Brian Sweany is a principal at Genuine Article, an independent communications firm based in Dallas. A former journalist, he is a proud alum of Texas Monthly, where he started as an intern and ultimately served as Editor-in-Chief. He led the magazine’s political coverage for multiple legislative sessions, and in his final year, he was named to the Folio 100 as an “Up and Coming Trailblazer.” He has read too many books on LBJ and is an active board member of the Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT. In his free time, you can find him on the tennis court trying not to double-fault or at his home office trying to finish his biography of Charles Goodnight.