Rachel Osier Lindley
Managing Editor, The Texas NewsroomRachel Osier Lindley is Managing Editor of The Texas Newsroom, a public radio journalism collaboration that includes NPR, KERA in North Texas, Houston Public Media, KUT in Austin, Texas Public Radio in San Antonio and other stations across the state. This regional news hub is the prototype for NPR's Collaborative Journalism Network.
As Managing Editor, Lindley leads The Texas Newsroom’s day-to-day operations. She connects with public radio stations across Texas to plan and produce collaborative news coverage and special projects, daily statewide newscasts, stories for the public radio news magazine Texas Standard and national coverage for NPR and other outlets.
Previously, Lindley was The Texas Newsroom’s Senior Editor. She also led the project’s predecessor, The Texas Station Collaborative, from 2016 to 2019.
Before joining KERA, Lindley was the news director of WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama. She was also a founding staff member at Marfa Public Radio, where she held several roles over seven years — including news director and Morning Edition host — and played an essential role in building the station from the ground up.
In 2024, Lindley was named Editor of the Year by the Public Media Journalists Association and was part of the team that won a national Gracie Award for Sugar Land, a podcast she edited.
She has an MBA from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, and a Bachelor of Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin.
Lindley lives in Dallas with her husband, three sons, two dogs and one cat.
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El gobernador promocionó la fuerte economía de Texas en su discurso sobre el Estatus del Estado el domingo, donde también expuso las prioridades que quiere que los legisladores se centren en los próximos meses. Entre ellas, la creación de un programa similar al bono escolar y la reducción de los impuestos sobre la propiedad. -
The governor touted Texas’ strong economy in his State of the State address Sunday, where he also laid out priorities he wants lawmakers to focus on in the months ahead. These include creating a school voucher-like program and lowering property taxes.
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La votación anticipada para las primarias en Texas se extiende hasta el 1 de marzo, y el día de las elecciones primarias es el 5 de marzo. -
Good news: Your vote in the primaries makes a bigger impact because fewer people are voting. -
After nine days of emotional testimony and unexpected twists, the impeachment trial of the suspended Texas attorney general has nearly come to a close. While senators deliberate his fate, we looked back at the trial’s most memorable moments. -
This legislative session, public radio stations across Texas want to answer your wonkiest, weirdest and wildest questions about property taxes in the state. What questions do you have? We want to find the answers for you. -
Docenas de votantes Hispanos tienen estos temas en la mente antes de las elecciones intermedias incluyendo lo que quieren de los candidatos y el gobierno estatal. -
We're talking to dozens of Hispanic voters before the November midterms about the top issues on their mind — including what they want from candidates and their state government. We'd love to hear from you too! -
The rallies across the country came the same weekend a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators agreed in principle to a package of gun-reform laws. -
City leaders, business owners, school districts, teachers and parents respond to Gov. Abbott's lifting of the statewide mask mandate and business capacity limits.
