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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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? -
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. -
America can be divided between the blue cities and the red counties. Life in the Republican voting rural parts of the nation is largely a mystery to most of the liberal voting urban dwellers. There is very real rural-urban gap, but is there White Rural Rage in America? And what explains the political loyalty to the Republican party when it doesn’t have many policies that addresses the unique needs of Rural America? -
Donald Trump is selling autographed bibles and comparing himself to Jesus while asking for political contributions. And this doesn’t seem to be a problem for many in the Religious Right because Trump could deliver a Christian Nationalist agenda. How did a fringe viewpoint grab the center of American politics and what happens if they gain power? -
The Smokehouse Creek fire was the largest wildfire in Texas History burning over a million acres in the Panhandle. The fire has been out for over a month, but the disaster continues. We are going to get an update on the recovery and what needs to happen to prevent other massive wildfires. -
Just this week it was announced that an advanced computer chip manufacturer is coming to central Texas and creating thousands of jobs. The Biden Administration passed the CHIPS Act to bring that technology back to the U.S. for economic growth and national security. The next global conflict could be decided by who has access to the best silicon chips. -
When Russia invaded Ukraine, it didn't just take territory. It separated thousands of Ukrainian children from the only home they've ever known, relocating them to Russian-occupied territory or to Russia itself. Most of those children have not returned. FRONTLINE shows us what happened to those children. -
The coverage of migration at the border frequently skips over a very important point. The people who show up at the border want to work. And the United States needs workers. The federal reserve is crediting migration for boosting the economy and avoiding a recession.But what can the Biden administration do to take full advantage of the migration opportunity at the nation’s doorstep? -
In Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting (U Illinois Press, 2023), Josh Shepperd looks at the people, institutions, and influences behind the media reform movement and clearinghouse the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) in the drive to create what became the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. -
Should the city of San Antonio fund people going out of state for a legal abortion? District 8 Councilman and candidate for mayor, Manny Pelaez, supports the Reproductive Justice Fund, but not if it pays for evading the Texas' abortion ban. Pelaez joins us to discuss why he says the city council should not be involved in this divisive issue.
