July 28th, 2005
We are writing as journalists to express our sadness, distress and disappointment at the way the newspaper has
treated Jim DeFede. He has been an important face of the newspaper in a community that has embraced him. Jim represents the finest journalism values: inquisitiveness, commitment to community, and determination to hold figures in power accountable for their actions. We believe firing him was an overreaction to an offense that should be viewed in the context of
an intense, immediate episode during which he had little time to consider his actions.
Further, we are concerned that Jim’s willingness in the past to offend powerful figures in Miami and, at times, his
own employers, may have contributed to the hasty decision to fire him. We believe that Jim’s determination to be a voice for the poor and powerless in Miami makes him an asset to the community and to The Herald, even if his words may at times make
some people uncomfortable.
Jim’s actions may not even have been a technical violation of
the law upon
closer examination, and whether or not it was an ethical violation is questionable, given the extreme circumstances. But in any case he came forward on his own and has admitted his mistake. The Herald should do likewise and take him back.
Signed,
1. Peter Wallsten
Los Angeles Times (Miami Herald alum)
2. Charlie Savage
Boston Globe (Miami Herald alum)
3. Daniel de Vise
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
4. Derek Willis
Washington Post
5. Anne Bartlett
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
6. Robert Meyerowitz, Editor
Anchorage Press
7. Karen Branch-Brioso
(Miami Herald alum)
8. Corey Friedman
New Bern (N.C.) Sun Journal
9. Kevin Vaughan
Rocky Mountain News
10. Tom Grubisich
Santa Monica
screenwriter, ex-Washington Post reporter/editor
11. Todd Hartman
Rocky Mountain News (Miami Herald alum)
12. Tom Hamburger
Los Angeles Times
13. Joseph Tanfani
Philadelphia Inquirer (Miami Herald alum)
14. Johnny Diaz
Boston Globe (Miami Herald alum)
15. Gilbert B. Dunkley
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
16. Tristram Korten
Miami New Times
17. Elinor J. Brecher
Miami Herald
18. Joe Modzelewski
Miami Herald copy editor
19. Edmund Newton
New Times Broward Palm Beach
20. Benjamin Weyl
Los Angeles Times
21. A.L. Bardach
Director, The Media Project
Center for Film, TV, & New Media
Univ. of California Santa Barbara
22. Kathleen Cooper
(Tacoma, WA) News Tribune (Miami Herald alum)
23. Jim Camden
(Spokane, WA) Spokesman-Review
24. Kevin Graman
Spokesman-Review
25. Gwen Florio
Rocky Mountain News
(Knight-Ridder alum)
26. John Mecklin
SF Weekly editor
27. Dan Mitchell
Freelancer
28. Ben Eason
Creative Loafing president and CEO
29. Dave Barry
Miami Herald columnist on hiatus
30. Frances Robles
Miami Herald
31. Michelle Kaufman
Miami Herald sportswriter
32. Steven Dudley
Miami Herald Bureau Chief of the Andean Region
33. Ronnie Greene
Miami Herald
34. Linda Robertson
Miami Herald
35. Andres Viglucci
Miami Herald
36. Craig Stanke
CBS SportsLine (Miami Herald alum)
37. Nancy Klingener
Key West Citizen (Miami Herald alum)
38. Gene Weingarten
Washington Post columnist (Miami Herald alum)
39. Oscar Díaz López
Rumbo News Editor (El Nuevo Herald alum)
40. Mike Hendricks
Kansas City Star columnist
41. Nicholas Spangler
Miami Herald
42. Jordan Levin
Miami Herald
43. Lance Williams
San Francisco Chronicle
44. Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Miami Herald
45. Allison Klein
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
46. Patrick Ogle
Miami Herald
47. Diedtra Henderson
Boston Globe (Miami Herald alum)
48. Leslie Plesser
Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Miami Herald alum)
49. Judi Smith
Miami Herald assistant to Dave Barry
50. Geoff Dougherty
Chicago Tribune (Miami Herald alum)
51. Alejandro Armengol
El Nuevo Herald
52. Charles Jaco
KTVI-TV St. Louis (ex-CNN Miami)
53. Rui Ferreira
El Nuevo Herald
54. Jack Cheevers
(Los Angeles Times, New Times Los Angeles, and SF Weekly
alum)
55. Jennifer Santiago
CBS4/UPN 33 Miami Anchor/Reporter (Miami Herald freelance writer)
56. Penny McCrea
Miami Herald
57. Joel Elliott
The Seattle Times/Blethen Maine Newspapers
58. Kathryn W. Thompson
(NewsPress of Stillwater, Oklahoma, alum)
59. Bill Cooke
Miami Beach
Freelance photojournalist
60. John Parkhurst
Miami Herald
61. Lesley Clark
Miami Herald
62. Bill Coppinger
Miami Herald
63. Tracey Kaplan
San Jose Mercury News staff writer
