Over the past several months, one publication after another has announced significant layoffs: Business Insider, the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, the New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, the Texas Tribune, the Washington Post, and many others. Among the few journalistic organizations still growing in readers, listeners, and viewers, revenue, and editorial staff are the New York Times—and Texas Monthly.That distinction wouldn’t be possible without the diligence and creativity of TM’s editorial and business professionals. But those qualities are also abundant among our friends who have been laid off elsewhere. TM is blessed in two ways that most other publications aren’t. We get to focus on a sprawling, fascinating state that is growing rapidly economically and in its population, which includes lots of new folks who love…