Fernando Ortiz Jr.
Managing Editorfernando@tpr.org
(210) 614-8977 x405
Ortiz supervises day-to-day operations of TPR’s newsroom and TPR.org, with a primary focus on San Antonio metro news.
He was a print and online news editor at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and the San Antonio Express-News from 1999 to 2010. He was also a news page designer, a wire editor, a book critic and a member of the Caller-Times editorial board.
Before joining Texas Public Radio in 2017, he taught U.S. history at Northwest Vista College, San Antonio College, the University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M University-San Antonio.
Ortiz has a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a master's degree from UTSA, both in U.S. history.
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San Antonio saw scattered thunderstorms. The remnants, now a tropical depression, slowly moved into Mexico and dissipated. -
The event, titled 'The March of Us — A Transgender Visibility Day Celebration,' begins at 6:30 p.m. -
A 911 call alerted police that 15 men and 2 women were trapped. Border Patrol agents stopped the train east of Knippa. At least four people were hospitalized in area hospitals. -
Policía de Uvalde: Dos muertos entre 17 personas 'asfixiadas' en vagón de tren
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He built an automotive sales and service empire, but he also was known for his ownership of professional sports teams, including the San Antonio Spurs, the Denver Nuggets, and the Minnesota Vikings. -
The Women's World Cup is next, in late July 2023. In 2026, the men's games come to Cananda, the U.S. and Mexico. -
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8. -
Las comunidades resecas en el Rio Grande Valley podrán ver algunas lluvias muy necesarias este fin de semana, gracias a una perturbación climática en el suroeste del Golfo de México que los meteorólogos esperaban que se convirtiera en la tormenta tropical Danielle. -
Gerald Teldon, a veteran of the Allied air war over Italy and the Balkans during World War II, was decorated for his service at a ceremony at the San Antonio Chabad Center for Jewish Life and Learning just hours before his great-grandson's bar mitzvah. -
La última víctima estudiantil que fue hospitalizada después de resultar herida en el tiroteo masivo en la escuela en Uvalde, Texas, fue dada de alta del hospital.
