Lauren McGaughy
Investigative Reporter and EditorLauren McGaughy is an investigative reporter and editor for The Texas Newsroom, a collaboration of NPR stations in Texas. Her specialty areas include criminal justice, governmental ethics and LGBTQ issues.
Got a tip? Email her at lmcgaughy@kut.org or tips@kut.org. Find her on X @lmcgaughy and Instagram @laurenmcgaughy.
In 2020, she and reporting partner Dave Boucher won the Headliners Foundation Showcase Silver Award for their two-part series revealing how police in Texas for decades used hypnosis to investigate crimes. After their series published, the state police did away with their hypnosis program and Texas lawmakers gutted the practice.
She had been honored with awards from the Texas and Louisiana Associated Press Managing Editors, IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors) and NLGJA (the LGBTQ Journalists Association). Her personal essay on the coverage of the 2017 Sutherland Springs mass shooting spurred a national conversation about media treatment of communities in the wake of tragedies.
Lauren previously covered state politics and policy for The Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle and New Orleans Times-Picayune. She loves cats, cemeteries and comic books. Ask about her wig collection!
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Greg Abbott rechazó reportes de que el presidente Biden retrasó la distribución de suministros de emergencia a Texas porque no pudo contactar a los líderes estatales. -
Greg Abbott rejected reports that President Biden delayed distributing emergency supplies to Texas because he could not reach state leaders.
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A new court decision shows a federal indictment is likely coming, and soon, an expert said. -
The Texas Newsroom has obtained information and documents about the FBI investigation into Attorney General Paxton that sheds new light on its scope and activity. -
A university spokesperson originally said students would be banned even though charges against them had been dismissed. -
Bernie Tiede, cuyo asesinato de una viuda de Texas fue inmortalizado por Richard Linklater, ha demandado al Estado por lo que califica de trato "cruel e inusual" a los presos de las cárceles calientes. -
Bernie Tiede, whose murder of a Texas widow was immortalized by Richard Linklater, is suing the state over what he calls its “cruel and unusual” treatment of inmates in hot prisons.
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The two lawyers brought on to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton started as partners but are leaving the case as adversaries. -
Paxton, a Republican who was charged with felony securities fraud in 2015, has reached a deal with prosecutors that will let him avoid facing a jury next month. He did not have to admit guilt in agreeing to the terms. -
Paxton, a Republican who was charged with felony securities fraud in 2015, is reportedly in talks with prosecutors on an arrangement that will let him avoid facing a jury next month.
