About the Series
Every week, journalists, politicos, and other notable Texans take on the issues and politics confronting this year's 80th session of the state legislature in this new statewide half-hour series.
Hosted by Emmy Award winner Paul Stekler, the series will interweave documentary and discussion to stay one step ahead of the legislation destined to affect our lives long after the legislators head home from Austin.
About the Production Team
Paul Stekler (Host/ Executive Producer) has produced many of PBS's most honored documentaries on American politics including George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival), Last Man Standing: Politics - Texas Style, Vote for Me: Politics in America, and Louisiana Boys: Raised on Politics. His films have won numerous Emmys, Peabodys and DuPont-Columbia Journalism Awards. He is also the head of the production program at the University of Texas at Austin. Find out more about Paul Stekler >>
Megan Field (Series Producer) most recently did independent producing and research for Frontline: The Choice, while also working on a film on the Bush family for German ARD-TV, which aired in France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2004. Megan was the associate producer and assistant editor on Last Man Standing: Politics - Texas Style. Previously, she served two years as the Co-Conference Director of the Austin Film Festival. She is a graduate of the Radio-Television-Film program at the University of Texas at Austin.
Diane Zander Mason (Series Producer) is an Emmy Award winner for her work on the Chicago PBS documentary Moving Stories. She makes documentaries while teaching media production at the University of Texas at Austin. Her latest documentary, Girl Wrestler, was broadcast nationally on PBS's Independent Lens. A summa cum laude graduate of Northwestern University, she received her MFA in film and video production at the University of Texas.
Sandra Guardado (Series Editor) won an Emmy for her work on George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire. She was the Editor and Co-Producer on Last Man Standing: Politics - Texas Style. She is also an editor on a new PBS series, State of Tomorrow about higher education and innovation set to air statewide in Texas starting in February.
