Email Author Todd Spivak

Awards

• 2009 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published February 28, 2008

  "Obama and Me"

• 2009 - Katie Awards, published December 6, 2007

  "Toxic Town"

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 6, 2007

  "Toxic Town"

• 2008 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published December 6, 2007

  "Toxic Town"

• 2008 - Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, published July 19, 2007

  "Heads You Lose... Tails You Lose"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published July 19, 2007

  "Heads You Lose... Tails You Lose"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published January 25, 2007

  "Whose Best Interests?"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published December 6, 2007

  "Toxic Town"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published December 6, 2007

  "Toxic Town"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published July 19, 2007

  "Heads You Lose... Tails You Lose"

• 2007 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published March 30, 2006

  "Run Over By Metro"

• 2007 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published June 29, 2006

  "Cut Short"

• 2007 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 24, 2006

  "Hog Wild"

• 2007 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published March 30, 2006

  "Run Over By Metro"

• 2007 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published March 30, 2006

  "Run Over By Metro"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 24, 2006

  "Hog Wild"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 30, 2006

  "Run Over By Metro"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published August 24, 2006

  "Hog Wild"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published March 30, 2006

  "Run Over By Metro"

• 2007 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published March 30, 2006

  "Run Over By Metro"

• 2006 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published November 3, 2005

  "Against All Odds"

• 2006 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published November 3, 2005

  "Against All Odds"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published September 15, 2005

  "Overstimulated"

• 2006 - Lone Star Awards, published September 15, 2005

  "Overstimulated"

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2007 Stories by Todd Spivak

• Toxic Runoff : Somerville Mayor Tommy Thompson Discusses the Public Health Situation

  published December 27, 2007

  The mood in Somerville has taken a distinct turn since the Houston Press published its special report "Toxic Town" (December 6, 2007),... More >>

• Toxic Town: Cancer and Birth Defects in Somerville

  published December 6, 2007

  Dennis Davis thought maybe his family was cursed. In early 1998, his uncle Don developed an aggressive skin cancer that devoured his... More >>

• Toxic Town: Birth Defects

  published December 6, 2007

  Paula Baade was two months pregnant when doctors learned during a prenatal ultrasound that her baby would be severely deformed and advised her... More >>

• Toxic Town: Suffer the Children

  published December 6, 2007

  "I find myself in a very uncomfortable position," says baby-faced 38-year-old Somerville Independent School District Superintendent Charles... More >>

• Fighting for Air: Drowning and the Heimlich Maneuver

  published October 11, 2007

  The first time John Hunsucker performed CPR was on some poor schmuck who dropped dead in his driveway. The young college professor was... More >>

• Texas coin companies target elderly investors

  published July 19, 2007

  Editor’s Note: Please see our follow-up report at the end of this article. The 2004 magazine ad for Silver American Eagles... More >>

• Heads You Lose, Tails You Lose: Lie, Puke and Say No

  published July 19, 2007

  Ever hear of banging a card? How about pitching heat? Or mind-screwing? According to depositions and interviews with former and current... More >>

• Taking Care

  published April 19, 2007

  After three months, six court hearings and nearly $30,000 in attorney and nursing home fees, 77-year-old Margie Hill has finally escaped the grip... More >>

• Woodwind Lakes subdivision built on oil and gas field turns on neighbor who pointed out the contamination

  published April 12, 2007

  Paul and Cheryl Anderson were sinking into their king-size bed late one night in the fall of 2004 when they heard a loud, ominous thump. Already... More >>

• Woodwind Lakes: Danger — Baby on Board

  published April 12, 2007

  "When I first met Mrs. Brooks, she answered the door with a baby on her hip and a toddler at her feet," says Jay Klein, principal of Trinity... More >>

• Woodwind Lakes: County Gofers

  published April 12, 2007

  Woodwind Lakes residents never did file a lawsuit against Paul and Cheryl Anderson. Instead, they got the Harris County Appraisal District to do... More >>

• Homeless in Suburbia

  published February 22, 2007

  Michael Lyddon lies slumped over a school desk, his face smooshed into the crook of his right elbow. With his teacher's blessing, the 17-year-old... More >>

• Whose Best Interests?

  published January 25, 2007

  Wearing slippers, sweats and a satin nightcap on this December afternoon, 76-year-old Margie Hill dangles her legs off the side of her twin bed... More >>