Thornton conceived of a nonprofit news enterprise to engage Texans with their government, and then launched an industry of ...

He founded The Texas Tribune, a model for nonprofit grass-roots news organizations nationwide, and the American Journalism ...

He co-founded the Texas Tribune and the American Journalism Project, a philanthropic venture that has raised more than $225 ...

John Thornton, a financier who leveraged his wealth and influence to embark on the seemingly quixotic mission of reviving local journalism in a time of crisis, by founding The Texas Tribune ...

John Thornton, who founded the Texas Tribune and was a co-founder of the American Journalist Project, has died at age 59. The cause was suicide. Thornton had long suffered from depression ...