KXAN Catalyst

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Catalyst is a specialty unit within the KXAN investigative team focused on ”digital-first” storytelling that aims to spark positive change in society. The group takes a multi-platform, innovative approach to each project, including this KXAN Catalyst Podcast.

  1. 3D AGO

    S8 E1: Just Wander Toward the Water

    Following dozens of drownings in Austin’s downtown lake, KXAN explores solutions in other U.S. cities, including volunteer student patrols in a northern college town.

    15 min

  2. FEB 1

    S8 Trailer

    Hear the serial drownings trailer now.

    3 min

  3. 07/14/2025

    S7 Update: More Medical Examiners to the State

    Following KXAN’s reporting on Texas’ death investigations, lawmakers look at ways to modernize the state’s system amid legislative challenges and cost concerns.

    9 min

  4. 12/09/2024

    S7 Bonus: Patchwork of Death Investigations (Analysis)

    KXAN’s Josh Hinkle, David Barer, Arezow Doost, Eric Henrikson and Dalton Huey discuss challenges they faced while investigating Texas’ death inquest system.

    13 min

  5. 12/02/2024

    S7 E3: Wanted an Autopsy on that Child

    While Texas’ justice of the peace system has evolved since its start in 1824, counties are slowly replacing the death inquest part of their role with medical examiners.

    20 min

  6. 11/25/2024

    S7 E2: Murdered Down by Backbone Creek

    As Texas’ population grows, so do critics’ concerns over elected officials investigating death. As Daynon Lewis’ case unfolds, state lawmakers look to the future.

    14 min

  7. 11/18/2024

    S7 E1: Found Hanging by a Jump Rope

    A teenager’s mysterious death in 1965 resurfaces in the Texas Hill Country, prompting a new review of her case and the inquest system still used across the state.

    19 min

  8. 11/11/2024

    S7 Trailer

    Hear the death inquests trailer now.

    3 min
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About

Catalyst is a specialty unit within the KXAN investigative team focused on ”digital-first” storytelling that aims to spark positive change in society. The group takes a multi-platform, innovative approach to each project, including this KXAN Catalyst Podcast.

Information

  • Creator
    KXAN Investigates
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    43
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025
  • Show Website
    KXAN Catalyst