Dallas Observer

Since its founding in 1980, the Observer has grown from a small weekly newspaper to a major force in Dallas, known for its hard-edged investigative stories about government, politics and business, as well as its pointed and provocative coverage of food, sports, music and the arts. Today, dallasobserver.com draws more than 1 million monthly active users. Along the way, the Observer has collected numerous journalism awards, including three first-place finishes in the 2017 Association for Alternative Newsmedia Awards, as well as honors from the James Beard Journalism Awards and the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists. And the Observer has rolled out some of the city's best live events, including Tacolandia, Dallas's largest taco festival, along with the massively popular Dallas Observer Brewfest, where thousands of attendees sample more than 400 beers from around the globe as well as live music and food from local vendors.