64. Wendy Contos
Metro Copy Desk
Philadelphia Inquirer
65. Rob Wieman
(Tacoma, Wash.) News Tribune (Miami Herald alum)
66. David Villano
Miami-based freelancer
67. Bob Norman
New Times Broward*Palm Beach
68. Cary Darling
Star-Telegram (Miami Herald alum)
69. Sabrina L. Miller
Freelancer (Miami Herald alum)
70. Andrea Robinson
Miami Herald
71. Matthew Eandi
Student
University of Miami
School of Communication
72. Jared Lazarus
Miami Herald photographer
73. David Neal
Miami Herald
74. Ann O'Neill
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
75. Gaspar Gonzalez
Boca Raton Magazine managing editor (former associate editor, Street Weekly)
76. Mike Baxter
Retired Miami Herald deputy managing editor
77. Jere Warren
Miami Herald, retired
78. Emilio Yahni
Semanario Latinoamericano
ARGENTINA HOY
79. Robertson G. Adams
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami Herald alum)
80. Glenn Albin
Ocean Drive Magazine Editor in Chief
81. Beth Dunlop
Miami-based freelancer (Miami Herald alum)
82. Donna Pazdera
University of Texas-Pan American journalism instructor (Sun-Sentinel alum)
83. James McNair
Cincinnati Enquirer (Miami Herald alum)
84. Anne Tschida
Writer (Miami New Times alum)
85. Lilly Echeverria
Miami Herald Staff Photographer
86. Andrea Elliott
New York Times (Miami Herald alum)
87. Dan Keating
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
88. Neil Plakcy
Hollywood-based freelancer
89. David Zeman
Detroit Free Press (Miami Herald alum)
90. Joe Shea
The American Reporter Editor-in-Chief
91. Mark Sell
Miami Herald alum (assistant business editor, 1984-87)
92. Brant Long
Coral Gables Gazette Sports Editor
93. Jason Zappe
Des Moines Register (Miami Herald alum)
94. John Marvel
ESPN New Media Vice President/Editor-at-Large
95. Mary K. Sullivan
Dr. Michael Krop High newspaper adviser
96. Hal Habib
Palm Beach Post (Miami Herald alum)
97. Franklin Einspruch
Artblog.net (Miami New Times contributor, Street Weekly alum)
98. Adrian Walker
Boston Globe metro columnist
99. David Ovalle
Miami Herald
100. Sara Olkon
Miami Herald
101. Thomas Croom
PEER Review Blog
102. Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald
103. Humberto Guida
Ocean Drive Magazine (Miami New Times alum & Miami Herald intern/alum)
104. Mandy Bolen
Key West Citizen
105. Cara Buckley
The Miami Herald
106. Kent D. Johnson
Photo Assignment editor
Atlanta Journal Constitution
107. Jenny Staletovich
freelancer
Miami
108. Michel Dupagne
Associate Professor
School of Communication
University of Miami
109. Ron B Wilson
Freelance Photojournalist
Miami
110. Louis Trager
Miami Herald alum
111. Desonta Holder
Assistant Health Editor
Miami Herald
112. Nicole White
Miami Herald
113. Noah Bierman
Miami Herald
114. Paul Schreiber
Newsday, retired (Miami Herald alum)
115. Tom Tuell, Editor
Key West Citizen (Knight-Ridder alum)
116. Wyatt Olson, Writer
New Times-Broward Palm Beach
117. Dianne Lamb
journalism teacher and
chair, English/Journalism Department, Broward Community College, South Campus
118. Jeannette Rivera-Lyles
The Herald, Broward bureau
119. Scott L. Price
Sports Illustrated (Miami Herald alum)
120. Mark Vierthaler
Dodge City Daily Globe
121. Mary Damiano
Freelance journalist based in South Florida
122. Eliseo Cardona
El Sentinel - The Sun-Sentinel (El Nuevo Herald alum)
123. Mary Murray
NBC News
124. Arnold Markowitz
Miami Herald alum
125. Wanda J. DeMarzo
Miami Herald
126. Marcia Chambers
New York Times alum
127. Griff Witte
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
128. Eileen Soler
Freelance writer/photographer
129. Lisa Cilli
WFOR-CBS4 Producer
130. Marjie Lambert
Miami Herald
131. Peggy Rogers
Freelancer (Miami Herald alum)
132. Eli Lopez
Miami Herald
133. Monika Leal
Miami Herald research editor
134. Susan Harrigan
Newsday (Miami Herald alum)
135. Eric Torbenson
Dallas Morning News
136. Joanne Rice Coltrain
WLVE Radio Miami (former news director)
137. Edmundo Garcia
Univision 23-Miami
138. Glenn Henderson
Palm Beach Post (Miami Herald alum)
139. Milt Priggee
political cartoonist
140. Joe Ruiz
University Star managing editor
Texas State University-San Marcos
141. Connie Ogle
Miami Herald book editor
142. Omar Sommereyns
Miami Sun Post (Street Miami alum)
143. Howard Cohen
Miami Herald
144. Fiorella R. Sarmiento
Miami Herald
145. Nikki Waller
Miami Herald
146. Peter Klein
CBS News 60 Minutes producer
147. Shaune' Hayes
Washington Post
148. Edie Gross
Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.
