Rachel Osier Lindley
Managing Editor, The Texas NewsroomRachel 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.
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Gov. Greg Abbott touted Texas’ strong economy in his State of the State address Sunday, where he also laid out a list of priorities he wants Texas lawmakers to focus on in the months ahead. These include creating a school voucher-like program and lowering Texans’ property taxes. -
After months of anticipation — including a massive influx of tourists into the Lone Star State — 2024’s total solar eclipse is finally here. From when and how to view it safely, to what kind of traffic to expect, to how animals might respond, here’s your complete rundown of all things eclipse. -
Two people and tens of thousands of cattle have died in the largest wildfire in state history. As firefights continue battling the Smokehouse Creek fire, residents of towns it blazed through are figuring out what's next. -
The state's largest wildfire on record is burning across large swaths of the Texas Panhandle. The fire has prompted evacuations and has already devastated scores of ranches, farms and small towns.
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Wildfires are burning out of control across large swaths of the Texas Panhandle, including one that's now the state's largest on record. The fires have devastated scores of cattle ranches and farms.
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Good news: Your vote in the primaries makes a bigger impact because fewer people are voting. -
After nine days of emotional testimony and unexpected twists, the impeachment trial of the suspended Texas attorney general has nearly come to a close. While senators deliberate his fate, we looked back at the trial’s most memorable moments. -
This legislative session, public radio stations across Texas want to answer your wonkiest, weirdest and wildest questions about property taxes in the state. What questions do you have? We want to find the answers for you. -
We're talking to dozens of Hispanic voters before the November midterms about the top issues on their mind — including what they want from candidates and their state government. We'd love to hear from you too! -
We're talking to dozens of Hispanic voters before the November midterms about the top issues on their mind — including what they want from candidates and their state government. We'd love to hear from you too! -
The rallies across the country came the same weekend a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators agreed in principle to a package of gun-reform laws. -
Hundreds of bills passed in the 2021 regular legislative session in Texas become law, including abortion and voting restrictions, a ban on critical race theory, permitless carry and more.
