chron.com

{{Infobox website

| name = Chron

| type = News website

| current_status = Active

| language = English

| headquarters = 4747 Southwest Fwy

| location_city = Houston, Texas

| location_country = U.S.

| owner = Hearst Newspapers

| url = {{URL|https://www.chron.com/|Chron.com}}

| launch_date = {{Start date|2012}}

}}

Chron (also called Chron.com) is a news website based in Houston, Texas that was founded in 2012.{{cite web |title=Chron - HEARST |url=https://www.hearst.com/chron |website=Hearst.com}} Chron was once the digital home for the Houston Chronicle, but in 2012 became an independent site. The sites still share a parent company, Hearst Newspapers, but the news outlets maintain separate newsrooms.{{cite web |date=November 2012 |title=Letter to our readers announcing HoustonChronicle.com|url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/Letter-to-our-readers-announcing-4046742.php|website=Chron}}{{cite web |title=Houston Chronicle announces relocation and renovation

|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-Chronicle-Media-Group-announces-major-5636807.php |website=Houston Chronicle}}

Notable contributions

In October 2024, Chron religion reporter, Eric Killelea, covered the news that the pastor of Lakepointe Church in Rockwall, Texas had instructed congregants how to vote in the 2024 United States presidential election via a sermon titled “How to Vote Like Jesus.” In response to this reporting, the Freedom From Religion Foundation called on the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the tax-free privileges of the church.{{cite web |last=Killelea |first=Eric |date=October 9, 2024 |title=North Texas pastor tells church 'How to vote like Jesus' |url=https://www.chron.com/culture/religion/article/texas-pastor-josh-howerton-voting-19826458.php |publisher=Chron}}{{cite web |date=November 1, 2024 |title=FFRF calls on IRS commissioner to enforce the Johnson Amendment|url=https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-calls-on-irs-commissioner-to-enforce-the-johnson-amendment/ |publisher=Freedom From Religion Foundation}}{{cite web |last=Line |first=Christopher |title=Freedom From Religion Reports Texas Church to IRS |url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/other-documents/irs-tax-correspondence/freedom-religion-reports-texas-church-irs/7m6cx |publisher=Tax Analytsts}} As of March 1, 2025, Lakepointe Church is still designated as a 501(c)(3) organization.

References

External links

{{official website|https://www.chron.com}}

Category:American news websites

Category:Internet properties established in 2012

Category:Mass media in Houston