Arnold Garcia
Editorial page editor
Examples of Work
An immigrant's tale
There's just one catch
Chavez's crash and burn only partly her fault
Arnold Garcia Jr.
Editorial page editor
Austin (Texas) American-Statesman
Arnold Garcia Jr. is the editorial page editor of the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman. He began his newspaper career in October 1968 as a general assignments reporter for the San Angelo (Texas) Standard-Times. Drafted in 1969, he served two years in the U.S. Army in artillery and infantry units. He returned from active duty and resumed his career at the Standard-Times where he remained until coming to the Statesman as a courthouse reporter in March 1974.
While at the Statesman, Garcia has been assigned to a variety of reporting and editing duties. He has covered state agencies, the prison system and the Austin school district as a reporter. He was appointed an assistant city editor in 1977 and has also been assignments editor and metro editor (responsible for the design and content of the local section). Immediately before becoming editorial page editor in 1991, he wrote a column on local politics.
Garcia holds a bachelor's degree in history and government from Angelo State University and did graduate work in government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Headliners Club, is a member of the board of the Crime Prevention Institute and serves on the advisory committee to the mass communications department of Texas Tech University.