J.R. Gonzales, a native Houstonian, is a senior digital production editor for HoustonChronicle.com. Before that, he was a news copy editor. Since 2006, he has overseen Bayou City History, which covers various aspects of Houston's history.

Prior to joining the Houston Chronicle, Gonzales worked as a night cops reporter at The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., and later as a copy editor. He has also worked as a courthouse reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Gonzales is a journalism graduate of the University of Houston.

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