the police station for the city of about 11,000 residents.

Texas Matters: Civil Protests & Protesting Civility

By • Jun 29, 2018
David Martin Davies

On This episode of "Texas Matters":

  • What makes a successful protest?
  • Civility in the age of viral video and viral hate (21:27).

 


Texas Matters: Is Wind Power Under Attack & A Population Boom In The Lone Star State

By • Jun 22, 2018
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On This episode of "Texas Matters":

  • The Texas population boom.
  • The shrinking White population (9:00).
  • Wind power is clean, cheap and under attack (20:40).


Texas Matters: Legacy Of Poverty & Border Families

By • Jun 18, 2018
David Martin Davies / TPR News

On This episode of "Texas Matters":

  • 50 years after CBS's Hunger In America  exposed San Antonio's poverty
  • Senator John Cornyn on border family separations (10:13).
  • San Antonio rallys against border family separations (11:22).
  • How the Texas Border is the most over policed area in the nation (15:27).
  • A daughter remembers her father's office on the border (24:01).


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