Julian Gill is the medical investigative reporter at the Houston Chronicle, where he covers a wide range of topics – the COVID-19 pandemic, abortion policy, organ transplants, hospital finances and, more recently, the growing popularity of weight loss medications.  

Before joining the Chronicle in 2018, Gill covered police and county government at the Denton Record-Chronicle, where he won statewide awards for an investigative story about questionable police overtime practices. In 2022, he was recognized by the Society for Features Journalism and Texas Managing Editors for series of stories about a COVID lung transplant patient. He grew up in San Antonio (Go Spurs Go) and graduated from the University of North Texas. 

Texas Managing Editors 2023

• Third place: Star Reporter of the Year

Headliners Foundation of Texas 2022

• Silver Award for Storytelling for COVID lung transplant series

Society for Features Journalism 2022

• Second place: Features Series, for three-part narrative on COVID lung transplant patient

Texas Managing Editors 2022

• First place: Specialty Reporting, for overall coverage of health care

• Second place: Star Reporter of the Year, for stories about the fallout of the Texas abortion ban and the COVID-19 pandemic

Texas Associated Press Managing Editors 2018

• First place: Star Investigative Report, for an investigation into the Denton Police Department's questionable red-light camera overtime practices 

• Third place: Star Investigative Report, for a series of stories on a chief deputy constable in Denton County facing a felony indictment 

• First place: Freedom of Information, for the investigation into Denton police overtime