tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149068302011-04-21T19:01:40.053-04:00If you missed the signature deadline, register your feelings by calling Jesus Diaz and Tom Fiedler at 305-350-2111 or 1-800-HERALD5 (1-800-437-2535). Or send a letter to the editor in support of rehiring Jim: Fax: (305) 376-8950 Mail: The Readers' Forum The Miami Herald One Herald Plaza Miami, Florida 33132-1693 E-mail: HeraldEd@herald.comNonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007917479593486700noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14906830.post-1122869283049028462005-08-03T13:00:00.000-04:002005-09-13T10:48:52.670-04:00Thank you to all who signed the letter and sent the message that The Miami Herald should reinstate Jim DeFede. During the six days the letter was open, 528 journalists signed it, including about 200 current and former Herald professionals. The letter was overnight-mailed to Jesus Diaz and Tom Fiedler on August 3. <br /><br />- PW and CS<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14906830-112286928304902846?l=journalistsfordefede.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007917479593486700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14906830.post-1122582290011727052005-07-28T16:22:00.000-04:002005-10-10T13:35:24.880-04:00July 28th, 2005<br /><br />We are writing as journalists to express our sadness, distress and disappointment at the way the newspaper has <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12241103.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp">treated Jim DeFede</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12238270.htm">an intense, immediate episode</a> during which he had little time to consider his actions.<br /><br />Further, we are concerned that Jim’s willingness in the past to offend powerful figures in Miami and, at times, his <a href="http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=19418">own employers</a>, 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 <a href="http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/2003-07-31/news/korten.html">some people uncomfortable</a>.<br /><br />Jim’s actions may not even have been a technical violation of <a href="http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=Ch0934/titl0934.htm&StatuteYear=2004&Title=%2D%3E2004%2D%3EChapter%20934">the law</a> upon <a href="http://www.rcfp.org/taping/states/florida.html">closer examination</a>, 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.<br /><br />Signed,<br /><br />1. Peter Wallsten<br />Los Angeles Times (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />2. Charlie Savage<br />Boston Globe (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />3. Daniel de Vise<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />4. Derek Willis<br />Washington Post<br /><br />5. Anne Bartlett<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />6. Robert Meyerowitz, Editor<br />Anchorage Press<br /><br />7. Karen Branch-Brioso <br />(Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />8. Corey Friedman<br />New Bern (N.C.) Sun Journal<br /><br />9. Kevin Vaughan<br />Rocky Mountain News<br /><br />10. Tom Grubisich<br />Santa Monica<br />screenwriter, ex-Washington Post reporter/editor<br /><br />11. Todd Hartman<br />Rocky Mountain News (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />12. Tom Hamburger<br />Los Angeles Times<br /><br />13. Joseph Tanfani<br />Philadelphia Inquirer (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />14. Johnny Diaz<br />Boston Globe (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />15. Gilbert B. Dunkley<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />16. Tristram Korten<br />Miami New Times<br /><br />17. Elinor J. Brecher<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />18. Joe Modzelewski<br />Miami Herald copy editor<br /><br />19. Edmund Newton<br />New Times Broward Palm Beach<br /><br />20. Benjamin Weyl<br />Los Angeles Times<br /><br />21. A.L. Bardach<br />Director, The Media Project<br />Center for Film, TV, & New Media<br />Univ. of California Santa Barbara<br /><br />22. Kathleen Cooper<br />(Tacoma, WA) News Tribune (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />23. Jim Camden<br />(Spokane, WA) Spokesman-Review<br /><br />24. Kevin Graman<br />Spokesman-Review <br /><br />25. Gwen Florio<br />Rocky Mountain News<br />(Knight-Ridder alum)<br /><br />26. John Mecklin<br />SF Weekly editor<br /><br />27. Dan Mitchell<br />Freelancer<br /><br />28. Ben Eason<br />Creative Loafing president and CEO<br /><br />29. Dave Barry<br />Miami Herald columnist on hiatus<br /><br />30. Frances Robles<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />31. Michelle Kaufman<br />Miami Herald sportswriter<br /><br />32. Steven Dudley<br />Miami Herald Bureau Chief of the Andean Region<br /><br />33. Ronnie Greene<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />34. Linda Robertson<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />35. Andres Viglucci<br />Miami Herald <br /><br />36. Craig Stanke<br />CBS SportsLine (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />37. Nancy Klingener <br />Key West Citizen (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />38. Gene Weingarten<br />Washington Post columnist (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />39. Oscar Díaz López<br />Rumbo News Editor (El Nuevo Herald alum)<br /><br />40. Mike Hendricks<br />Kansas City Star columnist<br /><br />41. Nicholas Spangler<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />42. Jordan Levin<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />43. Lance Williams<br />San Francisco Chronicle<br /><br />44. Leonard Pitts, Jr.<br />Miami Herald <br /><br />45. Allison Klein<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />46. Patrick Ogle<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />47. Diedtra Henderson<br />Boston Globe (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />48. Leslie Plesser <br />Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Miami Herald alum) <br /><br />49. Judi Smith<br />Miami Herald assistant to Dave Barry<br /><br />50. Geoff Dougherty<br />Chicago Tribune (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />51. Alejandro Armengol<br />El Nuevo Herald<br /><br />52. Charles Jaco<br />KTVI-TV St. Louis (ex-CNN Miami)<br /><br />53. Rui Ferreira<br />El Nuevo Herald<br /><br />54. Jack Cheevers<br />(Los Angeles Times, New Times Los Angeles, and SF Weekly <br />alum)<br /><br />55. Jennifer Santiago<br />CBS4/UPN 33 Miami Anchor/Reporter (Miami Herald freelance writer)<br /><br />56. Penny McCrea<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />57. Joel Elliott<br />The Seattle Times/Blethen Maine Newspapers<br /><br />58. Kathryn W. Thompson<br />(NewsPress of Stillwater, Oklahoma, alum)<br /><br />59. Bill Cooke<br />Miami Beach<br />Freelance photojournalist<br /><br />60. John Parkhurst<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />61. Lesley Clark<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />62. Bill Coppinger<br />Miami Herald <br /><br />63. Tracey Kaplan<br />San Jose Mercury News staff writer<br /><br />64. Wendy Contos<br />Metro Copy Desk<br />Philadelphia Inquirer<br /><br />65. Rob Wieman<br />(Tacoma, Wash.) News Tribune (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />66. David Villano<br />Miami-based freelancer<br /> <br />67. Bob Norman<br />New Times Broward*Palm Beach <br /><br />68. Cary Darling<br />Star-Telegram (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />69. Sabrina L. Miller<br />Freelancer (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />70. Andrea Robinson<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />71. Matthew Eandi<br />Student<br />University of Miami<br />School of Communication<br /><br />72. Jared Lazarus<br />Miami Herald photographer<br /><br />73. David Neal<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />74. Ann O'Neill<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel<br /><br />75. Gaspar Gonzalez<br />Boca Raton Magazine managing editor (former associate editor, Street Weekly)<br /><br />76. Mike Baxter<br />Retired Miami Herald deputy managing editor<br /><br />77. Jere Warren<br />Miami Herald, retired<br /><br />78. Emilio Yahni<br />Semanario Latinoamericano<br />ARGENTINA HOY<br /><br />79. Robertson G. Adams<br />John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />80. Glenn Albin<br />Ocean Drive Magazine Editor in Chief<br /><br />81. Beth Dunlop<br />Miami-based freelancer (Miami Herald alum) <br /><br />82. Donna Pazdera<br />University of Texas-Pan American journalism instructor (Sun-Sentinel alum)<br /><br />83. James McNair<br />Cincinnati Enquirer (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />84. Anne Tschida<br />Writer (Miami New Times alum)<br /><br />85. Lilly Echeverria<br />Miami Herald Staff Photographer<br /><br />86. Andrea