• by Ray Schultz , March 17, 2024

Manny Garcia has been named as editor in chief of Houston Landing, a digital nonprofit newsroom. 

Garcia will leave his current position as executive editor of the Austin American-Statesman, on March 29, according to the Statesman. 

The Statesman said it would launch a nationwide search for a successor. 

Garcia, who joined the Statesman in 2021, was on board during the paper's “defining moment” in 2022 – the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

The Statesman was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2023 for its “unflinching coverage of local law enforcement’s flawed response” to the tragedy. 

Prior to this, Garcia held editorial leadership positions at Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, Naples Daily Herald, USA Today and the ProPublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Unit initiative.