Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald journalists earn top awards from Florida news editors
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Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald journalists received top honors in the Florida Society of News Editors’ annual journalism awards.
Six staff writers and visual journalists were recognized Thursday as first-place winners: Nora Gamez Torres for coverage of Cuba; Jorge Ebro for sports reporting in Spanish; Sonia Osorio for news reporting in Spanish; Isadora Rangel for Miami Dysfunction, a series of editorials that examined flaws in the city of Miami’s structure of governance; Al Diaz for spot news photography on a three-alarm fire at a Miami Gardens apartment building; and Pedro Portal for feature photography for How this Miami-area pediatrician is keeping kids healthy.
Alex Mena named new FSNE leader
Also on Thursday, Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald Executive Editor Alex Mena was named the new president of FSNE, whose mission is to “advance the cause of responsible journalism.”
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More Herald winners
Herald journalism also won the following FSNE awards:
Investigative reporting, second place: Miami Herald staff for Shakedown City
Features writing, second place: Linda Robertson portfolio
Business, second place: Andres Viglucci for Preserving Miami
Spot news photography, second place: Jose A. Iglesias for Pablo Lyle sentenced to five years in state prison for fatal punch
Feature photography, second place: D.A. Varela for University of Miami scientists and volunteers collect and outplant staghorn coral on Paradise Reef
Sports photography, second place: David Santiago for Lionel Messi scoring his first goal after joining the MLS
Features and Enterprise (Spanish), second place: Sarah Moreno
Enterprise, third place: Nora Gamez Torres for Cuba experiments with capitalism and its impact on South Florida
Columns, third place: Miami Herald Editorial Board for Altered State
News reporting (Spanish), third place: Veronica Egui Brito
Features and Enterprise (Spanish), third place: Sonia Osorio and Veronica Egui Brito