Chris Cobler

Chris Cobler CEO and Publisher of the Fort Worth Report, a nonprofit local news org, fortworthreport.org.

Happy Halloween! Here's a Weekend Worthy message from our arts & culture editor offering a great tip:Halloween is finall...
10/31/2024

Happy Halloween! Here's a Weekend Worthy message from our arts & culture editor offering a great tip:

Halloween is finally here! Can you feel it in your bones?

More importantly, is your candy bowl stocked?

I can’t wait to see all of the tiny dinosaurs, astronauts and kittens out and about trick-or-treating.

But don’t put your skull and pumpkin decor away as soon as your sugar supply has been depleted.

The festivities will continue on Saturday, Nov. 2 as Artes de la Rosa hosts its annual Día de los Mu***os parade and festival.

Folklórico dancers, mariachi bands and people in elaborate Catrina costumes will all make their way through Northside before heading to Marine Park.

The parade will begin at 10 a.m. at the intersection of North Main Street and Central Avenue and head toward the Historic Rose Marine Theater, 1440 N. Main St.

After the parade, the family-friendly fun will continue at Marine Park, 303 NW 20th St., where you’ll also be able to enjoy cumbia music, magic tricks and delicious food.

Bring along lawn chairs or a picnic blanket and stay awhile!

Join us for a vibrant celebration of life, culture, and tradition at Artes de la Rosa’s 21st Annual Día de los Mu***os – Celebration of Life, Culture, and Art on […]

A sad but inevitable day in New Jersey and coming soon to a city near you. This is why you need to support nonprofit and...
10/31/2024

A sad but inevitable day in New Jersey and coming soon to a city near you. This is why you need to support nonprofit and nonpartisan local news organizations like the Fort Worth Report.

The Star-Ledger, the state’s largest newspaper, will stop publishing its print edition. The Jersey Journal will shut down entirely after 157 years.

Support local journalism and local restaurants by purchasing a Fort Worth Report Eats coupon book! These books include 1...
10/23/2024

Support local journalism and local restaurants by purchasing a Fort Worth Report Eats coupon book! These books include 14 $20 coupons for various Tarrant County dining establishments. For a $280 value, these coupon books are only $100!

Paula and I used a coupon at the Modern on Friday and another at Maggie's on Saturday. Worked like a charm. Support local journalism + eat well = perfect recipe for a healthy community.

Buy yours today by clicking the link below!

Each purchaser receives $20 in gift certificates from each of our 14 participating restaurants. The purchase goes toward supporting our nonprofit mission of producing high-quality objective journalism for the greater Tarrant County community.

Here's a good video explaining why we started the Fort Worth Report and the Arlington Report. Hope you tune in and suppo...
10/09/2024

Here's a good video explaining why we started the Fort Worth Report and the Arlington Report. Hope you tune in and support our nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization.

Since 2005, the United States has lost nearly 2,900 newspapers and 43,000 journalists. Experts say the loss of local journalism has a profound impact on civic life and can lead to political polarisation.…

Tarrant County’s maternal mortality rate remains significantly higher than the national average, and our region has the ...
10/03/2024

Tarrant County’s maternal mortality rate remains significantly higher than the national average, and our region has the second-highest maternal mortality rate among Black women in Texas. These are complex and urgent challenges affecting our community.

As Tarrant County’s health care needs rapidly grow, there is one question looming over government and medical leaders: How do we improve the health of Tarrant mothers?

Tarrant County Public Health Director William Brian Byrd will join Amy Hailey, vice president of professional services at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth; Dr. Stephanie Carson-Henderson, chair of Women & Infants services at JPS Health Network; and Dr. Shanna Combs, gynecologist with Cook Children’s Health Care System, for a free Oct. 24 Candid Conversation event with the Fort Worth Report to answer this question.

Click below to register for this free event.

Ahead of the event, we want to hear from you: What questions do you have for our panelists? Email our moderator and health reporter David Moreno at [email protected].

Engage with local leaders, contribute to the conversation, and help shape solutions to key issues facing our community.

