Email Author Craig Malisow

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published October 14, 2010

  "The Littlest People"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published January 21, 2010

  "Net Gains and Losses"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published December 3, 2009

  "Credit Repair"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

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

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published September 18, 2008

  "Language Barrier"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published September 21, 2006

  "Penal Violations"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published February 2, 2006

  "Wize Guys"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 15, 2006

  "Feel My Pain"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 21, 2005

  "Dr. Nice"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

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2009 Stories by Craig Malisow

• Baseball Player Shot by Police Calls for Bellaire Mayor's Resignation

  published Feb 18, 2009

  Robert Tolan, the minor league baseball player shot by Bellaire cops in his parents' driveway on December 31, called for Bellaire Mayor Cindy Siegel's resignation at a press conference today. "I wou... More >>

• East Texas Teacher Claims Witch-Hunt Because He's Atheist, Pro-Obama

  published Feb 17, 2009

  Brookeland is a town of about 1,800, just north of Jasper. So it's small enough that when a teacher claims to have been railroaded out of a job because he's an atheist and an Obama-supporter, it... More >>

• Breaking News: Cops Don't Like Being Told They're Fat

  published Feb 13, 2009

  So far, no one's pointed to any evidence linking lack of physical fitness among some Houston Police Department officers with problems like the disproportionate Tasering of minorities, the shootings of... More >>

• These Houstonians Are Shocked About That Super Bowl Ad And Want To Talk About It

  published Feb 10, 2009

  Although Houstonians who watched Superbowl XLIII didn't get to see the porn that those lucky Tucson folks witnessed, they got something almost as juicy: an ad for AshleyMadison.com, a website aimed at... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  A Peek Inside That Decrepit, But Potentially Charming, Montrose Apartment Complex

  published Feb 10, 2009

  In 20 years at Wilshire Village, Scott Baker has seen his share of the good, bad, and ugly. Most folks who've driven by the eight-acre apartment complex on Alabama & Dunlavy have just seen the b... More >>

• Mortgage-Company Critic Takes Back All Those Nasty Things He Said

  published Feb 09, 2009

  In 2007, the Houston Press wrote about University of Houston student Cyrus Rafizadeh's online quest to prove that a major mortgage servicing company, Orix, fraudulently foreclosed on an apartment comp... More >>

• BARC's Firing Of Vet Doesn't Add Up

  published Feb 04, 2009

  On Tuesday, Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care veterinarian Gil Costas was fired for what Health and Human Services Department spokeswoman Kathy Barton said was not having proper state certifica... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Much-Loved Veterinarian Fired by BARC

  published Feb 03, 2009

  Gil Costas, a part-time veterinarian at Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care, was fired today for lack of state-mandated certification, Houston Health and Human Services Spokeswoman Kathy Ba... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The World's Biggest Boobs Are In Houston

  published Feb 03, 2009

  Hair Balls had to do a double-take (OK, a quadruple-take) when we saw this story about Houstonian Sheyla Hershey's world-record-nabbing knockers.On its surface, Hershey's story is another perfect ... More >>

• How Can Exxon Make A Giant Profit And Conoco A Giant Lossr Gas Is Gas, Rightr

  published Jan 30, 2009

  After reading about ExxonMobil's record $45.2 billion annual profit, Hair Balls was scratching our head over why Exxon had a profitable fourth quarter, when Conoco lost $31.8 billion. Does Exxon jack ... More >>

• Nathan Winograd, No-Kill & BARC

  published Jan 28, 2009

  Since its inception, Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care has been defined by mismanagement. Relegated to an unsightly corner of Houston's Fifth Ward, the facility, which operates with a sta... More >>

• BARC Sucks: System Failure

  published January 29, 2009

  November 2005 was a tough time for BARC. Not only did the Mayor's Task Force on Animal Control issue a critical assessment of BARC's failures,... More >>

• BARC Sucks

  published January 29, 2009

  Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. — Corey Ford On a Sunday morning in February 2008, the owner of... More >>

• Man The Barricades For Dogs And Cats

  published Jan 27, 2009

  Have some free time at noon todayr If so, and you feel the city is ignoring problems at the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care, you might want to scoot down to a demonstration at City Hall.No Kill H... More >>

• Even Lawyers Fall For Clumsy E-Mail Scams

  published Jan 27, 2009

  So have you ever given your checking account info to a Nigerian prince, only to kick yourself the next day when you woke up to find out $1 million wasn't deposited into your account after all, and ins... More >>

• The East End Doesn't Like Metro's Light-Rail Overpass (Updated)

  published Jan 21, 2009

  The Houston East End Chamber of Commerce, the Eastwood Civic Association, and some East End residents are up in arms over Metro's plans for a light rail overpass on Harrisburg Boulevard. So what's the... More >>

• BARC's Head Vet Wasn't Just Reprimanded Once

  published Jan 13, 2009

  No doubt many of Houston's animal-advocacy community are up in arms over this morning's Chron story on BARC's head vet, Eunice Ohashiegbula-Iwunze, who had her license suspended in New Jersey.But we a... More >>

• Cancer Doctor Stanislaw Burzynski Sees Himself as a Crusading Researcher, Not a Quack

  published January 1, 2009

  If you were writing the story of Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, he'd probably want you to start with him leaving Poland for America with $15 and a... More >>