Mar 26 'Pulse' comes to an end: A pivot, not a finale

Times are changing quickly in our community, and those changes are impacting each and every one of us in different ways.

As is clear from this week’s cover, Pulse will no longer be printed after this week’s issue. While this comes as sad news for many of us — myself included — I understand that it is an important step that frees up newsroom resources and enables us to better cover this ongoing public health emergency.

As a result, this will be my final column for Pulse, bringing an end to a 15 1/2-year run — sort of.

Mar 12

Mar 12 The new normal? Concerts, festivals canceled amid coronavirus concerns

Damien Willis

Columns

I nearly fell out of my chair last week when I heard that the city of Austin had canceled the South by Southwest music, film and technology conference. The cancellation, prompted by a local disaster declaration by Mayor Steve Adler amid growing concerns over the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak, marks the first time in 34 years the March festival will not take place.

Based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Damien Willis is a newspaper reporter and communications professional. He generally writes about the ways we pass our time in the 21st century.