Free Press Houston

Dataset

Publication-date reconciliation

For every public article whose surviving source stated a date, the stated date beside the date the archive emits, and the basis for the difference where there is one.

Coverage
4100 records. Includes records the archive left undated because the stated date could not be corroborated.
Methodology
The former domain renders historical material with the year of retrieval. Each row keeps the raw stated date as provenance and states what the emitted date rests on. See the methodology at /about and the observation ledger at /about/legacy-domain.
Rights
Descriptive metadata created by the archive is released under CC0 1.0. Rights in the underlying articles, photographs and artwork remain with their authors; the rows describe those works and do not license them.
Version
2026-08-30
Rows
4,100
Columns
10
Source
/about/legacy-domain
Cite this record

Free Press Houston Archive “Publication-date reconciliation (Free Press Houston Archive dataset, version 2026-08-30).” 30 August 2026. Dataset, version 2026-08-30. Free Press Houston Archive. https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/data/date-reconciliation. Accessed [date].

Published
30 August 2026
Accessed

Columns

slug · url · title · emitted_publication_date · date_state · source_date_raw · date_basis · body_year_anomaly · issue_id · origin

First rows

slugurltitleemitted_publication_datedate_statesource_date_rawdate_basisbody_year_anomalyissue_idorigin
gay-man-beaten-with-belt-buckles-rocks-in-possible-montrose-hate-crimehttps://freepresshoustonarchive.com/articles/gay-man-beaten-with-belt-buckles-rocks-in-possible-montrose-hate-crimeGay Man Beaten With Belt Buckles, Rocks in Possible Montrose Hate Crime2018-08-02corroborated2018 is confirmed: the writer's draft, attached to correspondence dated 2 August 2018, states the subject was interviewed on the evening of August 1 and closes on a quoted line reading “It’s 2018”. The resurrected site renders 2 August 2026; that year is the known CMS corruption and is disregarded. 2 August 2018 is the established production and filing date; the exact original publication timestamp is not independently corroborated in the archive.trueweb
accused-white-oak-music-hall-white-supremacists-respondhttps://freepresshoustonarchive.com/articles/accused-white-oak-music-hall-white-supremacists-respondAccused White Oak Music Hall White Supremacists Respond2018-07-25corroboratedPublication timestamp preserved in the page's own article:published_time metadata (2018-07-25); the rendered date on the damaged site was disregarded.trueweb
white-supremacists-need-to-stay-the-hell-out-of-the-houston-music-scenehttps://freepresshoustonarchive.com/articles/white-supremacists-need-to-stay-the-hell-out-of-the-houston-music-sceneWhite Supremacists Need to Stay the Hell Out of the Houston Music Scene2018-07-24corroboratedPublication timestamp preserved in the page's own article:published_time metadata (2018-07-24); the rendered date on the damaged site was disregarded.trueweb
texas-gop-calls-for-repeal-of-17th-amendment-againhttps://freepresshoustonarchive.com/articles/texas-gop-calls-for-repeal-of-17th-amendment-againTexas GOP Calls for Repeal of 17th Amendment, Again2018-07-24corroboratedPublication timestamp preserved in the page's own article:published_time metadata (2018-07-24); the rendered date on the damaged site was disregarded.trueweb
beto-orourke-is-not-going-to-abolish-icehttps://freepresshoustonarchive.com/articles/beto-orourke-is-not-going-to-abolish-iceBeto O’Rourke is Not Going to Abolish ICE2018-07-06corroboratedPublication timestamp preserved in the page's own article:published_time metadata (2018-07-06); the rendered date on the damaged site was disregarded.trueweb