Accomplished, recently retired Senior Editor at Miami Herald who led a team to two Pulitzer Prizes and numerous national awards. Expert in project management, from the stories that brought down Jeffrey Epstein to those that divined the root causes of the Surfside tower collapse, Adept at collaborating across all journalism levels and platforms. Proven track record in multimedia editing and content curation, enhancing investigative reporting excellence while melding words with interactive graphics. I am an on-the-job teacher whose proteges have landed all over the journalistic map, including the New York Times, the Washington Post and ProPublica.
As the individual in charge of the Herald's investigative reporting, I managed a staff of 10, doing all of the hands-on editing.
Over the course of that span, my team won or shared in two Pulitzer Prizes (the Panama Papers, House of Cards) and was a finalist three additional times (Fight Club, Dirty Gold, License to Launder).
Some additional national awards: George Polk award (four times), Goldsmith, Worth Bingham (twice), Selden Ring Award, RFK Human Rights Award, Scripps Award, Brechner Award, Collier Award, NARAL Award, Overseas Press Award, Anthony Shadid Award.
I have twice been a Pulitzer Prize jurist.
In my long Herald career, I have also been: Sunday News Editor, Night Duty Officer, Continuous News Editor, Deputy City Editor, Sports Desk Editor, Foreign Desk Editor, Reporter.