Austin Monthly

Austin Kocher, a data researcher, geographer and Substack writer, will write a monthly immigration column for Documented NY, a New York City outlet covering immigrant communities. Kocher has spent nearly two decades studying the U.S. immigration enforcement system, and the column follows an earlier interview the outlet conducted with him.

Texas Monthly has published a feature on a man who spent three decades as a suspect in the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders in Austin, Texas, in which four teenage girls were killed. The piece examines the toll the investigation took on his life and his struggle to move past it, renewing attention to a case that has haunted the city for more than thirty years.

A fitness writer spent a month following Denise Austin's 1980s-style aerobics workouts and reported on the results. The piece revisits the retro aerobics routines that made Austin a household name in fitness television, testing whether the high-energy, low-impact workouts still deliver for a modern exerciser. Retro workout trends have been enjoying renewed popularity, and Austin's classic programs are being looked at again as a fun, accessible way to stay active.