New columnists on the Chron metro/state pages
With Rick Casey finally away on sabbatical, the Chronicle runs a story today by new (temporary?) columnist Lisa Falkenberg.
It's one that should have the right people at the newspaper nodding their heads in approval.
Falkenberg isn't the only new columnist who will be appearing in Casey's place for a while. Lisa Gray will be joining her. Here's the Chronicle's description:
While columnist Rick Casey is on sabbatical for the next few months, we are delighted to bring Chronicle readers two sharp new voices:
• Lisa Falkenberg, a fifth-generation Texan from Seguin who joined the Chronicle's Austin bureau in 2005, will appear on Tuesdays and Fridays. Falkenberg has worked for The Associated Press, where she was Texas AP Writer of the Year, and has covered everything from scandals in the state lottery to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
• Lisa Gray, who has been arts editor of the Chronicle since 2005, will appear on Sundays and Thursdays. Gray is a talented columnist and editor who has also worked at the Houston Press, Washington City Paper and Cite: The Architectural and Design Review of Houston.
Here's hoping we eventually get some good, gritty city writing out of the new columnists. Houston is a huge, diverse, quirky city with many stories that ought to be told, but too often with Rick Casey, we got tales from his glory days in San Antonio or tales he ripped off from the Washington Post. The two newbies could benefit from the bar being set so low!
UPDATE (04-18-2007): Today, new columnist Lisa Gray tells us that $1 million won't buy the home it once did in Houston.
Here's hoping the subject matter improves considerably from these debut efforts, or we might actually start missing The Plagiarist.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 04/17/07 08:25 AM | Houston Chronicle | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (5)
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