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Rachel Osier Lindley

Managing Editor, The Texas Newsroom

Rachel Osier Lindley is Managing Editor of The Texas Newsroom, a public radio journalism collaboration that includes NPR, KERA in North Texas, Houston Public Media, KUT in Austin, Texas Public Radio in San Antonio and other stations across the state. This regional news hub is the prototype for NPR's Collaborative Journalism Network.

As Managing Editor, Lindley leads The Texas Newsroom’s day-to-day operations. She connects with public radio stations across Texas to plan and produce collaborative news coverage and special projects, daily statewide newscasts, stories for the public radio news magazine Texas Standard and national coverage for NPR and other outlets.

Previously, Lindley was The Texas Newsroom’s Senior Editor. She also led the project's predecessor, The Texas Station Collaborative, from 2016 to 2019.

Before joining KERA, Lindley was the news director of WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama. She was also a founding staff member at Marfa Public Radio, where she held several roles over seven years — including news director and Morning Edition host — and played an essential role in building the station from the ground up.

In 2024, Lindley was named Editor of the Year by the Public Media Journalists Association and was part of the team that won a national Gracie Award for Sugar Land, a podcast she edited.

She has an MBA from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, and a Bachelor of Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin.

Lindley lives in Dallas with her husband, three sons, two dogs and one cat.