149. Alfredo Triff
Miami New Times
150. Lucy Morgan
Tallahassee Bureau Chief/Associate Editor
St. Petersburg Times
151. Chelsea Greenwood
Boca Raton magazine
152. Brian E. Crowley
Palm Beach Post
153. Jean Scheidnes
Style Reporter/Columnist
Austin American-Statesman
154. Larry Dorman
Miami Herald alum
155. Dan Webster
The Spokesman-Review
156. Joshuah Bearman
LA Weekly Editor
157. Saul Landau,Director Digital Media
College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences,
California State Polytechnic University , Pomona
158. Erika Bolstad
Miami Herald
159. Emma Trelles
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Miami Herald alum)
160. Rick Klein
Boston Globe
161. Mike Fowler, publisher
Naples Record & Honeoye Herald
162. Marie Speed
Boca Raton Magazine editor
163. Warren Vieth
Los Angeles Times
164. Jason Jeffers
Miami Herald
165. Audra D.S. Burch
Miami Herald
166. Mary Murray
NBC News
167. Rebecca Kennedy
former Miami New Times editorial assistant
168. Don Van Natta Jr.
New York Times (Miami Herald alum)
169. Leslie Casimir
New York Daily News (Miami Herald alum)
170. John Sugg
Creative Loafing/Weekly Planet Newspapers.
Miami Herald alum
171. Jim Savage
Miami Herald (retired)
172. Dan LeBatard
Miami Herald
173. Michael Kranish
Boston Globe (Miami Herald alum)
174. Mike Stocker
South Florida Sun-Sentinel photojournalist (Miami Herald alum)
175. Noelle Theard
Freelance photojournalist
176. Georgina Cárdenas Pruszynski
Herald.com News Producer
177. George Richards
Miami Herald sports dept.
178. Diana Moskovitz
Miami Herald
179. Monica Ingram
Florida Times-Union
(formerly at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
180. Fernando Gonzalez
JAZZIZ magazine, managing editor
(Miami Herald alum)
181. Carol Carter
Freelance writer
Blue Ridge, Georgia
182. Martin McReynolds
Herald alum 1982-2000
183. Jennifer Osorio
Former online editor/producer, Miami New Times and South Florida Sun-Sentinel
184. Andy Mead
Lexington Herald-Leader
185. Alvaro F. Fernandez, Editor
Progreso Weekly
Progreso Semanal
186. Candice T. Gulley
New Times Broward*Palm Beach editorial administrator
187. Brooke Binkowski
KNX-Los Angeles and former CNN (Atlanta) radio anchor
188. Neil Skene
Attorney, St. Petersburg Times alum
Tallahassee
189. Lori Horvitz (Orlando Sentinel alum)
journalism teacher
University School of Nova Southeastern University in Davie
190. Don Canaan (Swerdlow)
Formerly The American Israelite (Cincinnati) and NBC News, NY
The Villages, FL
191. Frank Davies
Miami Herald
192. Laura Lorek
Senior Writer
San Antonio Express News
193. Trevor Aaronson
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
194. Danny Westneat
Seattle Times columnist
195. Martin Dyckman
Associate Editor and Columnist
The St. Petersburg Times
196. Jake Bernstein
The Texas Observer, Executive Editor
Former Miami New Times reporter
197. Mario Tarradell
The Dallas Morning News (Miami Herald alum)
198. Sanford J. Smoller
Pembroke Magazine contributing editor
199. Merry Sue Smoller
Freelancer Writer
200. Adrianne Burnikel
Freelance Photographer
201. Thomas Burnikel
Photographer
202. Walter Lippmann, CubaNews
Los Angeles, California
203. Robert Rivas
Tallahassee lawyer (Miami Herald alum)
204. Jim Morin
Miami Herald editorial cartoonist
205. Sam Eifling
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
206. Francisco Alvarado
Miami New Times
207. Anne Windishar
Spokesman-Review alum
208. Ryan Bakken, columnist
Grand Forks Herald
209. Joaquim Utset
El Nuevo Herald
210. Kris Conesa
Writer, Miami New Times
211. Jane Daugherty
Palm Beach Post (Miami Herald alum)
212. Forrest Norman
