Nov 17, 2020
Steve Riley is the Executive Editor of the Houston Chronicle. Originally from small-town Nettleton, Mississippi, he graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B.S. in Journalism in 1980. He worked at 3 newspapers in Mississippi before moving to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he worked at The News & Observer for over 30 years. In 2017, Steve moved and began working at the Houston Chronicle. He has won dozens of state and national journalism awards, including 2 Associated Press Sports Editors Triple Crown Awards, a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award Grand Prize, and 2 Pulitzer Prize finalists. Steve and his wife have two children and live in Houston, Texas.