Chelsey Zhu
@chelsey_zhu
Digital producer @KUT, formerly @HerMoneyMedia
I’m saying this as a journalist. Trying to keep up with the news right now sucks. Stressful things happening everywhere. But there’s an easy cheat code to learning the important stuff, supporting democracy and feeling happier. LOCAL NEWS. 🧵
TX House Redistricting hearing taking place right now. Here's the latest from the rally that took place before it. Updates will be made once hearing wraps. kut.org/politics/2025-…
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This is who you're targeting when you defund public media, btw
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I spent my day yesterday talking to folks in the Big Sandy Creek area. I asked people what they think the community needs most right now. Almost everyone had the same answer: more volunteers.
“I don’t know how long it took—ten seconds, maybe fifteen—for the house to come apart." During the early-morning hours of July 4, the Guadalupe River pulled senior editor Aaron Parsley and six members of his family into its waters. Read his firsthand account:…
BREAKING NEWS: State Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to court records. kut.org/politics/2025-… #txlege
At least 36 of those confirmed dead in the Central Texas floods were children. As people sift through the debris, they're finding stuffed animals: a giraffe, a horse, a lamb. Some are trying their best to return them to their owners: kut.org/texas/2025-07-…
A "hilarious and blunt" retiree. Two 8-year-old campers. A 15-year-old about to enter his sophomore year. kut.org/texas/2025-07-…
NEW: TX lets out-of-state students buy homes to get in-state tuition. The law has led to an industry of families paying in cash for condos, owning them for 2 years, and selling them to the next out-of-state family. Often, the students never live there: kut.org/education/2025…
Please stop assuming that too many em dashes means AI written. Some of us are producing grammatically incoherent work the honest way!
My sister told me this morning she didn't vote, so I guess I don't even owe this to trying to game the system. Thanks @AustinChronicle for the nod!