Shelly D. Kofler
Shelley Kofler is Texas Public Radio’s news director. She joined the San Antonio station in December 2014 and leads a growing staff that produces two weekly programs; a daily talk show, news features, reports and online content. Prior to TPR, Shelley served as the managing editor and news director at KERA in Dallas-Fort Worth, and the Austin bureau chief and legislative reporter for North Texas ABC affiliate WFAA-TV.
She has produced and moderated numerous, statewide political debates, including the gubernatorial debates in 2014 and those for U.S. Senate candidates in 2012.
Her interest in legislative policy includes knowledge about school finance, water and transportation issues. Her stories on the over-medication of foster children captured the attention of state officials who strengthened laws for the use of psychotropic drugs among children.
Shelley also worked with KERA on nationally televised programs.
Her radio and television work has been honored by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Association; the Houston Press Club, the Dallas Press Club and the Radio-Television Digital News Association, which has honored her with several prestigious Edward R. Murrow awards.
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The University of Texas System Board of Regents has named T. Taylor Eighmy, as the sole finalist for the presidency of The University of Texas at San… -
Representatives of the Texas Medical Association and the Bexar County Medical Society have presented TPR’s Bioscience-Medicine Reporter Wendy Rigby with… -
San Antonio is one of the most economically segregated cities in the country. That’s what three nationwide studies have determined over the past five… -
Texas Congressman Joe Barton of Ennis says Capitol Hill police and security officers are the reason a morning attack on Republican lawmakers did not… -
Texas Public Radio news reporters won 8 Lone Star Awards Saturday night, in a statewide journalism contest sponsored by the Houston Press Club.“It’s great… -
Correction: In this story Texas Public Radio used information from a San Antonio Police Association report and a Governing Magazine article. Each… -
San Antonio City Hall is headed in a new direction. Saturday night District 8 Councilmember Ron Nirenberg upset incumbent Mayor Ivy Taylor, after a runoff… -
UPDATE, 1:30 P.M. Monday: View Texas Public Radio's Facebook Live video.A field of 14 candidates competing for San Antonio Mayor is now down to two, and… -
Have City of San Antonio officials violated the Texas Open Meetings Act? That’s a question being raised after council members decided in a closed… -
Early voting begins Tuesday, May 30, for runoff races that will decide San Antonio's next mayor and six city council seats. Registered voters can cast…
