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Claire Osborn
Williamson County Reporter
I have been a reporter at the Austin American Statesman for 31 years. I have covered cops, courts and general assignments in Austin. My current beat is Williamson County. I cover county commissioners meetings, crime stories, city councils, health issues and human interest stories. I won the Star Breaking News Report of the Year in 2021 from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Star Breaking along with two other reporters and a videographer. The story was about Javier Ambler, a black man who died in 2019 in Williamson County after being tased multiple times by sheriff's deputies. The story resulted in charges against authorities for tampering with evidence.