Miami New Times
213. Ron Hayes
Palm Beach Post
214. Stephen Lee
Grand Forks (ND) Herald
215. Cara DeGette
Colorado Springs Independent editor
216. Karen Herzog
State Journalism teacher, (1998)
journalism teacher
217. Kenn Finkel
Miami Herald alum
218. Steve Doig
Knight Chair in Journalism, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University
(Miami Herald alum)
219. Lisa Barr
Visiting Assistant Professor in Mass Communication Media Arts, specializing in
media law, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
(and NPR alum)
220. Tomas Cabal
TV journalist, Panama
221. Tom Spalding,
Indianapolis Star
222. Maureen Magee
(reader of the Miami Herald and former editor of the Doral Estates Community Newsletter)
223. Mary Davis Fournier
Miami New Times alum
224. Louis Aguilar
Reporter
Detroit News
225. Robert Nolin
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
226. Alan Skolnick
Miami Herald
227. Anya McCoy
Freelance Journalist
228. Judy Battista
New York Times (Miami Herald alum)
229. Steve Rhodes
Freelance journalist
230. Teresa Simón-Noble
Freelance Writer
231. Tom Miller
Author and free-lancer in Tucson, Ariz.
232. Peter Benjaminson
Freelance writer
Knight Ridder Newspapers alum
233. Jeff Riggenbach
Former editorial writer at Oakland Tribune and former editorial writer and columnist for the Orange County Register
234. John Futch
Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram
235. Romann M. Weber
Miami Herald alum
Los Angeles, CA
236. Gregory Richards
Florida Times-Union
237. Michael Rabkin
New York Post (Miami Herald alum)
238. Jose Antonio Evora
El Nuevo Herald
239. Gina Carroll
Ink with Impact (Miami Herald and Bradenton Herald alum)
240. Lisa Simundson
Freelancer
241. Colleen Kelly
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Miami Herald alum)
242. Bill Vance
KR Washburo alum
243. Bonnie Britt
Book Editor
Former daily newspaper reporter
244. Joe Mozingo
Miami Herald
245. Tracy Fields
El Portal, FL-based wordsmith, radio host, teacher
246. Maya Bell
Orlando Sentinel Miami Bureau
247. Scott Hiaasen
Miami Herald
248. Rod Proctor
Palm Beach Post
249. Jorge Bravo
Miami Herald
250. Steve Satterwhite
Miami New Times and Street Miami alum
251. P. J. Corkery
San Francisco Examiner columnist
252. Mia Leonin
Miami New Times alum
253. Orlando Alomá
El Nuevo Herald/The Miami Herald (retired)
254. Will D. Jarrett
Former executive editor, Denver Post and Dallas Times Herald
Former ME, Philadelphia Inquirer
Founder and co-owner of Westward Communications (holding company of a group of 42 small newspapers in Southwest)
Former editor, Tropic Magazine
255. Lisa Arthur
Miami Herald
256. Ellis Berger
Former Miami News & Sun-Sentinel reporter
257. Brian C. Jones
Freelance contributor to the Providence Phoenix, former Providence Journal reporter
258. T.J. Quinn
New York Daily News
259. Alexis Urbani
El Mercurio, CHILE (retired)
260. Susannah Bryan
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
261. Sean Mussenden
Media General newspapers DC bureau (Orlando Sentinel alum)
262. Brian Wallstin
University of Missouri School of Journalism assistant professor
263. Scott Stephens
Cleveland Plain Dealer and Region 3 VP - The Newspaper Guild/CWA
264. Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Miami New Times assistant calendar editor
265. Diane Roberts
St. Petersburg Times columnist/former editorial writer
Commentator, NPR and BBC
266. David Honig
Executive Director, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council;
Chair, Communications Committee, and General Counsel, Miami-Dade Branch, NAACP (1989-1998).
