Dataset

Masthead and staff-box census

One row per name per role per transcribed staff box: who the paper listed, in what capacity, in which issue and on which page.

Coverage: 9 transcribed staff boxes, 307 name-role rows. Names are exactly as printed; a contributor slug is given only where the archive resolves the printed name to a held record, never on a first name alone.
Methodology: Staff boxes are transcribed from held proofs or, where noted, from an inspected copy the archive does not hold. Roles are the paper's own wording. Resolution to a contributor record uses the full printed name or a documented spelling variant.
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: 307
Columns: 9
Source: /research/masthead-census

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Free Press Houston Archive “Masthead and staff-box census (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/masthead-census. Accessed [date].

Published: 30 August 2026
Accessed: —

Columns

issue_id · issue_date · issue_url · printed_page · role_as_printed · name_as_printed · contributor_slug · contributor_url · evidence

First rows

issue_id	issue_date	issue_url	printed_page	role_as_printed	name_as_printed	contributor_slug	contributor_url	evidence
2013.08	2013-08	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/archive/2013.08	p.3	Publisher	Omar Afra	omar-afra	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/contributors/omar-afra	Transcribed from the staff box of the 40-page web export of the August 2013 issue, circulated 5 August 2013 under the subject “new web issue”. That object is not held in the archive. The cover reads “Get you so good 155”. Names are set exactly as printed; “Alex”, “M. Martin” and “Wolf” are left unresolved.
2013.08	2013-08	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/archive/2013.08	p.3	Managing Editor	Brigitte B. Zabak	brigitte-zabak	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/contributors/brigitte-zabak	Transcribed from the staff box of the 40-page web export of the August 2013 issue, circulated 5 August 2013 under the subject “new web issue”. That object is not held in the archive. The cover reads “Get you so good 155”. Names are set exactly as printed; “Alex”, “M. Martin” and “Wolf” are left unresolved.
2013.08	2013-08	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/archive/2013.08	p.3	Art Director	Tyler Barber	tyler-barber	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/contributors/tyler-barber	Transcribed from the staff box of the 40-page web export of the August 2013 issue, circulated 5 August 2013 under the subject “new web issue”. That object is not held in the archive. The cover reads “Get you so good 155”. Names are set exactly as printed; “Alex”, “M. Martin” and “Wolf” are left unresolved.
2013.08	2013-08	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/archive/2013.08	p.3	Associate Editors	Sean Carroll	—	—	Transcribed from the staff box of the 40-page web export of the August 2013 issue, circulated 5 August 2013 under the subject “new web issue”. That object is not held in the archive. The cover reads “Get you so good 155”. Names are set exactly as printed; “Alex”, “M. Martin” and “Wolf” are left unresolved.
2013.08	2013-08	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/archive/2013.08	p.3	Associate Editors	Michael Bergeron	michael-bergeron	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/contributors/michael-bergeron	Transcribed from the staff box of the 40-page web export of the August 2013 issue, circulated 5 August 2013 under the subject “new web issue”. That object is not held in the archive. The cover reads “Get you so good 155”. Names are set exactly as printed; “Alex”, “M. Martin” and “Wolf” are left unresolved.