Joshua Fechter will be joining The Texas Tribune to cover the urban affairs beat.
His new role begins in August.
Currently, Fechter is a city hall reporter at San Antonio Express-News. Before that, he served as a reporting intern and then as a business reporter, covering retail, tourism, real estate, and economic development.
He was also a senior reporter at The Daily Texan and editor-in-chief of The Ranger.
Fechter holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.