267. Luiza Ch. Savage
Maclean's magazine
268. Cindy Seip
Miami Herald
269. Al Diaz
Miami Herald photojournalist
270. Carl Hiaasen
Miami Herald columnist
271. Maggie Steber
Freelance photographer (former Miami Herald assistant managing editor for photography and features)
272. Edward A. Carhart, Esquire
St. Petersburg Times alum and recipient of the Poynter Fund Scholarship
273. Peter Nicholas
Los Angeles Times (Knight Ridder alum)
274. Clea Benson
Sacramento Bee (Knight Ridder alum)
275. Ramón A. Mestre
Tele Miami
Columnist, El Nuevo Herald (Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald alum, 11 years)
276. Henry Lowenstein
Freelance writer and Blue Book Publications staff
277. Jason Cole
Miami Herald Dolphins beat writer
278. Omar Perez
Onetime Herald freelancer; Orlando Weekly freelancer
279. Jerry Capeci
GangLandNews.com and New York Sun
280. Mark Hedden
Key West Citizen columnist (Miami Herald alum-in-law)
281. Connie Knox
Baltimore Sun and Region 2 VP, The Newspaper Guild-CWA
282. Marc Fisher
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
283. Shari Rudavsky
Indianapolis Star (Miami Herald alum)
284. Joann Biondi
Freelancer (Miami Herald alum)
285. Glenda Wolin
San Antonio Express-News night metro editor (Miami Herald alum)
Glenda says: "I'm sure John would be signing it, too, if he were
still with us."
286. Dave Hyde
Sun-Sentinel
287. Clark Spencer
Miami Herald
288. Mary Lou Smart
Naples, FL-based freelance writer
290. Ray Fisher
Miami Herald alumn (former picture editor)
291. Omero Ciai
La Repubblica (Italy) Latin American Correspondent
292. Andy Taylor
ex-Herald, ex-UPI
293. Elaine Sung
ESPN, Bristol, Conn. (Miami Herald alum)
294.
Alan D. MutterManaging Partner - Tapit Partners
Former San Francisco Chronicle No. 2 editor/former Chicago Sun-Times city editor
295. Greg Cote
Miami Herald sports columnist
296. Barry Horn
Dallas Morning News (Miami Herald Alum)
297. John Lang
NBC 6 Miami photojournalist
298. George Diaz
Olando Sentinel Senior Sports Writer (Miami Herald Alum)
299. Edna Buchanan
Novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner, Miami Herald Alum
300. Draeger Martinez
Los Angeles Daily Journal (Miami Herald alum)
301. Juan Tamayo
Miami Herald
302. Maria Isabel Swann
Terra.com senior editor
303. Jennifer Babson
Miami Herald
304. Kirk Semple
New York Times
(former Miami New Times staff writer)
305. Sue Cocking
Miami Herald outdoors writer
306. Lynne Sladky
Miami-based Associated Press staff photographer
307. Gretchen Schmidt
Miami-based editor and freelancer (Former Tropic freelancer)
308. Sallie Hughes,
University of Miami School of Communication assistant professor
309. Tom Carter
Washington Times
310. Jorge Maltrain Macho
Journalist, Revista Triunfo (Chile)
311. Nancy San Martin
Miami Herald
312. Juan Carlos Vallejo
Producer and Host "Magazin of The World" Channel 15 Vermont
Author and lecturer member of National Writers Union
313. Anabelle de Gale
Miami Herald alum
314. Lynne Helm
Freelance travel writer
315. Drew Loftis
New York Post
316. Paula Schleis
reporter, Akron (OH) Beacon Journal
317. Steve Harelson
Former Journalist, Present Transportation Engineer
318. Dave Blezow
New York Post
319. Kathie Klarreich
Freelance Journalist
320. Lourdes Del Rio
Univision Network News
321. Bill Wisser
photographer, billwisserphoto.com
(Pittsburgh Press, St. Pete Times, and Sarasota Herald-Tribune alum)
322. Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Journalism
University of Texas at Austin
Former assistant editor, Los Angeles Times opinion section
323. Sean Rowe
Miami Herald alum
324. Shari Gherman
Former New Times Broward/Palm Beach advertising director
325. Michael Malone
Media Specialst EFE News Services (Miami Herald alum)
