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Dina Gachman

Dina is a Pulitzer Center grantee and an award-winning journalist. She’s a sixth generation Texan and she’s profiled rogue botanists and the state’s lone marine archeologist, written about the rebirth of Bastrop, and penned an ode to Houston’s Montrose neighborhood. She lives in Hutto.

 

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Culture

Four Texas Authors Changing the Literary Landscape

By Dina Gachman
October 26, 2026
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Sports

Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel Is in a Lane of Her Own

By Dina Gachman
June 18, 2026
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Art

Photographer Laura Wilson on the Beauty of Texas

By Dina Gachman
May 11, 2026

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Film & TV

‘Somebody Somewhere’ Star Jeff Hiller on His San Antonio Roots

By Dina Gachman
June 10, 2025

History

Traveling Through Texas’ Past Aboard a Vintage Train

By Dina Gachman
May 12, 2025
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Revisiting Montrose, Houston’s Evolving Urban Paradise

By Dina Gachman
March 13, 2025

Souvenir

The State Capitol Ornament Is a Perfect Texas Keepsake

By Dina Gachman
December 10, 2024
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Wildlife

The Friendliest Animals in Texas

By Dina Gachman
October 22, 2024
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Author Attica Locke Completes Her Highway 59 Trilogy

By Dina Gachman
September 11, 2024
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History

Rescuing Texas’ Once Wild Horses

By Dina Gachman
May 21, 2024
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Filmmaker Iliana Sosa Directs Your Attention to Her Native El Paso

By Dina Gachman
May 10, 2024

Wildflowers

Your Guide to Maximizing Texas Wildflower Season

By Dina Gachman
February 27, 2024

Wildflowers

What Texas Wildflower Are You Based on Your Zodiac Sign?

By Dina Gachman
February 27, 2024
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Drive

Hiking Through Houston’s Wild Frontier

By Dina Gachman
November 21, 2023
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The Texas Director Behind Some of Your Favorite TV Shows

By Dina Gachman
September 19, 2023
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Drive

On Deck with Texas’ Lone Marine Archeologist

By Dina Gachman
June 27, 2023
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The Righteous Gemstones’ Edi Patterson Likes Playing ‘Weirdos’

By Dina Gachman
June 17, 2023
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Road Trips

Travel Back in Time With a Weekend Getaway in Salado

By Dina Gachman
May 30, 2023
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‘Top Gun’ Actor Glen Powell Channels His Adventurous Texas Spirit on Screen

By Dina Gachman
February 28, 2023
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Art

‘Legacy of Love’ Seeks to Unite All in Dallas’ Oak Lawn Neighborhood

By Dina Gachman
January 24, 2023
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Road Trips

Explore the Secrets of Gingerbread City on a Weekend in Waxahachie

By Dina Gachman
December 29, 2022
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Drive

The Biggest Hit at the American Windmill Museum Is the Smallest

By Dina Gachman
November 23, 2022
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Drive

Inside the Effort for Black Cemeteries to Gain Historical Status

By Dina Gachman
September 29, 2022
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Drive

The Rogue Wildflower Hunters of Texas

By Dina Gachman
February 24, 2022

Drive

The Blackland Prairie Raptor Center Helps Birds of Prey Find Their Way

By Dina Gachman
January 27, 2022

For Bastrop Residents, Last Week’s Rolling Pines Fire Was Too Close for Comfort

By Dina Gachman
January 25, 2022
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How Artists and Ex-Austinites Are Changing Bastrop

By Dina Gachman
December 23, 2021

The Cowboy Spirit Is a Way of Life for These Texas Jews

By Dina Gachman
August 26, 2021
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Open Road

A Sixth-Generation Texan Searches for the Meaning of Home

By Dina Gachman
March 25, 2021
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50 Years Later, We Need Rothko Chapel More Than Ever

By Dina Gachman
February 2, 2021
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My Favorite Texas Trip: 15 Miles to Montrose

By Dina Gachman
July 29, 2020

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