Ronnie Dugger

Ronnie Dugger (born 1931) is an American progressive journalist.

Dugger attended the University of Texas and was editor of ''The Daily Texan'' 1950–1951. He was the founding editor of ''The Texas Observer'' from 1954 to 1961. Later he served as the Observer's publisher, spending more than 40 years with the political news magazine.

Dugger has published hundreds of articles in ''Harper's Magazine'', ''The Nation'', ''The New Yorker'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''The Progressive'' and other periodicals.

In 2011 Dugger won the George Polk Award in recognition of his lifelong achievements in journalism. The following year he was dubbed the "godfather of progressive journalism in Texas" in an in-depth feature published in the Austin American-Statesman by Brad Buchholz. Provided by Wikipedia