326. Aliza Marcus
Germany-based freelancer for Boston Globe and others
327. Susan Pierres,
Freelance writer/photographer
328. Jeff Rusnak
Freelance writer
(Sun-Sentinel soccer and comedy columnist, City Link magazine contributing writer)
329. Jennie Zeiner
freelance photographer in NYC (Miami Herald freelance "alum")
330. Bill D. Green
Managing Editor, The Weekly News - Miami
331. Derek Reveron
freelancer and former Herald reporter (1987-1992)
332. Julie Mason
Houston Chronicle
333. Art Grace
Miami News alumnus
334. Robin Abcarian
Los Angeles Times
335. Ron Levitt
Ex UPI
President, South Florida Int. Press Club
336. Penny Lambeth
PR Consultant and contributing editor to various publications
337. Jess Walter
Novelist and freelancer
338. Jessica Sick
Ego Miami magazine managing editor and freelance writer (Street Weekly alum)
339. Cammy Clark
Miami Herald
340. Tim Golden
New York Times (Miami Herald alum)
341. James Gordon Meek
New York Daily News (Washington correspondent)
342. Antonio Bermúdez Salvetti
Miami Herald
343. Mary Ann Esquivel-Gibbs
Miami Herald alum
344. Teri Arvesu
Univision
345. Kenneth Bazinet
New York Daily News
346. Lisa Bolivar
Freelancer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel ( NYTRNG alum and WSKY 97.3 FM News Director alum)
347. Iris Guzman
WPTV (NBC) West Palm Beach
(Miami Herald alum)
348. Dave Boling
Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune
349. Felix Cortes
Columnist
MILENIO, daily
Mexico City, México
350. Danilo Caballero
Journalist from Panama
351. Sara Churchville
Freelance writer, Miami Beach, FL
352. Jen Karetnck
Freelance writer, ex-Miami New Times
353. Max J. Castro
columnist, progresoweekly.com; special correspondent, Sun-Sentinel (ex Nuevo Herald and Miami Herald)
354. Paul Levine
Novelist, Screenwriter, Miami Herald alum
355. Sam Jacobs
Miami Herald
356. David Nickell
Miami Herald copy editor
357. Tence Wolfe
Freelance writer, Miami
358. Julius Karash
Kansas City Star
359. Marcia Levin
Freelance Writer
Society of American Travel Writers immediate past president
360. Lauri Lee A. Claxton
Tennessee Star Journal
Pigeon Forge, TN
361. Annette Zimmerman Wells
Columnist, Redland Country News
Professor, Miami Dade College
362. Heather Hanley
Freelance writer (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico)
363. Jules Siegel
Freelance journalist
364. Renato Perez
Miami Herald translator
365. Robert Wallace
Wenner Books editor in chief
366. Angel Valentin
South Florida Sun-Sentinel photographer (Miami Herald alum)
367. David Waters
(Memphis) Commercial Appeal columnist
368. Oscar J. Serrano
Puerto Rico Journalists Association president-elect
369. Tom Shroder
Washington Post Magazine editor (Miami Herald alum)
370. Joe Chudicek
(Pittsburgh) Tribune-Review Publishing Co. ME/Multimedia (Miami Herald alum)
371. Adriana Carrera
Independent journalist and former editor of Tiempos del Mundo in Miami
372. Mark Scheinbaum
UPI alum (Miami & New York)
373. Linda Raiteri
Freelance writer, Memphis, TN
374. Michael C. Browning
Palm Beach Post (Herald alum)
375. Nina Rao
Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader
376. Michael Kern
Miami Herald
377. Ted B. Kissell
Los Angeles Times (Miami New Times alum)
378. Mary Grace Dembeck
Author/artist
379. Chelsea Solmo
Key West Citizen
380. Angela Hill
News-Press
381. Blair Fischer
AOL CityGuide editor
382. Chuck Rabin
Miami Herald
383. Pedro Gonzalez Munni
www.thecubanation.com director (Miami)
384. Sam Nitze
Miami Herald
385. Mitch Lipka
Philadelphia Inquirer
386. Hiram Henriquez
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Miami herald alum)
387. Mark Elias
Freelance Photojournalist/Writer, West Palm Beach
Ex-AP Staff Photographer
388. Jason Vest
The American Prospect