The support of our volunteer board is amazing. They're all impressive business and civic leaders of Fort Worth. Here's t...
09/19/2024

The support of our volunteer board is amazing. They're all impressive business and civic leaders of Fort Worth. Here's the latest message from Board Co-chair William Meadows. If you know him, you know you should listen to him.

By donating, you’re not just supporting a news organization. You’re helping build something that will stand the test of time — a legacy of trusted journalism that will serve our community for generations to come.

Be sure to sign up for our free Weekend Worthy newsletter, which arrives every Thursday in your in-box. Here's the lates...
05/30/2024

Be sure to sign up for our free Weekend Worthy newsletter, which arrives every Thursday in your in-box. Here's the latest intro from Arts and Culture Editor Marcheta Fornoff:

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting an artist named Basil Twist.

He’s a 2015 MacArthur Genius Grant award winner, has multiple Broadway credits, including “The Addams Family” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and helped design the ghoulish dementors in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”

Funnily enough, when I first met Twist, he had a mop in hand and was cleaning Hip Pocket’s outdoor stage in the sweltering heat.

He is the creative force behind “A Twisty Intergalactic Spectacle,” which runs through June 2 at the open air theater off Silver Creek Road.

He and his husband, Kenneth Ard, another Broadway vet who stars in the production, have both worked on some of the world’s biggest stages. However, Twist told me that the opportunity to work in Fort Worth is one he cherishes not only as a longtime friend of the Simons family, who run the theater, but also as an artist.

“Being with these people, being in this space it’s so pure and real,” he said. “It’s really something to be treasured.”

Shoutout to all of the artists working hard to keep the funk in Funkytown.

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting an artist named Basil Twist. He’s a 2015 MacArthur Genius Grant award winner, has multiple Broadway credits, including “The Addams Family” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and helped design the ghoulish dementors in “Harry Potter an...

Need plans for your 3-day weekend? We have your covered with our new Weekend Worthy newsletter and events calendar. Foll...
05/23/2024

Need plans for your 3-day weekend? We have your covered with our new Weekend Worthy newsletter and events calendar. Follow the link to see our newsletter and be sure to sign up to receive it every Thursday.

By now, you’ve probably already seen the news that Four Day Weekend is moving, but if you had one of their shows in your weekend plans — don’t worry, your ticket is safe.For everyone else who still wants to see a show, you’ll have ample opportunity to see performances at their current locati...

Did you get our first Weekend Worthy newsletter? Be sure to check out our new events calendar on our website and sign up...
05/16/2024

Did you get our first Weekend Worthy newsletter? Be sure to check out our new events calendar on our website and sign up for our newsletter to learn every Thursday what is weekend worthy.

When I first moved to Fort Worth more than two years ago, I wished that I had a guide to all of the arts and cultural events happening around the city.That didn’t exist, so I turned to my next best option: Google.But without knowing the right keywords, gems such as the Vaqueros, a minor league soc...

Love this note from our board co-chair, Wes Turner. He's an amazing community leader.
02/29/2024

Love this note from our board co-chair, Wes Turner. He's an amazing community leader.

This is Wes Turner, the Fort Worth Report Board of Directors co-chair. Welcome to this month’s Local Impact Report, a member-exclusive newsletter highlighting the work your generosity powers.

Please contact me through my personal page or work email at Chris.Cobler at
02/25/2024

Please contact me through my personal page or work email at Chris.Cobler at

The Fort Worth Report is committed to making Fort Worth and Tarrant County better through reliable local news reporting and information.

John Roberts hired me at the Victoria Advocate as editor and later promoted me to publisher. He had stepped down as chai...
12/15/2023

John Roberts hired me at the Victoria Advocate as editor and later promoted me to publisher. He had stepped down as chairman of the Advocate's board and was enjoying life fully before I left the paper, but he remained a strong supporter of my work and career.
Even though he had no other direct connection to Fort Worth, he was one of the first major individual donors to the Fort Worth Report. I'll always be grateful to him for his belief in me.
The local journalism world is diminished by his loss.

JOHN M. ROBERTS

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