The Texas Tribune is an online nonprofit journalism outlet that covers news throughout the state. It was founded in 2009; everybody who’s anybody in nonprofits and foundations in Texas has given them some money. In addition to their journalism, they put together a lot of events, most importantly the Texas Tribune Festival.
Two of the three co-founders were well-known Texas journalists; Evan Smith left the editor’s job at Texas Monthly to start the Tribune and Ross Ramsey also had a long career in journalism in Dallas and Houston. (The other guy was the money man.) The Tribune doesn’t have an editorial section at all. They collaborate with other journalism non-profits like ProPublica on big stories, and have broken a few on their own.
I’ve been reading the Tribune since they started publishing and I find them informative and reliable. I haven’t been a regular donor, but I do read their newsletter every morning and find it a valuable resource, so I probably ought to kick in at some point. In addition to their own stories, the Tribune also points out a handful of pieces by other outlets every day. That’s the kind of thing that makes me like and trust their judgement.