Elliott<br />New York Times (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />87. Dan Keating<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />88. Neil Plakcy<br />Hollywood-based freelancer<br /><br />89. David Zeman<br />Detroit Free Press (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />90. Joe Shea <br />The American Reporter Editor-in-Chief<br /><br />91. Mark Sell<br />Miami Herald alum (assistant business editor, 1984-87)<br /><br />92. Brant Long<br />Coral Gables Gazette Sports Editor<br /><br />93. Jason Zappe<br />Des Moines Register (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />94. John Marvel<br />ESPN New Media Vice President/Editor-at-Large<br /><br />95. Mary K. Sullivan<br />Dr. Michael Krop High newspaper adviser <br /><br />96. Hal Habib<br />Palm Beach Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />97. Franklin Einspruch<br />Artblog.net (Miami New Times contributor, Street Weekly alum)<br /><br />98. Adrian Walker<br />Boston Globe metro columnist <br /><br />99. David Ovalle<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />100. Sara Olkon<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />101. Thomas Croom<br />PEER Review Blog<br /><br />102. Rene Rodriguez<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />103. Humberto Guida<br />Ocean Drive Magazine (Miami New Times alum & Miami Herald intern/alum)<br /><br />104. Mandy Bolen<br />Key West Citizen<br /><br />105. Cara Buckley<br />The Miami Herald<br /><br />106. Kent D. Johnson<br />Photo Assignment editor<br />Atlanta Journal Constitution<br /><br />107. Jenny Staletovich<br />freelancer<br />Miami<br /><br />108. Michel Dupagne<br />Associate Professor<br />School of Communication<br />University of Miami<br /><br />109. Ron B Wilson<br />Freelance Photojournalist<br />Miami<br /><br />110. Louis Trager<br />Miami Herald alum<br /><br />111. Desonta Holder<br />Assistant Health Editor<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />112. Nicole White<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />113. Noah Bierman<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />114. Paul Schreiber<br />Newsday, retired (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />115. Tom Tuell, Editor<br />Key West Citizen (Knight-Ridder alum) <br /><br />116. Wyatt Olson, Writer<br />New Times-Broward Palm Beach<br /><br />117. Dianne Lamb<br />journalism teacher and <br />chair, English/Journalism Department, Broward Community College, South Campus<br /><br />118. Jeannette Rivera-Lyles<br />The Herald, Broward bureau<br /><br />119. Scott L. Price <br />Sports Illustrated (Miami Herald alum) <br /><br />120. Mark Vierthaler<br />Dodge City Daily Globe<br /><br />121. Mary Damiano<br />Freelance journalist based in South Florida<br /><br />122. Eliseo Cardona<br />El Sentinel - The Sun-Sentinel (El Nuevo Herald alum)<br /><br />123. Mary Murray<br />NBC News<br /><br />124. Arnold Markowitz<br />Miami Herald alum<br /><br />125. Wanda J. DeMarzo<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />126. Marcia Chambers<br />New York Times alum<br /><br />127. Griff Witte<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />128. Eileen Soler<br />Freelance writer/photographer<br /><br />129. Lisa Cilli <br />WFOR-CBS4 Producer <br /><br />130. Marjie Lambert<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />131. Peggy Rogers<br />Freelancer (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />132. Eli Lopez<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />133. Monika Leal<br />Miami Herald research editor<br /><br />134. Susan Harrigan <br />Newsday (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />135. Eric Torbenson<br />Dallas Morning News<br /><br />136. Joanne Rice Coltrain<br />WLVE Radio Miami (former news director)<br /><br />137. Edmundo Garcia<br />Univision 23-Miami<br /><br />138. Glenn Henderson<br />Palm Beach Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />139. Milt Priggee<br />political cartoonist<br /><br />140. Joe Ruiz<br />University Star managing editor<br />Texas State University-San Marcos<br /><br />141. Connie Ogle<br />Miami Herald book editor<br /><br />142. Omar Sommereyns<br />Miami Sun Post (Street Miami alum)<br /><br />143. Howard Cohen<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />144. Fiorella R. Sarmiento<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />145. Nikki Waller<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />146. Peter Klein<br />CBS News 60 Minutes producer<br /><br />147. Shaune' Hayes<br />Washington Post<br /><br />148. Edie Gross<br />Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.