After more than two years of producing independent, nonpartisan, deeply reported journalism, we have ceased operations due to financial challenges.
Peter Bhatia / Chief executive officer
Peter Bhatia is the chief executive officer of the Houston Landing. He is a media industry veteran who has overseen Pulitzer-Prize winning journalism and digital advances at news sites across the country. He was previously the editor and vice president of the Detroit Free Press where he started in 2017, after two years as editor and vice president of The Cincinnati Enquirer. Bhatia previously was director of the Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State's Cronkite School of Journalism. He joined the university in June 2014 as visiting professor in journalism ethics after a two-decade career at The Oregonian in Portland. He led newsrooms that won 10 Pulitzer Prizes, including six in Portland. He is a seven-time Pulitzer juror. He is the first journalist of South Asian descent to lead a major daily newspaper in the U.S., running The Oregonian from 2010 to 2014. Peter and his wife, Liz Dahl, have two grown children, who live in Portland and Los Angeles, and one grandchild.
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Letter from Peter Bhatia, CEO, Houston Landing
Our Board of Directors have voted to shut down Houston Landing. Houston Landing anticipates it will cease publishing by mid-May of this year.
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New hires, new commitment from Houston Landing
Houston Landing launched 15 months ago to create a new kind of newsroom, a new kind of journalism, in Texas’ biggest city. You’ve been with us through the startup phase of our journey, and today marks a new beginning. Now we enter a transformative phase as we center the communities of Houston in everything we […]
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Nonprofit Houston Landing launches full website to cover daily local news with no paywall
With a clean slate, bolstered by the nonprofit, nonpartisan, no-paywall principles it embraces, the Houston Landing fully launches to cover local news.
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Houston Landing, a new nonprofit nonpartisan outlet, launches full website for local news
Houston Landing — a new, nonprofit, no-paywall, nonpartisan journalism site — is ready to fully launch. Beginning Wednesday, you will see multiple news stories a day from our staff, which has built out to more than 30 reporters, photojournalists, editors, digital specialists and others focused on providing news and information that is unique, insightful and […]
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Introducing the Houston Landing’s new CEO: veteran journalist Peter Bhatia
It is a great honor and privilege to introduce myself as the chief executive officer of the Houston Landing. I am Peter Bhatia, a journalist for almost 50 years, and most recently the editor of the Detroit Free Press and Michigan/Ohio editor for Gannett, parent company of the Free Press. I am more than thrilled […]