emmabalter.bsky.social
@emmabalter.bsky.social
senior editor, Texas Monthly ✨
Decades after Tom and Paula Goynes fell in love and settled on the banks of the San Marcos, their stretch of river turned into a trash-laden tubing playground. @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/san-m...
They Settled on the River for Peace and Quiet. Instead, They’re Battling Tubers.
Decades after Tom and Paula Goynes settled on the San Marcos, their stretch of river turned into a trash-laden playground.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Decades after Tom and Paula Goynes fell in love and settled on the banks of the San Marcos, their stretch of river turned into a trash-laden tubing playground. @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/san-m...
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On the ways in which repeated extreme weather events are creating a mental health crisis in Houston.
Gratitude to @emmabalter.bsky.social for the guidance and @saracress.bsky.social, @spacecitywx.bsky.social, and @mattlanza.bsky.social for contributing.
www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
Gratitude to @emmabalter.bsky.social for the guidance and @saracress.bsky.social, @spacecitywx.bsky.social, and @mattlanza.bsky.social for contributing.
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Harvey Survivors Still Hear the Storm
The hurricane has left lasting trauma on Houstonians.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On the ways in which repeated extreme weather events are creating a mental health crisis in Houston.
Gratitude to @emmabalter.bsky.social for the guidance and @saracress.bsky.social, @spacecitywx.bsky.social, and @mattlanza.bsky.social for contributing.
www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
Gratitude to @emmabalter.bsky.social for the guidance and @saracress.bsky.social, @spacecitywx.bsky.social, and @mattlanza.bsky.social for contributing.
www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
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One in three adults in Harris County meets the criteria for functional illiteracy. That's not OK.
These Houstonians are using their bookstores and birthday boxes to close the literacy gaps, ensuring access to lit no matter one's income or location.
www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-cul...
These Houstonians are using their bookstores and birthday boxes to close the literacy gaps, ensuring access to lit no matter one's income or location.
www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-cul...
The Houstonians Putting Books in the Hands of More Residents
No Personal Pan Pizzas necessary.
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May 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One in three adults in Harris County meets the criteria for functional illiteracy. That's not OK.
These Houstonians are using their bookstores and birthday boxes to close the literacy gaps, ensuring access to lit no matter one's income or location.
www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-cul...
These Houstonians are using their bookstores and birthday boxes to close the literacy gaps, ensuring access to lit no matter one's income or location.
www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-cul...
I’m hiring! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Houstonia Magazine hiring News & City Life Editor in Houston, TX | LinkedIn
Posted 7:05:27 PM. Houstonia is looking for a creative, plugged-in News & City Life Editor who can tell unique stories…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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April 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I’m hiring! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
So much gratitude!! An incredible showing from the Houstonia community tonight ❤️
It was amazing to see maybe a total of 100+ people come to the Houstonia spring issue party. I was so close to sobbing in gratitude on site. The work @emmabalter.bsky.social does and has us do is critical, especially now.
Thank you. So, so much. Journalism needs you as much as you need journalism.
Thank you. So, so much. Journalism needs you as much as you need journalism.
April 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So much gratitude!! An incredible showing from the Houstonia community tonight ❤️
overheard today at our coworking space: “Houstonia is a magazine that you see places”
April 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
overheard today at our coworking space: “Houstonia is a magazine that you see places”
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And now for something completely different and lighthearted:
@emmabalter.bsky.social and I teamed up to write about Rodeo Houston's overlooked hero to animal and human alike: the dirt. And we had an incredibly fun time doing it, too.
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@emmabalter.bsky.social and I teamed up to write about Rodeo Houston's overlooked hero to animal and human alike: the dirt. And we had an incredibly fun time doing it, too.
www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
The Rodeo Reuses the Same Very Special Dirt Every Year
All the dirt on the Houston rodeo’s dirt.
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March 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
And now for something completely different and lighthearted:
@emmabalter.bsky.social and I teamed up to write about Rodeo Houston's overlooked hero to animal and human alike: the dirt. And we had an incredibly fun time doing it, too.
www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
@emmabalter.bsky.social and I teamed up to write about Rodeo Houston's overlooked hero to animal and human alike: the dirt. And we had an incredibly fun time doing it, too.
www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
What are those stuck astronauts even doing up there? Uvie got updates from NASA and spoke with a veteran astronaut about how they keep busy in space. www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
So What Are Those Stuck Astronauts Doing Up There, Exactly?
