David Martin Davies
David Martin Davies is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering Texas, the border and Mexico.
Davies is the host of "The Source," an hour-long live call-in news program that airs on KSTX at noon Monday through Thursday. Since 1999 he was been the host and producer of "Texas Matters," a weekly radio news magazine and podcast that looks at the issues, events and people in the Lone Star State.
Davies' reporting has been featured on National Public Radio, American Public Media's "Marketplace" and the BBC. He has written for The San Antonio Light, The San Antonio Express-News, The Texas Observer and other publications.
His reporting has been recognized with numerous awards. In 2019 Davies was honored with a National Edward R. MurrowAward for his radio documentary exposing human sex trafficking. Davies was also awarded in 2019 by the Public Radio News Directors Inc. for best talk show. Davies was named the 2008 Texas Radio Journalist of the Year by the Houston Press Club. In 2019 he was recognized with a First Amendment Awards by the Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The Association for Women in Communications San Antonio Professional Chapter honored Davies with the 2015 Edna McGaffey Media Excellence Headliner Award.
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Scientists eradicated New World screwworms in the U.S. and Mexico half a century ago by releasing hundreds of millions of sterile adult flies that mated with females and prevented them from laying eggs. Exceptions have included the costly and destructive 1976 outbreak. -
President Donald Trump says he wants the map redrawn to provide five additional Republican congressional seats. -
Governor Greg Abbott announced the addition of flood warning systems to the special session agenda in the days following the July 4 deadly flash flooding in Texas Hill Country. -
Much of the devastation is centered around Kerr County along the Guadalupe River in South-Central Texas, in a region known as "Flash Flood Alley." -
While Texas keeps adding dozens of confirmed measles cases every week, health officials and state representatives are raising the alarm over CDC cuts that could hinder efforts to end the outbreak.
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According to an analysis by the American Immigration Council (AIC), undocumented immigrants constitute 4.6% of the U.S. employed labor force. -
the Election Protection Hotline: 866-OUR VOTE (866-687-8683) offers voters help if they have been turned away at the polls. -
A Texas man could soon be the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.
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Supporters of death row inmate Robert Roberson say the state is about to execute an innocent man. Roberson was convicted of shaking his child to death.
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During the recent Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, there were signs that read “Mass Deportation Now” and crowd chants of “Send them back.”