(former Miami New Times staff writer)
389. Ana Menendez
The Miami Herald
390. Eric Engberg
CBS News correspondent (Retired)
391. John Fontana
Senior Editor
Network World Magazine
392. Alan Prince
university lecturer (and Herald alum)
393. Max Lesnik
Editor of Radio/Miami
394. Cesar G. Soriano
USA TODAY
395. Jane Mercer Kitchen
editor, Kids Today magazine
Miami New Times alum
396. Mary Dempsey
WorldCity Business magazine
(and member of the National Writers Union)
397. Leigh Dethman
(Salt Lake City) Deseret Morning News military reporter
398. Steve Lopez
Los Angeles Times columnist
399. Ceci Connolly
Washington Post
400. Alejandra Matus
Author, freelance, El Nuevo Herald alum
401. Jo Werne
Freelance Writer, Miami Herald (retired)
402. Adelaide R Snyder
Youngstown Vindicator (alum)
403. Sam Cook
Columnist
The News-Press
Fort Myers
404. Pete Skiba
Reporter
The News-Press
405. Collene Curran
Communications Director
Denver Newspaper Guild
406. Marc Lifsher
Business Writer
Los Angeles Times
407. Noreen Marcus
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
(Herald alum)
408. Bob Weinberg
City Link magazine
409. Margaria Fichtner
Miami Herald
410. Dexter Filkins
The New York Times (Miami Herald alum)
411. John Welbes
St. Paul Pioneer Press
(business reporter)
412. Shane Brown
Columnist
The Moline Dispatch / Rock Island Argus
Moline / Rock Island, Illinois
413. Tim Chapman
Miami Herald Staff Photographer
414. Thomas Edsall
Washington Post
415. Chuck Stone
Walter Spearman Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Founding President
National Association of Black Journalists
416. Cindy Rodriguez
Denver Post columnist
General At-Large Officer, The National Association of Hispanic Journalists
417. Lisa Getter
Miami Herald alum
418. John McCaslin
Washington Times columnist
419. Shawn Vestal, reporter
Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
420. Sean Harder
Savannah Morning News
421. Catherine Hayes Janis
BS Journalism UF'83
422. Maria Travierso
El Sentinel senior reporter
423. Victor Cruz
LOFT magazine insider editor
424. April Witt
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
425. Christine Tague
Former copy editor, Miami New Times
426. David Whelan
Forbes magazine (Knight Ridder alum-Contra Costa Times)
427. R.M. Arrieta
San Francisco Bay Area-based freelance journalist
428. Gene Roman
NYC-based feelance reporter
429. Larry Higgs
Courier News (Bridgewater, NJ)
430. Sandy Wesley
Former editorial writer, Boca Raton News
431. Rebecca Rosen Lum
Contra Costa Times (California)
432. Charles Laszewski
St. Paul Pioneer Press
433. Tony Borelli
Freelance writer
Formerly Daily Record (Morris County, NJ) and New Jersey Herald
434. Elizabeth Baier
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Miami Herald alum)
435. Ross Johnson
Los Angeles-based freelancer
436. Steve Malagodi
WLRN / WDNA Radio
437. Lee Klein
Miami New Times restaurant reviewer
438. Walker Lundy
retired editor of three Knight-Ridder newspapers: Tallahassee Democrat, St. Paul Pioneer-Press, Philadelphia Inquirer
439. Gigi Lehman
Freelance writer and editor
440. Zita Arocha
Senior lecturer, University of Texas at El Paso (Miami Herald alum)
441. Neil Reisner
Associate Professor, Florida International University School of
Journalism/Mass Communication (Miami Herald alum)
442. Erik Hall
Freelance sports writer
Charleston, Illinois
443. Chris Willman
Entertainment Weekly
Los Angeles
444. Mark Krewatch
Journalism instructor, Marlborough School
445. Jim Magill
Associate editor for Gas Daily newsletter, a publication of McGraw-Hill Platts
President, SPJ Houston chapter
446. Mark Milstein
Managing Director
Northfoto
Budapest, Hungary
447. Bill Kirkland
Kirkland Newspapers, Inc.
Durham, N.C.
