John Schwartz
@jswatz.bsky.social
UT Austin journalism professor; former NYT, WP. he/him.
A quick “covering the environment“ reunion at the Texas Tribune Festival. My students ROCK, y’all.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A quick “covering the environment“ reunion at the Texas Tribune Festival. My students ROCK, y’all.
Thank you, Catherine Coleman Flowers, for an incredible conversation about social justice, environmental equity, sewage and hope at the Texas tribune festival!
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank you, Catherine Coleman Flowers, for an incredible conversation about social justice, environmental equity, sewage and hope at the Texas tribune festival!
Wonders of the morning commute.
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wonders of the morning commute.
a sentence I did not expect to ever write
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
a sentence I did not expect to ever write
I was not expecting to see a caricature of me from a 1984 comic strip by @samhurt.bsky.social in the latest issue of Texas Law Magazine, but life is full of wonders.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I was not expecting to see a caricature of me from a 1984 comic strip by @samhurt.bsky.social in the latest issue of Texas Law Magazine, but life is full of wonders.
Great to see my former student Rushton Skinner back stateside after two years of kick-ass reporting in the British Virgin Islands. Took him to Dirty’s, of course .
Now somebody hire this guy!
Now somebody hire this guy!
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Great to see my former student Rushton Skinner back stateside after two years of kick-ass reporting in the British Virgin Islands. Took him to Dirty’s, of course .
Now somebody hire this guy!
Now somebody hire this guy!
I’ll try again tonight, but for now the northern lights are about as real in Pflugerville as the Marfa lights.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’ll try again tonight, but for now the northern lights are about as real in Pflugerville as the Marfa lights.
I’ll try again tonight, but for now the northern lights are about as real in Pflugerville as the Marfa lights.
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’ll try again tonight, but for now the northern lights are about as real in Pflugerville as the Marfa lights.
My grandson likes the label maker.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My grandson likes the label maker.
This is what happens when you cut funding for public education.
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is what happens when you cut funding for public education.
When you dig into the battery drawer and it’s like commerce archaeology
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
When you dig into the battery drawer and it’s like commerce archaeology
This is GALVESTON. The Gulf is blue! What is happening?!
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is GALVESTON. The Gulf is blue! What is happening?!
This may be the most frenetic and pathetic backpedaling yet. Instead, they're going to teach it phenomenology?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This may be the most frenetic and pathetic backpedaling yet. Instead, they're going to teach it phenomenology?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
At what point did I age into being “Mr. John”? No matter. Thanks, guys.
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
At what point did I age into being “Mr. John”? No matter. Thanks, guys.
Here are some of the reasons that Mamdami is kicking Cuomo's butt. Well done, @nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here are some of the reasons that Mamdami is kicking Cuomo's butt. Well done, @nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Okay, Nature, you've got my attention.
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Okay, Nature, you've got my attention.
Thanks for speaking with my “Covering Technology “ class, Ken Belson!
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thanks for speaking with my “Covering Technology “ class, Ken Belson!
As I prepared for my journalism classes today, I was reminded of one of the finest ledes to ever appear in The New York Times: "Sometimes a guy like Rocco Morabito just feels like hitting the road."
www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/n...
www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/n...
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As I prepared for my journalism classes today, I was reminded of one of the finest ledes to ever appear in The New York Times: "Sometimes a guy like Rocco Morabito just feels like hitting the road."
www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/n...
www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/n...
Wonders of the midday run
October 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wonders of the midday run
The things I felt watching June Lockhart in "Lost in Space" when I was a little kid provided my first inkling that I might be heterosexual. She made it to 100! Still sad to lose her. Ad astra.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The things I felt watching June Lockhart in "Lost in Space" when I was a little kid provided my first inkling that I might be heterosexual. She made it to 100! Still sad to lose her. Ad astra.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...