About Us
Austin Informer was born somewhere between a late-night taco run and a City Hall rabbit hole. We know this city’s rhythm, the startups, the slow traffic, the fast opinions, and we cover it with curiosity, clarity, and just enough edge to keep it honest.
Austin Informer exists because this city deserves better than recycled press releases and “Top 10 Brunch Spots” lists written by someone in New York.
We were founded by a small group of chronically online, aggressively curious Austinites who have strong opinions about breakfast tacos, zoning laws, and whether that new high-rise really fits the vibe. (It doesn’t. But we’ll cover it anyway.)
Austin is a city that reinvents itself every six months. One day it’s a sleepy college town, the next it’s hosting a global tech conference, and somehow there’s always a band playing in a parking lot nearby. We cover the city the way it actually feels to live here: fast-growing, occasionally unhinged, deeply creative, and permanently under construction.
We pay attention to the things that matter — local government decisions that shape neighborhoods, businesses trying to survive rising rents, artists building culture in real time — and the things that make Austin Austin: the weird fundraisers, the niche subcultures, the debates over which taco truck reigns supreme.
We believe local news should be sharp, human, and rooted in the community. We believe readers are smart. We believe context is cool. And we believe I-35 traffic is a shared trauma that unites us all.
Austin Informer isn’t trying to sell you the city. We’re here to document it — honestly, curiously, and with just enough wit to keep things interesting.