Manny García Accepts Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award

Описание: Austin American-Statesman Executive Editor Manny García accepted the Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award at NPF's annual awards dinner Feb. 23, 2023. García's remarks followed an introduction by Nicole Carroll, editor-in-chief of USA Today.

Manny García's remarks begin at 3:43.

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García had been executive editor only 14 months when the shooting began at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where most residents are Latino. Under his leadership, the English-language Statesman published the Texas House committee report on the Uvalde school shooting in Spanish as a public service. García also made the controversial decision to publish a 77-minute video of the shooting obtained by reporter Tony Plohetski. The video showed the police delay in entering the school after the gunman began shooting.

Judges noted that García, the son of Cuban immigrants, had made a difference in many places, including the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, The Naples Daily News, USA Today and ProPublica. He has also served journalism through Investigative Reporters and Editors, the News Leaders Association and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

The National Press Foundation established the Editor of the Year Award in 1984 to recognize significant achievements that enhance the quality of journalism in the United States. The award is open to any U.S.-based editor at any level of a news organization.

Last year’s Benjamin C. Bradlee Award winner was Dean Baquet, former executive editor of The New York Times. Previous winners include Peter Bhatia of the Detroit Free Press; Aminda (Mindy) Marqués Gonzalez, former editor of the Miami Herald; and Rick Hutzell, former editor of the (Maryland) Capital Gazette.

More about the Bradlee award and previous winners here: https://nationalpress.org/awards/benj...