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Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Dallas Morning News Tippy-Toes Away"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "How Not to Humiliate Yourself as a Journalist"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Picking Apart The Dallas Morning News' Smug Sense"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 6, 2011

  "Rick Perry's Manufactured Miracle"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 5, 2011

  "The Trinity River's 'Standing Wave' Crashes into Reality"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published July 7, 2011

  "So John Wiley Price Really Wanted Some Land..."

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published September 29, 2011

  "Lowering the Bars"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published May 27, 2010

  "Into the Wild"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 11, 2010

  "Hammer Time"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "Mr. Unknown"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2010

  "Low Riders"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published May 27, 2010

  "Into the Wild"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 23, 2010

  "Return to Sender"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published October 28, 2010

  "Going to Extremes"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published April 23, 2009

  "Off Course"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published October 15, 2009

  "Guilty"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published April 23, 2009

  "Whitewashing Reality"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 24, 2009

  "Irony City"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 23, 2009

  "Whitewashing Reality"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2009

  "The Fall Guy"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 21, 2008

  "Eat My Dirt"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 31, 2008

  "What's in a Nombre"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 17, 2008

  "No Nature for Old Men"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published November 20, 2008

  "What Chutzpah!"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published October 4, 2007

  "City Hall's Same Sick Story"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published November 18, 2004

  "Call 911"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published November 18, 2004

  "Call 911"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published May 19, 2005

  "Bozo Rules"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published June 16, 2005

  "Stuff It"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published January 13, 2005

  "Garbage to You"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005

  "Mayorzilla"

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2008 Stories by Jim Schutze

• DISD's Ghosts of Scandals Past

  published November 6, 2008

  Uh-oh. Have I been here before? It's the day before Halloween. I am at Dallas Independent School District headquarters, and I am already seeing... More >>

• Not Even Jim Schutze Can Ruin Election Day for Ron Kirk

  published Nov 04, 2008

  Ran into Ron Kirk just now at the Lakewood Starbucks. Our former mayor and one-time Democratic U.S. Senate candidate (and, of course, a real big Barack Obama worker) did a double-take upon seeing ... More >>

• Tanking a Home for Foster Children May Help Enrich One County Commissioner's Kid

  published October 30, 2008

  There's a reason I like Annie, but I don't like to watch it. I can never remember what the reason is, so I keep making the mistake of... More >>

• DISD's Confederacy of Jerks

  published October 23, 2008

  If Obama can be president, is it OK for white people to be assholes again? And, of course, I don't mean it exactly the way it sounds.... More >>

• Early Voting Can Be Fun! And Crowded! And Confusing! Also, Troubling!

  published Oct 21, 2008

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• At Some Point, John McCain Will Also Want You Off His Lawn

  published Oct 16, 2008

  Flickr photo: i am indisposed My takeaway from the final presidential debate last night was a deep sense of concern, even anxiety, over what John McCain is doing to the public perception of old whi... More >>

• Turns Out, Buying a Scapegoat Is Much Cheaper Than You'd Think

  published Oct 16, 2008

  The Dallas Morning News' DISD Blog has the severance agreement governing the departure of former Dallas Independent School Distirct chief operating officer Eric Anderson. The surprise for me was t... More >>

• DISD Parents Unite and Take Back Your Schools From the Money Guys.

  published October 16, 2008

  The Dallas school system is in the ditch financially. No question. But stepping up to save the day, we have a volunteer group of Dallas... More >>

• Jim Schutze and John McCaa, Kind of Like a Buddy Cop Film

  published Oct 10, 2008

  If you've always wondered what it'd be like to listen to Jim "The Great Optimist" Schutze talk to WFAA-Channel 8's John McCaa for, like, 12 uninterrupted minutes, today is your lucky day. --Rober... More >>

• DISD In the Hole

  published October 9, 2008

  A greeting, passed along in a coffee shop: "Hey, I haven't seen you in a long time." "How are you?" "Just like... More >>

• DISD's Budget Shortfall: Hinojosa's One-Man Gaffe

  published September 25, 2008

  Two weeks ago I was on vacation, sitting in an airport diddling around with my "smart" phone (yeah, right), when I came across an online story... More >>

• Pass It On

  published September 11, 2008

  Allison V. Smith's Hall Pass, a show of color photographs to debut at Barry Whistler Gallery on Friday, is an excavation of Texas... More >>

• Toll You So

  published September 4, 2008

  On November 6, 2007, a referendum to kill the Trinity River toll road failed at the polls. I was for the referendum. The side I was on lost. I... More >>

• César Chávez, Texas

  published August 28, 2008

  You may or may not read blogs. I'm not sure which way to advise you. Some local politics, news and sports blogs do provide a better window on... More >>

• Eat My Dirt

  published August 21, 2008

  I know. We'll just do this as an IQ test. Here's the situation: You're a builder. The law says you can only build a new condo building on Oram... More >>

• Low-Bid to No-Bid

  published August 14, 2008

  Aha. Finally got my documents from Dallas Area Regional Transit. Think I may be on to something. Last November DART announced it was... More >>

• Homeward Banned

  published August 7, 2008

  By any chance, were you ever one of those people from a church or synagogue or mosque or some other outfit that used to come downtown in a van... More >>

• What's in a Nombre?

  published July 31, 2008

  One of the names nominated for the renaming of Industrial Boulevard recently was Stanley Marcus Boulevard. Walk a quarter-mile in my shoes on... More >>

• Something Happening Here

  published July 24, 2008

  Maybe it's Obama. Something is going on, something bubbling up. I feel it all around me. Don't you? Not just nationally but locally. Some kind... More >>

• Hitting Where It Hurts

  published July 17, 2008

  Hitting where it hurts: Not that black people ever were thrilled with the Dallas public school system, but in the last year unhappy has... More >>

• The Dirt Doctor

  published July 17, 2008

  The announcer is a little girl. In the clear airspace of Sunday morning radio, her voice is sweet, but the message is heavy. As if introducing... More >>

• The Invisibles

  published July 17, 2008

  Sometimes people look at the wrong thing when they look at Dallas. They want to find what makes Dallas unique, so they look for something... More >>

• Jumbo Screen

  published July 3, 2008

  Want to see an odd, possibly interesting 1962 movie about circus life, based on a play by Ben Hecht, who wrote Front Page and played a role... More >>

• Fluid Victory

  published June 26, 2008

  For one brief shining moment last week my man Roscoe Betz was in tall cotton. Dallas County Justice of the Peace Albert B. Cercone handed him a... More >>

• Sexy Town

  published June 19, 2008

  The big buzz word now at City Hall is "walkable." They want to develop new neighborhoods that are "walkable." Meaning you walk. But I have a... More >>