Don’t worry, NASA has a plan to bring them home.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What are those stuck astronauts even doing up there? Uvie got updates from NASA and spoke with a veteran astronaut about how they keep busy in space. www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
saying “it’s christmas!” to myself every time i put an expensive purchase in my cart at central market that i hadn’t initially planned for
December 24, 2024 at 12:47 AM
saying “it’s christmas!” to myself every time i put an expensive purchase in my cart at central market that i hadn’t initially planned for
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Houstonia's food editor Sofia Gonzalez & I teamed up on an article about how the latest Meow Wolf offering, Radio Tave/Cowboi Hevvven, uses sound design to enhance both the dining and the visual arts experiences. Love Meow Wolf!
Thanks, @emmabalter.bsky.social!
www.houstoniamag.com/eat-and-drin...
Thanks, @emmabalter.bsky.social!
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How Meow Wolf Made Its Immersive Sights and Sounds Happen
Interdimensional travel never felt so good.
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December 16, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Houstonia's food editor Sofia Gonzalez & I teamed up on an article about how the latest Meow Wolf offering, Radio Tave/Cowboi Hevvven, uses sound design to enhance both the dining and the visual arts experiences. Love Meow Wolf!
Thanks, @emmabalter.bsky.social!
www.houstoniamag.com/eat-and-drin...
Thanks, @emmabalter.bsky.social!
www.houstoniamag.com/eat-and-drin...
me, opening my podcast app this morning to listen to the daily: okay, what fresh hell do i need to know about today
the daily: boobs
needed this tbh!
the daily: boobs
needed this tbh!
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
me, opening my podcast app this morning to listen to the daily: okay, what fresh hell do i need to know about today
the daily: boobs
needed this tbh!
the daily: boobs
needed this tbh!
ICYMI: Houstonia named its very first Houstonian of the Year today 👀 www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
And Our Houstonian of the Year Is...
Well, there are two, actually. And we sure had a lot of folks to choose from.
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November 19, 2024 at 3:31 AM
ICYMI: Houstonia named its very first Houstonian of the Year today 👀 www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
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Hey, we won!
Houstonia Magazine has named the combo of @sciguyspace.bsky.social and @mattlanza.bsky.social as its Houstonian of the Year. What an honor!
And a huge thank you to everyone who voted for us!
#hounews #housky #houwx
Houstonia Magazine has named the combo of @sciguyspace.bsky.social and @mattlanza.bsky.social as its Houstonian of the Year. What an honor!
And a huge thank you to everyone who voted for us!
#hounews #housky #houwx
Meet the Local Meteorologists Who Won Houstonian of the Year
They keep us sane when the forecasts are not.
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November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Hey, we won!
Houstonia Magazine has named the combo of @sciguyspace.bsky.social and @mattlanza.bsky.social as its Houstonian of the Year. What an honor!
And a huge thank you to everyone who voted for us!
#hounews #housky #houwx
Houstonia Magazine has named the combo of @sciguyspace.bsky.social and @mattlanza.bsky.social as its Houstonian of the Year. What an honor!
And a huge thank you to everyone who voted for us!
#hounews #housky #houwx
“fir” is the undisputed queen of holiday scents. please get all that sweet baking spice crap away from me
November 18, 2024 at 1:37 AM
“fir” is the undisputed queen of holiday scents. please get all that sweet baking spice crap away from me
Ok! Please tell me 1. where you live 2. if people drive around with reindeer antlers on their cars there. Trying to see something…
November 15, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Ok! Please tell me 1. where you live 2. if people drive around with reindeer antlers on their cars there. Trying to see something…
where is houston bluesky (#housky?) at?
November 13, 2024 at 10:47 PM
where is houston bluesky (#housky?) at?
last night sofia and i went to the michelin ceremony and had some thoughts! here’s our full dispatch for houstonia, with commentary from tons of winning chefs (and the mayor) www.houstoniamag.com/eat-and-drin...
What Really Went Down at the Michelin Awards in Houston
We have some thoughts.
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November 13, 2024 at 3:56 AM
last night sofia and i went to the michelin ceremony and had some thoughts! here’s our full dispatch for houstonia, with commentary from tons of winning chefs (and the mayor) www.houstoniamag.com/eat-and-drin...
I am here now, too.
February 6, 2024 at 2:36 AM
I am here now, too.