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Story idea: What perks is your superintentendent receiving?

Austin TV station KXAN did an investigation that community papers throughout Texas can duplicate in their districts. Check out the video of the news story, which mentions several communities in Central Texas, not just the metro Austin district. And the website includes a link to the contracts of 41 superintendents in the Austin area. The video should give you some good ideas of what to look for as you check into the benefits your superintendent and others in your area are receiving.

By Kathryn Jones Malone

Kathryn Jones Malone is co-director of the Texas Center for Community Journalism. She began her career as a staff writer at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, then worked as a staff writer for the Dallas Times Herald and The Dallas Morning News; as a contract writer for The New York Times; as a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly magazine; as editor of the Glen Rose Reporter; and as a freelance writer for numerous state, regional and national magazines. She teaches journalism at Tarleton State University.