From early on, this helped define the paper, its deep involvement in and focus on Austin. We were one of the first alternative weeklies to concentrate our coverage on local music rather than national acts. The Chronicle still stands out from most other alternatives in our unabashed enthusiasm for our city. Now, we're not all sweetness and light. Our Austin-centric approach intensifies the impact of our political coverage.
Few weeklies spend so much space just covering their city.
Certainly our cultural coverage has had more than its share of detractors over the years, many of whom call us names. But it would be disingenuous to say that our approach to covering Austin culture is more investigative than enthusiastic. There are things we don't like, and we report them. We'd hold our critical coverage up against anybody's. But there is a real sense that the Chronicle 's mission is to share its genuine excitement about what is going rather than to debunk it.