Email Author Richard Connelly

Awards

• 2007 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published December 7, 2006

  "Punk'd"

• 2007 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published November 2, 2006

  "Candidate of the Year"

• 2007 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 18, 2006

  "Lost Dog"

• 2006 - Lone Star Awards, published April 14, 2005

  "What a Devil"

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2002 Stories by Richard Connelly

• Christmas Miracle

  published December 26, 2002

  The Houston Press Club gathered at the Hyatt Regency Hotel downtown December 17 for its annual holiday party. Invited to come along were the... More >>

• Year of the Yao Woo

  published December 26, 2002

  Every year, it seems, Houston's chamber-of-commerce types wait anxiously for the Environmental Protection Agency to finish its annual study of... More >>

• Houston, 24/7

  published December 19, 2002

  Two years after announcing their plans for a station devoted 24 hours a day to local news, Time Warner and the Belo Corporation put their product... More >>

• Memories

  published December 12, 2002

  Where have you gone, Bob Claypool? Actually Claypool, like Joe DiMaggio, has passed on to his final reward. As has the paper for which he wrote... More >>

• Internal Distress

  published December 5, 2002

  Memo to the Houston Chronicle: Internal memos are not supposed to be posted on your Web site. You'd think that'd be obvious, but in an... More >>

• Divided Road Ahead

  published December 5, 2002

  After 15 years of a sometimes tense marriage, the Art Car Parade and the Houston International Festival are divorcing. The world-renowned... More >>

• Couples Therapy

  published November 28, 2002

  The news that Enron "whistle-blower" Sherron Watkins had quit her job at the disgraced firm was front-page news for the Houston Chronicle... More >>

• Backstage Pass

  published November 21, 2002

  Former Fox 26 reporter Lloyd Gite is suing the station over his termination, and if the trial is anything like the depositions, it'll be... More >>

• Paying for It

  published November 14, 2002

  In case you missed it, the respected (if drearily earnest) Project for Excellence in Journalism has rated Houston's local TV news operations. The... More >>

• Electoral Gift

  published October 31, 2002

  There's nothing a candidate for public office likes better than a glowing profile right before Election Day. Last year it was Mayor Lee Brown... More >>

• All About the Kids

  published October 24, 2002

  Our recent item on Wayne Dolcefino mugging in front of his Emmys during his latest Kid-Care scandal update resulted in a meeting with Brad Levy,... More >>

• The Long Goodbye

  published October 24, 2002

  On a recent October morning, the 6000 block of Woodbrook Lane in Houston is about as bucolic as its name could ever hope for. Birds from the... More >>

• Space Invaders

  published October 17, 2002

  Boy, that World Space Congress really is something. At least if you're judging by the amount of space the Houston Chronicle is devoting to... More >>

• Bayou Dreams

  published October 10, 2002

  From the glowing, prominent treatment given the event by the Houston Chronicle, we'd say a crusade has begun. Somehow, the paper got its... More >>

• Astro Alan Zinter

  published September 26, 2002

  To a lot of people, perhaps, the scene was desultory: a mid-June game between two teams far below .500, the seventh inning of a 7-1 blowout,... More >>

• Wrong Number

  published September 19, 2002

  The build-up to the September 11 anniversary is mercifully over. Houston media (including the Press) all localized the tragedy, getting... More >>

• It's Wayne's Fault!

  published September 12, 2002

  Local television stations have long hated to follow stories by KTRK's manic Wayne Dolcefino. We can't especially blame them -- Wayne can be... More >>

• 9/11+1

  published September 12, 2002

  As the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks arrives, there will be no shortage of words trying to make sense of the event. There also... More >>

• Edifice Complex

  published August 29, 2002

  It's two down, one to go when it comes to silly special sections and television shows celebrating new Houston sports facilities. We have... More >>

• At QB: God

  published August 22, 2002

  Who knew that God could read a three-deep zone? Actually, given the Supreme Being's alleged omniscience, it would be pretty much a given that... More >>

• Bashing Bush

  published August 15, 2002

  The Web site www.buzzflash.com bills itself as the antithesis of the Drudge Report, and it lives up to its... More >>

• Banjo Blues

  published August 8, 2002

  Since 1995, when his 15 years at The Houston Post ended with that paper's demise, Steve Olafson has been the Houston Chronicle's man... More >>

• Burning Shoe Leather

  published August 1, 2002

  Houston Chronicle editor Jeff Cohen has told his columnists he wants them out on the streets and on the phones being reporters (see " More >>

• Summer Games

  published July 25, 2002

  The competition has been fierce in the battle over the 2012 Olympics. And we're not talking about the cities involved, we're talking about the... More >>

• Showdown at the Shore

  published July 18, 2002

  North and South Korea have their DMZ, the demilitarized zone where itchy soldiers stare tensely at each other across a patch of deserted... More >>