About

David Sedeno is executive editor of The Texas Catholic, the award-winning newspaper covering the Diocese of Dallas and its 1 million Catholics. He joined the newspaper in 2008. The following is an excerpt from his introductory column in the newspaper, published Sept. 5, 2008:

I come to the Texas Catholic after more than 25 years at what I consider several of the country’s top news organizations. My background can be found on our website, http://www.texascatholic.com, but I would like to share a little bit of that with you.

I have worked and led various teams at The Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and its Spanish-language publication, La Estrella.

I started in this business while in college and joined the AP in Dallas in 1984. I later worked for the news service while living in the Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, San Diego and Albuquerque. I covered everything from natural disasters – hurricanes and the Mexico City earthquake – and everything from politics and business to sports and agriculture and human interest features, including religion stories.

While in the AP San Antonio bureau I was privileged to plan and lead the AP’s coverage of Pope John Paul II’s visit there during his pilgrimage to this country in 1987. Like many of you who saw him – or Pope Benedict during his visit to the United States – being in the presence of the Holy Father was one of the most memorable events in my life.

At The Dallas Morning News, I led the education coverage during a turbulent time in DISD in the mid-1990s, and I also directed coverage of Mexico for several years before becoming the newspaper’s Mexico bureau chief between 2001-2002.

At the Star-Telegram, my most recent employer, I also worked as a senior writer before becoming an editorial writer and columnist and publisher of La Estrella. I have served on various community and non-profit boards in both Dallas and Fort Worth and, along with my work, those roles allowed me to better acquaint myself with a cross-section of the North Texas community.