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Silas Allen
Silas Allen has been the
Dallas Observer
's news editor since March 2019. Before coming to Dallas, he worked as a reporter and editor at the
Oklahoman
in Oklahoma City. He's a Missouri native and a graduate of the University of Missouri.
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