‘Deeply concerning.’ Data shows about an 8-month wait for crime victims to receive financial help from the state — close to an all-time high. Matt Grant and David Barer learn of a new push from lawmakers to fix the sluggish payment system.
KXAN
Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
Austin, Texas 2,448 followers
In-Depth. Investigative.
About us
KXAN has two missions and strategies. KXAN's first mission is to provide the most valuable and most consumed local news content by creating exceptional in-depth reporting and investigative journalism while also keeping our audience safe during severe weather with KXAN's First Warning Weather team. KXAN's second mission is to provide primarily small & medium size local businesses best-in-class multi-platform advertising solutions including digital and broadcast advertising campaign development and execution. An important part of this offering is helping clients identifying a winning strategic market position. We then develop emotionally powerful creative combined with a multi-platform media plan backed by a robust portfolio of local research resources and data. If you are motivated by providing value to your community through storytelling or helping local businesses sell their products or services, then join our team! KXAN-NBC and KXAN.com (the market leading local news operation according to Nielsen & comScore), KNVA-The CW Austin and KBVO-MNT make up a powerful TV station triopoly and one dominant website operating in Austin, TX, and serving central Texas. In simple terms, we provide central Texas the best in local journalism and advertising solutions.
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http://kxan.com/
External link for KXAN
- Industry
- Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 1965
Locations
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Primary
908 W. MLK Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78701, US
Employees at KXAN
Updates
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Texas’ new crosswalk law makes it a crime to kill or hurt a person in a crosswalk. Drivers are being arrested across the state, but some say enforcement has been spotty. Check out the new investigation from Arezow Doost.
‘He’s not stopping!’ KXAN investigation leads to new look at crosswalk crash, Texas law
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Buying lakefront property? The land under the water may not be yours. Avery Travis spoke with one man who learned the hard way and was evicted while building what he calls his ‘dream’ home.
Lakehouse eviction reveals underwater property questions
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KXAN’s advertising team celebrated the launch of the 2024 Paris Olympics today! KXAN will deliver a MASSIVE audience for 17 consecutive days. We’ve had a blast creating many new campaigns for advertisers to maximize this once every 2 year opportunity. GO TEAM USA!
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'The slurs were coming’: Joshua Ybarra says he was beaten on 6th Street while wearing black-heeled booties and carrying his late grandmother’s purse. Kelly Wiley investigates how few hate crimes are prosecuted in Texas and whether Ybarra’s case could be one of them.
Few hate crimes are prosecuted in Texas. Attack against Austin gay man could be one of them
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Investigative Journalist, Newsroom Manager, Political Program Host, Podcast Host, Broadcast Journalism Professor, IRE/FOIFT/Lone Star Emmy Boards
Thank you to NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists for honoring KXAN’s OutLaw project with THREE national “Excellence in Journalism” Awards: Al Neuharth Award for Innovation in Investigative Journalism, Excellence in Documentary & Excellence in Multimedia! ICYMI: kxan.com/outlaw
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The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists recognized Nexstar’s KXAN Investigates with three 2024 Excellence in Journalism Awards. KXAN’s “OutLaw: A Half-Century Criminalizing LGBTQ+ Texans” received the special recognition Al Neuharth Award for Innovation in Investigative Journalism, as well as the Excellence in Multimedia Award in Digital, and the Excellence in Documentary Award in Broadcasting. Through vast video and audio archive research, and extensive case analysis, KXAN Investigates explored the record number of bills filed at the Texas State Capitol in 2023 impacting the LGBTQ+ community, including why a controversial law aimed at criminalizing the LGBTQ+ community has been in Texas’ Penal Code for 50 years. You can take a look at the docuseries here: https://lnkd.in/gj_tV24S Listen to the companion pPodcast: https://lnkd.in/gw76SsPb View Policies & Proposals / Explore the Stories page: https://lnkd.in/gzF3Ffaz And take a look Inside the Investigation: https://lnkd.in/g_wDYRPR Congratulations to the team at KXAN!!
OutLaw: Criminalizing LGBTQ+ Texans
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Ashley Ugarte founded her business, Hijita, two years ago. It's a small-batch Mexican chocolate company that highlights Mexican cacao sourced directly from farmers in Mexico. Sarah Al-Shaikh, M.S. talks with Ugarte about the national grant she won to support her business.
Austin woman entrepreneur wins national grant for Mexican chocolate business
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INBOX: Austin City Council Member Mackenzie Kelly sent out this news release, citing our investigation, before tomorrow’s vote on whether to require new hospitals (and encourage existing ones) to install crash-rated bollards. Explore the investigation that sparked this: https://lnkd.in/gsQrTtsH "If we can save one life with this new city policy, it will be worth our time and effort as a council," Kelly said.
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KXAN News Today hit a significant milestone for the first time in decades! Our 6 a.m. hour viewership among people ages 25-54 is 10% higher than all our competitors combined, according to June Nielsen ratings. This builds on our consistent wins in the 5 and 6 a.m. time slots over the last year+. I'm truly grateful to be part of this wonderful community and work at a station that cares about and invests in its people. To celebrate, we enjoyed some breakfast tacos! 🌮 Here's to many more victories and serving our amazing viewers!