The Dallas Morning News Audio Reports

For decades, the NCAA did not allow its student athletes to earn money, despite the millions of dollars it rakes in annually. That’s all changing following a ruling by the U.S Supreme Court in June that opened the door for student athletes to earn money on their name, image and likeness (NIL). Locally, the verdict is even impacting high school athletics, as Southlake Carroll quarterback Quinn Ewer...

Reconnecting after a traumatic year of separation and loss is a work-in-progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how North Texas’ arts and culture scene is emerging from the pandemic. The News’ Tim Diovanni and KERA’s Jerome Weeks report on how performing arts groups and museums are grappling with state laws, CDC guidelines and a rise in coronavirus cases.

Reconnecting after a traumatic year of separation and loss is a work-in-progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how North Texas’ arts and culture scene is emerging from the pandemic. The News’ Michael Granberry reports on how two actors turned to new careers after theaters shut down.

Dallas music promoter and Banjos to Beats co-founder Josh Smith joins the Deep Side to talk about bringing music back.  And Smith tells us about his pandemic side project — a 27,000 member Facebook group, D-FW Corona Connection, aimed at bringing real information about the virus and real debate about the response to the area. Find more ‘Dallas Morning News’ audio and a special membership offer for...

Reconnecting after a year of separation and loss is a work-in-progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how the pandemic has changed the arts and culture scene in North Texas. Miguel Perez of KERA hears from three people in the LGBTQ community about what local gay bars have meant to them. Read the story, take a reader survey and see related photographs from The News...

Reconnecting after a year of separation and loss is a work in progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how the pandemic has changed the arts and culture scene in North Texas. KERA’s Jerome Weeks reports from Coppell on how COVID delayed — but also helped — a new arts center there.

Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss discuss how a decade of reform has changed Dallas schools. Former board president Miguel Solis and current trustee Dustin Marshall talk about the political battles to reform DISD and how it has made a difference for all of Dallas. Find more ‘Dallas Morning News’ audio and a special membership offer for listeners at dallasnews.com...

Mark Phariss and his husband Vic Holmes signed on in 2013 as the lead plaintiffs in the fight to legalize same sex marriage in Texas. In this episode, Phariss speaks about his journey from a child who wished he would die in his sleep, to his life as a closeted gay man, to his decision to become a face in the fight for marriage equality. Find more ‘Dallas Morning News’ audio and a special membershi...

Reconnecting after a year of separation and loss is a work-in-progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how the pandemic has changed the arts and culture scene in North Texas. KERA's Jerome Weeks and The News ' Tim Diovanni report on how theaters and music companies are trying to safely attract wider audiences, while wooing back those who remain wary.

Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss talk with sportscasting legend Dale Hansen, who has spent nearly four decades in the business — and most of it in Dallas. He’s retiring Sept. 2 and sat down to tell the stories of his amazing career, including the Dallas sports figure he least liked and the one he became almost too close to. That, and Hansen recounts breaking the...

Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss talk with Jennifer Staubach Gates, who spent eight years representing neighborhoods across northern Dallas. Her time in the fray of local politics gave her insights into the city where she grew up as the child of one of our greatest legends, the Dallas Cowboys’ Roger Staubach. Find more ‘Dallas Morning News’ audio and a special m...

Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss discuss how Dallas had great hope that bringing the AT&T Byron Nelson to a city-owned course in southern Dallas would be a spark to draw new development to an underserved area. Was it doomed from the start or did poor strategy and execution hurt the plan? Also, the PGA of America’s Dawes Marlett talks about what’s coming for...

Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss are joined by historian George Keaton to dig into the terrible history of lynching in Dallas, Derek Chauvin’s killing of George Floyd and the fear so many Black Americans suffered with for generations. Many in Dallas have no idea that the Ku Klux Klan once ruled local government and that Black residents were killed by mob violenc...

For more than a year, Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster has been reporting a story about the historic freedman’s town of Joppa. For generations, Dallas has neglected this community built by emancipated slaves, and now it is facing thoroughly modern challenges. Joppa’s story is the history of race in Dallas — and America. Lamster’s partner in the project was News visual journalis...

Listen to this special audio report from our live conversation series, “Behind the Story.” The event was held Jan. 21, 2020 in our downtown auditorium. The audio has been edited for length and clarity. The discussion focuses on The News ’ true-crime series, “Guardians,” about an alleged serial killer accused of smothering more than a dozen women — and the families whose lives were forever changed....

On Saturday, October 12 at 2:23 a.m. Mr. James Smith called the police non-emergency number to report activity at a neighbor’s house which he believed was “not normal.” 34-year-old Aaron Dean, who had been on the force since April 2018, resigned after shooting Atatiana Jefferson at her home.

Two of the officers involved in the 2016 death of Tony Timpa told Dallas Police Department leaders that they mocked the handcuffed 32-year-old while he was pinned to the ground as part of a strategy to prompt a response from him.

In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindsey K...

In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindsey K...

In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindsey K...

In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindsey K...

In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindsey K...

In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindsey K...

In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindsey K...

In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindsey K...