Miami Herald

The Miami Herald is a regional news organization that focuses its coverage on South Florida and the surrounding region of the Caribbean and Latin America, to which most of its residents have ties. It’s one of the most diverse areas of the country. The largest county in our market, MIami-Dade, has a population that is more than 65 percent foreign born. The Herald has a strong tradition of accountability journalism, and has won more Pulitzer Prizes (22) than any news organization in the Southeast United States

Current Position

Location: Miami, Florida

Beat: Economic mobility in Dade County

Position:

The RFA reporter is part of a broad effort to cover the issue of economic mobility. They'll be part of a team focusing on this issue, which cuts across race and ethnicity in our region. Miami-Dade has shifted from a place where a middle income provided a comfortable life for hundreds of thousands to a metropolis beset by a housing crisis and a level of economic inequality that matches that of Colombia.

Reporter: Yadira Lopez