Dallas Observer
[3] The Observer publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music, and arts, as well as longform narrative journalism.Mencken Writing Award went to columnist Laura Miller, who went on to become the mayor of Dallas after leaving the Observer.[5] In 2007, two Observer reporters, Jesse Hyde and Megan Feldman, were named finalists in the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists.The Observer was started in October 1980 by partners Ken Kirk, Bob Walton, Jeff Wilmont, and Gregg Wurdeman as a weekly local arts and cinema review publication.[6] In 2005, New Times both acquired and adopted the corporate name of Village Voice Media.