The Game Preserve Fire grew rapidly to more than 4,250 acres in Walker County, making it the largest active wildfire in Texas.
John Tedesco / Managing editor
John Tedesco is an investigative journalist with 25 years of experience digging up stories across Texas. Before coming to the Houston Landing, John was a reporter on the Houston Chronicle's Investigations Team. His past projects include "Unfair Burden," an investigation of unchecked economic incentives that shower billions of dollars on corporations. John was also part of the team that wrote "Abuse of Faith," a series that revealed how hundreds of Southern Baptist pastors, church employees and volunteers had been credibly accused of sexual abuse. The series sparked widespread calls for reform in the nation's second-largest faith group. The father of two children, John and his family live in Houston with a high-strung hound dog named Layla.
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160,000 CenterPoint customers without power after storm pummels Houston area
A strong summer storm with gusts of up to 97 mph swept through the Houston region Wednesday night, knocking down trees and causing power outages for more than 370,000 CenterPoint Energy customers. Many were still without power Thursday morning.
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These journalists refused to publish clickbait. You won’t believe what happened next.
The news industry publishes incredible journalism every day. But when media outlets become obsessed with page views — a metric that tracks every time a webpage is loaded — they flood us with an endless stream of clickbait headlines and frivolous news stories, all vying for our attention. At the Houston Landing, we’re doing things […]
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Our members are vital to our mission. Here’s how we’ll engage and build community for them
Our mission at the Houston Landing is to inform the community. But we recognize it’s just as important to listen to communities, to invite people to have a seat at the table — especially for those who have been ignored by the media and never had a seat at the table to begin with. It’s […]
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How columnist Maggie Gordon is covering news in the Houston region, one story at a time
Ever since we officially launched the Houston Landing two months ago, Maggie Gordon has been busy. Our columnist has written about the unhealthy carbon footprints of hospitals; the egg-onomics of rising egg prices for a Santa Fe family; an intractable food desert in Third Ward; and the aggravation of stopped trains in the East End, […]
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Monique Welch: How the Houston Landing is covering news about diverse communities
One of our key missions at the Houston Landing is to write about the incredibly diverse communities of the Houston region — and make a real effort to listen to them. Monique Welch, our first diverse communities reporter, is doing the hard work of making that vision a reality. Monique was part of our founding […]
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News tips power our journalism: Here’s how to contact the Houston Landing newsroom
Last month, Houston Landing investigative reporter Alex Stuckey revealed how scores of inmates who died in Houston-area jails had documented histories of mental illnesses yet didn’t receive the help they needed. It was a powerful story. And it all started with a news tip from a trusted source. News tips from people like you help […]
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How compelling photojournalism helps us forge bonds with the community
The Houston Landing’s website is only a month old, but it’s already brimming with compelling pictures of the Houston region and the incredibly diverse people who call it home. This was no accident. We made a point to hire one of the best photographers we could find. Our first photo editor is Marie D. De […]
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Texas needs more investigative journalism. The Houston Landing is delivering.
The Houston Landing’s first major story by investigative reporter Alex Stuckey revealed that inmates with mental illnesses are dying from suicide, violence and other unnatural causes in Houston-area jails — despite exhibiting previous mental health concerns that could have kept them out of jail in the first place. Alex’s powerful reporting, coupled with stunning images […]