Victoria Advocate's next general manager has decades of experience

George Coleman

Clarice Touhey, most recently publisher of two North Dakota newspapers, has been named general manager of the Victoria (Texas) Advocate.

She brings decades of experience with her to Victoria, including leadership roles at some of the nation’s largest news organizations.

Touhey previously was publisher and president of Hearst Corp’s Texas Community Group in the Beaumont area and president of Forum Publishing, the community news unit of Tribune Co.’s SunSentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

She also has been senior group publisher for GateHouse Media in Houma, Louisiana. And most recently was publisher of the Williston Herald and Sidney Herald in North Dakota.

Touhey replaces George Coleman, who is retiring to the Austin area near family. Coleman joined the paper in 2019 as advertising sales director and became general manager about a year later.

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