David Martin Davies
Senior Reporter and Host, "The Source," "Texas Matters"dmdavies@tpr.org
Twitter: @DavidMartinDavi
David Martin Davies is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering Texas, the border and Mexico.
Davies is the host of "The Source," an 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. In 2022,2021 and 2020 Davies was recognized with first place awards for News/Public Affairs by the Public Media Journalists Association.
In 2019 Davies was honored with a National Edward R. Murrow Award for his radio documentary exposing human sex trafficking. Davies was also awarded in 2019 by the Public Radio News Directors Inc. for best talk show. Davies was named the 2008 Texas Radio Journalist of the Year by the Houston Press Club. In 2019 he was recognized with a 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.
Davies is the author and creator of the comic "San Antonio Secret History." He is the co-author of the book "San Antonio 365"
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During the American Civil War there were Texans who faced persecution and violence for their beliefs, but their courage helped preserve the United States. These Texans defied the Confederacy and fought for the Union.
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University campuses across America are the scenes of protests and counterprotests. There are encampments and law enforcement moving in to arrest protestors who they say have gone too far. What are the rights of students for free speech and expression? How can that expression be protected without infringing on the rights of others?
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It’s comforting to think that we can be successful because we work hard and get what we deserve, but each of us has been profoundly touched by randomness. Dumb luck plays a crucial role in shaping outcomes across history and in our everyday lives. How do luck and chance guide our lives and how can we use the lessons of luck to guide our lives and public policies?
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We are approaching another grim remembrance of the school massacre at Robb Elemetary School in Uvalde. And there is still critical information about that day that the state of Texas refuses to release to the public and the families of the dead. We check in as we wait for possible indictments to come from a grand jury.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is planning to install new stadium lighting along part of the border wall in Texas. These massive lights will be directed toward the Rio Grande and brightly shine every hour of every night, harming wildlife.
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Mexico is not immune to the scourge of drug addiction and has developed its own response: anexos. Based on over a decade of research, a book by Angela Garcia delivers a powerful, moving work of narrative nonfiction that illuminates the little-known world of the anexos of Mexico City, the informal addiction treatment centers where mothers send their children to escape the violence of the drug war.
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Today on Texas Matters, could the West Texas Chihuahuan desert be greened? One Texan is trying to restore his 320 acres of West Texas hard scrabble into a desert forest.
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They've earned the name “forever chemicals,” because they don't break down and can persist in water and soil indefinitely. The EPA recently set new limits on the toxic chemicals used to make everything from nonstick pans to firefighting foam. How to protect yourself and your family.
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Eight in ten women of reproductive age have inaccurate knowledge around Texas abortion laws and their reproductive rights. What are the larger impacts of these misconceptions on Texas women? What are the larger issues surrounding accessibility to reproductive health education in the state?
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People in Corpus Christi could be the first in Texas to drink treated seawater. Water scarcity in the state is a growing crisis, and ocean desalination is being touted as a solution. But community activists are pointing out there are serious downsides to ocean desalination.