david house

David House is a semi-retired freelance writer in the Fort Worth, Texas, area. His 43-year career in journalism ended in 2008 when his senior editor/reader advocate (ombudsman) position at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram was eliminated in a downsizing.
House was born and reared in Texarkana, Texas. His mother, Jewell, was a highly successful country music songwriter. His father, Charles, was a police officer and parttime commercial pilot.
House began his newspaper career at his hometown paper, the Texarkana Gazette, and went on to hold editing and reporting positions at the Dallas Times Herald, the Dallas Morning News, Denver Post and St. Petersburg Times. He was vice president and executive editor of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. He joined the Star-Telegram in 2000.
House is married. He is the father of three daughters who have presented him with seven grandchildren.
His wife of 31 years died in 2005 of a recurrence of breast cancer. He was planning to attend Sacred Heart seminary in Milwaukee to pursue a late-life vocation to the Roman Catholic priesthood when his friendship with a colleague led to their marriage in 2007.
House wishes that public schools would require students to take at least one year of journalism.