Wells Dunbar
River City, a deceptively liberal enclave within the most powerful conservative state government in the country. With tragic and farcical state politics, and the city trying to balance growth with a near mythical idealization of itself, incisive print journalism and opinion is at a premium. That's why the Chronicle is doubly elated and humbled by your pick of Senior News Editor Michael King as Austin's "Best News Journalist." Anyone here would be quick to testify to the tireless hours King spends writing and editing the stories we tell, peeling back the layers of state and local politics with insight, wit, and peerless aplomb. After all, someone in Austin has to do it.
