Derick Garcia announced Monday that he completed his first day as executive reporter for ENOUGH, KPRC 2’s upcoming program focused on investigative reporting, community issues and holding public and government systems accountable.
“The role takes me away from being on camera, but it gives me an opportunity to pursue a new passion,” Garcia wrote on social media. “I’ll be sharing the incredible work the ENOUGH team produces with one goal: to help Houstonians.”
He first joined CBS4 in 2016 as a reporter before moving to the morning anchor desk. In 2022, he shifted into investigative reporting and added evening anchor duties the following year. Garcia signed off from the station in July.
His ties to the station stretched back even further. Before appearing on camera, Garcia worked behind the scenes as a producer at CBS4 in Harlingen. He later produced newscasts for Time Warner Cable News, now Spectrum News, in Austin before returning to the Rio Grande Valley.
Garcia is a two-time Texas Association of Broadcasters Best Reporter recipient, an Edward R. Murrow Award winner for Best Documentary and an Emmy-nominated investigative reporter. He graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies and a minor in mass communications. Before college, he served four years in the U.S. Navy.
Garcia’s arrival comes weeks before KPRC 2 launches ENOUGH at 10 p.m. Sept. 13. The station says the program represents a new commitment to accountability journalism, with a focus on digging into issues affecting Houstonians and pressing for answers about what is and isn’t working.
KPRC has been promoting the project since April and is devoting more than 20 staffers to the ENOUGH team, according to a recruitment video featuring news director Ana Lastra and reporters Amy Davis, Joel Eisenbaum, Rilwan Balogun and anchor Stephania Jimenez.
Jimenez stepped away from regularly anchoring the 10 p.m. newscast earlier this summer to spend more time reporting for the new program. In a June social media video, she said she would continue anchoring at 6 p.m. while working on stories for ENOUGH before eventually returning to the 10 p.m. newscast.