Paul McGrath

Paul McGrath, a native of Clute, Texas, is a longtime former journalist and educator, winning a variety of writing and editing awards in his nearly five-decade career. He retired after 37 years working at the Houston Chronicle on the paper's newsdesk.

McGrath began as a news reporter at the Conroe Courier, then transitioned to sports copy editor at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. He later accepted the position of managing editor at the Lockhart Post-Register, then returned to Conroe as a senior reporter and then managing editor. His investigative stories resulted in three suspects being arrested in different cases, and the Courier won more than 150 awards while he was managing editor. While at the Chronicle, McGrath was named the John Murphy Copy Editor of the Year for 1997, and he won the 1990 Katie Award (from the Dallas Press Club) for page one design.

McGrath graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in communications and earned a master’s degree from Marist College.

In addition to his newspaper career, McGrath taught news editing, media writing and speech courses at Texas A&M, the University of Houston and the University of Houston - Clear Lake.

He and his wife, Liz, live on a tranquil fish-filled lake near Houston, Texas.