Did you know a newspaper provides video, too?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We've produced more than 3,000 videos in the past two years. That number may surprise you, if you still think of only the ink-on-paper version of your Advocate. The digital revolution provides exciting opportunities for us to expand the ways ...

Will you stop by our offices Monday?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We hope you will attend our community event designed to help you be your own Advocate. The session runs from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at our offices, 311 E. Constitution St. University of Houston-Victoria professor Macarena Hernandez will lead the session with ...

Where were you on 9/11?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I couldn't absorb what had happened that morning as I was preparing to take our daughter to elementary school. A plane hit the World Trade Center? Strange, to be sure, but what did it mean? I had no frame of ...

What do you see in this photo?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

My previous post on Advocate phone calls was so popular I thought I'd share a letter we received Tuesday. The letter concerns a "Your Photo" by a reader showing her adorable grandchildren. We published the photo last month on Page ...

What would you say to such a caller?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We get a lot of phone calls at the Advocate, and we're glad we do. This voice-mail left Thursday, though, stood out because of the venom in the tone and the disturbing content: "I understand that you're in charge of ...