448. Carlos Vidal Ortiz
New York Post
449. Andy Alpers
Treasurer, Past President
South Florida International Press Club
Retired/Freelance
450. Albor Ruiz
Columnist
New York Daily News
451. Tonii Kelly,
Miami Herald
452. Marice Cohn Band
Miami Herald Staff Photographer
453. Luciano Garcia
Ex-reporter El Nuevo Herald / ex-reporter WSCV Channel 51, Miami
454. Theodore A. Gill, Jr.
World Council of Churches Publications and Research senior editor &
Ecumenical Review managing editor (Geneva, Switzerland)
455. Elizabeth F. Farrell
Chronicle of Higher Education
456. Lea Lane
Freelance writer/Miami and New York
457. Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
Film Critic/Columnist
458. Mary Jane Fine
Miami News alum & Knight Ridder alum
459. Bill Murphy
Houston Chronicle reporter
460. Dan Cordtz
(Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, ABC News correspondent,
retired)
461. Francisco G. Aruca
Director, Radio Progreso
Miami, FL
462. Robert Salladay
Los Angeles Times - Sacramento Bureau
463. Emilio Guerra
Univision.com news editor (El Nuevo Herald alum)
464. Andy Zipser
The Guild Reporter (formerly Phoenix New Times and Wall Street Journal, among others)
465. Hernan Maldonado
Ex UPI, ex El Nuevo Herald and ex CNN (retired)
466. Kymberli Hagelberg
Akron Beacon Journal
467. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Senior Editor, Ziff Davis Internet
Chairman, Internet Press Guild
468. Jim Ewing
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
469. Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Los Angeles Times (Herald alum)
470. Evelyn McDonnell
Miami Herald
471. Pat Wade
Redland Country News chief coordinator
472. Mauricio H. Maldonado
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Miami Herald alum)
473. Lisa Nadile
Boston-based freelance journalist
474. Rene Rodriguez Soriano
ababolia.com columnist and writer
475. Hamilton Nolan
PRWeek Magazine
476. Jim Belshaw
Albuquerque Journal columnist
477. Mike Argento
(York, Pa.) Daily Record columnist
Vice president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists
478. Mike Tierney
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
479. Sarah Langbein
Rocky Mountain News
480. Bob Laurence
San Diego Union-Tribune
481. Eduardo Morales
Palm Beach Post (Knight-Ridder alum)
482. Josh Meyer
Los Angeles Times
483. Sarah Koenig
Redmond Reporter
484. Deirdra Funcheon
New Times Broward - Palm Beach calendar editor
485. Vanessa Vazquez
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
486. Stuart Steers
Rocky Mountain News
487. Jennifer Mellichamp
Miami Herald
488. Ashley Fantz
Miami Herald
489. Andrea Billups
People magazine - Miami correspondent
490. Mark Hinson
Tallahassee Democrat columnist/senior writer
491. Spencer Hsu
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
492. Ubirajara Moreira da Silva Jr
Editor - Radiobras - Brazil
493. Rebecca Dellagloria
Miami Herald
494. Teresa Mears
Miami Herald
495. Bill Berlow
Tallahassee Democrat associate editor
496. Morris Malakoff
Kent (Wa.) Reporter editor
497. Roane Carey
The Nation
498. David Hanners
St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press
499. Helena Rodriguez
Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico columnist
500. Jack Dolan
Miami Herald
501. Heidi Carr
Miami Herald
502. Michele Salcedo
South Florida Sun-Sentinel assistant city editor
503. Amy Calder
(Waterville, Me.) Morning Sentinel
504. Stephanie Warsmith
Akron Beacon Journal, a fellow Knight-Ridder newspaper
505. Daisey Harris
Miami Herald
506. Brenda K. Harvey
Miami Herald
507. Matt Gross
New York-based freelancer
508. Ginelle G. Torres
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
509. Sheila Fyfe
Research consultant, Almanac of Florida Politics 1994
510. Lynda Gorov
Los Angeles-based freelance writer
511. Andy Parsons
Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)
512. Hilary Kraus
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
513. Jorg Nowak
Univision Online
Miami
514. Fred Hanson
The Patriot Ledger
Quincy, MA
515. Mary Sutter
Miami Herald
516. Merwin Sigale
Miami Herald copy editor &
Miami Dade College senior associate professor of journalism
517. Dave Kelley
Austin, TX-based freelancer
518. Sean P. Means
Salt Lake Tribune movie critic
519. Gerald Posner
Author/investigative journalist
520. Lesley Phillips
Region One V.P.,The Newspaper Guild-CWA
521. Casey Woods
Miami Herald
522. Sharon Harvey Rosenberg
Freelancer with a regular column in the Miami Herald
523. Tom FitzGerald
San Francisco Chronicle sportswriter
524. Angela Dire
former reporter for the Colorado Springs Gazette
525. Ty Kennedy
WFOR - CBS4 / WBFS - UPN33 reporter
Viacom Television Stations - Miami
526. Alan Farago
Orlando Sentinel columnist
527. Jay Cheshes
New York-based freelancer
528. Eric Sorensen
Spokesman-Review alum