<br /><br />149. Alfredo Triff<br />Miami New Times<br /><br />150. Lucy Morgan<br />Tallahassee Bureau Chief/Associate Editor<br />St. Petersburg Times<br /><br />151. Chelsea Greenwood<br />Boca Raton magazine<br /><br />152. Brian E. Crowley<br />Palm Beach Post<br /><br />153. Jean Scheidnes<br />Style Reporter/Columnist<br />Austin American-Statesman<br /><br />154. Larry Dorman<br />Miami Herald alum<br /><br />155. Dan Webster<br />The Spokesman-Review<br /><br />156. Joshuah Bearman<br />LA Weekly Editor<br /><br />157. Saul Landau,Director Digital Media<br />College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences,<br />California State Polytechnic University , Pomona<br /><br />158. Erika Bolstad<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />159. Emma Trelles<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />160. Rick Klein<br />Boston Globe<br /><br />161. Mike Fowler, publisher<br />Naples Record & Honeoye Herald<br /><br />162. Marie Speed<br />Boca Raton Magazine editor<br /><br />163. Warren Vieth<br />Los Angeles Times<br /><br />164. Jason Jeffers<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />165. Audra D.S. Burch<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />166. Mary Murray<br />NBC News<br /><br />167. Rebecca Kennedy<br />former Miami New Times editorial assistant<br /><br />168. Don Van Natta Jr.<br />New York Times (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />169. Leslie Casimir<br />New York Daily News (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />170. John Sugg<br />Creative Loafing/Weekly Planet Newspapers.<br />Miami Herald alum<br /><br />171. Jim Savage<br />Miami Herald (retired)<br /><br />172. Dan LeBatard<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />173. Michael Kranish<br />Boston Globe (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />174. Mike Stocker<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel photojournalist (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />175. Noelle Theard<br />Freelance photojournalist<br /><br />176. Georgina Cárdenas Pruszynski<br />Herald.com News Producer<br /><br />177. George Richards <br />Miami Herald sports dept.<br /><br />178. Diana Moskovitz<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />179. Monica Ingram<br />Florida Times-Union<br />(formerly at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel)<br /><br />180. Fernando Gonzalez<br />JAZZIZ magazine, managing editor<br />(Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />181. Carol Carter<br />Freelance writer<br />Blue Ridge, Georgia<br /><br />182. Martin McReynolds<br />Herald alum 1982-2000<br /><br />183. Jennifer Osorio<br />Former online editor/producer, Miami New Times and South Florida Sun-Sentinel<br /><br />184. Andy Mead<br />Lexington Herald-Leader<br /><br />185. Alvaro F. Fernandez, Editor<br />Progreso Weekly<br />Progreso Semanal<br /><br />186. Candice T. Gulley<br />New Times Broward*Palm Beach editorial administrator<br /><br />187. Brooke Binkowski<br />KNX-Los Angeles and former CNN (Atlanta) radio anchor<br /><br />188. Neil Skene<br />Attorney, St. Petersburg Times alum<br />Tallahassee<br /><br />189. Lori Horvitz (Orlando Sentinel alum)<br />journalism teacher <br />University School of Nova Southeastern University in Davie<br /><br />190. Don Canaan (Swerdlow)<br />Formerly The American Israelite (Cincinnati) and NBC News, NY<br />The Villages, FL<br /><br />191. Frank Davies<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />192. Laura Lorek <br />Senior Writer<br />San Antonio Express News<br /><br />193. Trevor Aaronson<br />New Times Broward-Palm Beach<br /><br />194. Danny Westneat<br />Seattle Times columnist<br /><br />195. Martin Dyckman<br />Associate Editor and Columnist <br />The St. Petersburg Times<br /><br />196. Jake Bernstein<br />The Texas Observer, Executive Editor<br />Former Miami New Times reporter<br /><br />197. Mario Tarradell<br />The Dallas Morning News (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />198. Sanford J. Smoller<br />Pembroke Magazine contributing editor<br /><br />199. Merry Sue Smoller<br />Freelancer Writer<br /><br />200. Adrianne Burnikel<br />Freelance Photographer<br /><br />201. Thomas Burnikel<br />Photographer<br /><br />202. Walter Lippmann, CubaNews<br />Los Angeles, California<br /><br />203. Robert Rivas<br />Tallahassee lawyer (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />204. Jim Morin<br />Miami Herald editorial cartoonist<br /><br />205. Sam Eifling<br />New Times Broward-Palm Beach<br /><br />206. Francisco Alvarado<br />Miami New Times<br /><br />207. Anne Windishar<br />Spokesman-Review alum<br /><br />208. Ryan Bakken, columnist<br />Grand Forks Herald<br /><br />209. Joaquim Utset<br />El Nuevo Herald<br /><br />210. Kris Conesa<br />Writer, Miami New Times<br /><br />211. Jane Daugherty<br />Palm Beach Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />212. Forrest Norman<br />Miami New Times<br /><br />213. Ron Hayes<br />Palm Beach Post<br /><br />214. Stephen Lee<br />Grand Forks (ND) Herald<br /><br />215. Cara DeGette<br />Colorado Springs Independent editor<br /><br />216. Karen Herzog<br />State Journalism teacher, (1998)<br />journalism teacher<br /><br />217. Kenn Finkel<br />Miami Herald alum<br /><br />218. Steve Doig <br />Knight Chair in Journalism, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University<br />(Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />219. Lisa Barr<br />Visiting Assistant Professor in Mass Communication Media Arts, specializing in<br />media law, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale <br />(and NPR alum)<br /><br />220. Tomas Cabal<br />TV journalist, Panama<br /><br />221. Tom Spalding,<br />Indianapolis Star<br /><br />222. Maureen Magee<br />(reader of the Miami Herald and former editor of the Doral Estates Community Newsletter)<br /><br />223. Mary Davis Fournier<br />Miami New Times alum<br /><br />224. Louis Aguilar <br />Reporter <br />Detroit News<br /><br />225. Robert Nolin<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel<br /><br />226. Alan Skolnick<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />227. Anya McCoy<br />Freelance Journalist<br /><br />228. Judy Battista<br />New York Times (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />229. Steve Rhodes<br />Freelance journalist<br /><br />230. Teresa Simón-Noble<br />Freelance Writer<br /><br />231. Tom Miller<br />Author and free-lancer in Tucson, Ariz.<br /><br />232. Peter Benjaminson <br />Freelance writer<br />Knight Ridder Newspapers alum<br /> <br />233. Jeff Riggenbach<br />Former editorial writer at Oakland Tribune and former editorial writer and columnist for the Orange County Register<br /><br />234. John Futch<br />Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram<br /><br />235. Romann M. Weber<br />Miami Herald alum<br />Los Angeles, CA<br /><br />236. Gregory Richards<br />Florida Times-Union<br /><br />237. Michael Rabkin<br />New York Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />238. Jose Antonio Evora<br />El Nuevo Herald<br /><br />239. Gina Carroll<br />Ink with Impact (Miami Herald and Bradenton Herald alum)<br /><br />240. Lisa Simundson<br />Freelancer<br /><br />241. Colleen Kelly<br />Minneapolis Star Tribune (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />242. Bill Vance<br />KR Washburo alum<br /><br />243. Bonnie Britt<br />Book Editor<br />Former daily newspaper reporter<br /><br />244. Joe Mozingo<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />245. Tracy Fields<br />El Portal, FL-based wordsmith, radio host, teacher<br /><br />246. Maya Bell<br />Orlando Sentinel Miami Bureau<br /><br />247. Scott Hiaasen<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />248. Rod Proctor<br />Palm Beach Post<br /><br />249. Jorge Bravo<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />250. Steve Satterwhite<br />Miami New Times and Street Miami alum<br /><br />251. P. J. Corkery<br />San Francisco Examiner columnist<br /><br />252. Mia Leonin<br />Miami New Times alum<br /><br />253. Orlando Alomá <br />El Nuevo Herald/The Miami Herald (retired)<br /><br />254. Will D. Jarrett<br />Former executive editor, Denver Post and Dallas Times Herald<br />Former ME, Philadelphia Inquirer<br />Founder and co-owner of Westward Communications (holding company of a group of 42 small newspapers in Southwest)<br />Former editor, Tropic Magazine<br /><br />255. Lisa Arthur<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />256. Ellis Berger<br />Former Miami News & Sun-Sentinel reporter<br /><br />257. Brian C. Jones<br />Freelance contributor to the Providence Phoenix, former Providence Journal reporter<br /><br />258. T.J. Quinn<br />New York Daily News<br /><br />259. Alexis Urbani<br />El Mercurio, CHILE (retired) <br /><br />260. Susannah Bryan<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel<br /><br />261. Sean Mussenden<br />Media General newspapers DC bureau (Orlando Sentinel alum)<br /><br />262. Brian Wallstin<br />University of Missouri School of Journalism assistant professor<br /><br />263. Scott Stephens<br />Cleveland Plain Dealer and Region 3 VP - The Newspaper Guild/CWA<br /><br />264. Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik<br />Miami New Times assistant calendar editor<br /><br />265. Diane Roberts<br />St. Petersburg Times columnist/former editorial writer<br />Commentator, NPR and BBC<br /><br />266. David Honig<br />Executive Director, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council;<br />Chair, Communications Committee, and General Counsel, Miami-Dade Branch, NAACP (1989-1998).<br /> <br />267. Luiza Ch. Savage<br />Maclean's magazine<br /><br />268. Cindy Seip<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />269. Al Diaz<br />Miami Herald photojournalist<br /><br />270. Carl Hiaasen<br />Miami Herald columnist<br /><br />271. Maggie Steber<br />Freelance photographer (former Miami Herald assistant managing editor for photography and features)<br /><br />272. Edward A. Carhart, Esquire<br />St. Petersburg Times alum and recipient of the Poynter Fund Scholarship<br /><br />273. Peter Nicholas<br />Los Angeles Times (Knight Ridder alum)<br /><br />274. Clea Benson<br />Sacramento Bee (Knight Ridder alum)<br /><br />275. Ramón A. Mestre<br />Tele Miami<br />Columnist, El Nuevo Herald (Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald alum, 11 years)<br /><br />276. Henry Lowenstein<br />Freelance writer and Blue Book Publications staff<br /><br />277. Jason Cole<br />Miami Herald Dolphins beat writer<br /><br />278. Omar Perez<br />Onetime Herald freelancer; Orlando Weekly freelancer<br /><br />279. Jerry Capeci<br />GangLandNews.com and New York Sun<br /><br />280. Mark Hedden<br />Key West Citizen columnist (Miami Herald alum-in-law)<br /><br />281. Connie Knox<br />Baltimore Sun and Region 2 VP, The Newspaper Guild-CWA <br /><br />282. Marc Fisher<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />283. Shari Rudavsky<br />Indianapolis Star (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />284. Joann Biondi<br />Freelancer (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />285. Glenda Wolin<br />San Antonio Express-News night metro editor (Miami Herald alum)<br />Glenda says: "I'm sure John would be signing it, too, if he were <a href="http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:kCnbGWqGVzEJ:www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9540386.htm+%22glenda+wolin%22+%22miami+herald%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a">still with us</a>."<br /><br />286. Dave Hyde<br />Sun-Sentinel<br /><br />287. Clark Spencer<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />288. Mary Lou Smart<br />Naples, FL-based freelance writer<br /><br />290. Ray Fisher<br />Miami Herald alumn (former picture editor)<br /><br />291. Omero Ciai<br />La Repubblica (Italy) Latin American Correspondent<br /><br />292. Andy Taylor<br />ex-Herald, ex-UPI<br /><br />293. Elaine Sung<br />ESPN, Bristol, Conn. (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />294. <a href="http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2005/07/miami-vise.html">Alan D. Mutter</a><br />Managing Partner - Tapit Partners<br />Former San Francisco Chronicle No. 2 editor/former Chicago Sun-Times city editor<br /><br />295. Greg Cote<br />Miami Herald sports columnist<br /><br />296. Barry Horn<br />Dallas Morning News (Miami Herald Alum)<br /><br />297. John Lang<br />NBC 6 Miami photojournalist<br /><br />298. George Diaz <br />Olando Sentinel Senior Sports Writer (Miami Herald Alum)<br /><br />299. Edna Buchanan<br />Novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner, Miami Herald Alum<br /><br />300. Draeger Martinez<br />Los Angeles Daily Journal (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />301. Juan Tamayo<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />302. Maria Isabel Swann<br />Terra.com senior editor<br /><br />303. Jennifer Babson<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />304. Kirk Semple<br />New York Times<br />(former Miami New Times staff writer)<br /><br />305. Sue Cocking<br />Miami Herald outdoors writer<br /><br />306. Lynne Sladky<br />Miami-based Associated Press staff photographer<br /><br />307. Gretchen Schmidt<br />Miami-based editor and freelancer (Former Tropic freelancer)<br /><br />308. Sallie Hughes,<br />University of Miami School of Communication assistant professor<br /><br />309. Tom Carter<br />Washington Times<br /><br />310. Jorge Maltrain Macho<br />Journalist, Revista Triunfo (Chile)<br /><br />311. Nancy San Martin<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />312. Juan Carlos Vallejo<br />Producer and Host "Magazin of The World" Channel 15 Vermont<br />Author and lecturer member of National Writers Union<br /><br />313. Anabelle de Gale<br />Miami Herald alum<br /><br />314. Lynne Helm<br />Freelance travel writer<br /><br />315. Drew Loftis <br />New York Post<br /><br />316. Paula Schleis<br />reporter, Akron (OH) Beacon Journal<br /><br />317. Steve Harelson<br />Former Journalist, Present Transportation Engineer<br /><br />318. Dave Blezow <br />New York Post<br /><br />319. Kathie Klarreich<br />Freelance Journalist<br /><br />320. Lourdes Del Rio<br />Univision Network News<br /><br />321. Bill Wisser<br />photographer, billwisserphoto.com <br />(Pittsburgh Press, St. Pete Times, and Sarasota Herald-Tribune alum)<br /><br />322. Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte, PhD<br />Associate Professor, School of Journalism<br />University of Texas at Austin<br />Former assistant editor, Los Angeles Times opinion section<br /><br />323. Sean Rowe<br />Miami Herald alum<br /><br />324. Shari Gherman<br />Former New Times Broward/Palm Beach advertising director<br /><br />325. Michael Malone<br />Media Specialst EFE News Services (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />326. Aliza Marcus<br />Germany-based freelancer for Boston Globe and others<br /><br />327. Susan Pierres,<br />Freelance writer/photographer<br /><br />328. Jeff Rusnak<br />Freelance writer<br />(Sun-Sentinel soccer and comedy columnist, City Link magazine contributing writer)<br /><br />329. Jennie Zeiner<br />freelance photographer in NYC (Miami Herald freelance "alum")<br /><br />330. Bill D. Green<br />Managing Editor, The Weekly News - Miami<br /><br />331. Derek Reveron<br />freelancer and former Herald reporter (1987-1992)<br /><br />332. Julie Mason<br />Houston Chronicle<br /><br />333. Art Grace<br />Miami News alumnus<br /><br />334. Robin Abcarian<br />Los Angeles Times<br /><br />335. Ron Levitt<br />Ex UPI<br />President, South Florida Int. Press Club<br /><br />336. Penny Lambeth<br />PR Consultant and contributing editor to various publications<br /><br />337. Jess Walter<br />Novelist and freelancer<br /><br />338. Jessica Sick<br />Ego Miami magazine managing editor and freelance writer (Street Weekly alum)<br /><br />339. Cammy Clark<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />340. Tim Golden<br />New York Times (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />341. James Gordon Meek<br />New York Daily News (Washington correspondent)<br /><br />342. Antonio Bermúdez Salvetti<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />343. Mary Ann Esquivel-Gibbs<br />Miami Herald alum<br /><br />344. Teri Arvesu<br />Univision<br /><br />345. Kenneth Bazinet<br />New York Daily News<br /><br />346. Lisa Bolivar<br />Freelancer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel ( NYTRNG alum and WSKY 97.3 FM News Director alum)<br /><br />347. Iris Guzman<br />WPTV (NBC) West Palm Beach<br />(Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />348. Dave Boling<br />Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune<br /><br />349. Felix Cortes<br />Columnist<br />MILENIO, daily<br />Mexico City, México<br /><br />350. Danilo Caballero<br />Journalist from Panama<br /><br />351. Sara Churchville<br />Freelance writer, Miami Beach, FL<br /><br />352. Jen Karetnck<br />Freelance writer, ex-Miami New Times<br /><br />353. Max J. Castro<br />columnist, progresoweekly.com; special correspondent, Sun-Sentinel (ex Nuevo Herald and Miami Herald)<br /><br />354. Paul Levine<br />Novelist, Screenwriter, Miami Herald alum<br /><br />355. Sam Jacobs<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />356. David Nickell<br />Miami Herald copy editor<br /><br />357. Tence Wolfe<br />Freelance writer, Miami<br /><br />358. Julius Karash<br />Kansas City Star<br /><br />359. Marcia Levin <br />Freelance Writer<br />Society of American Travel Writers immediate past president<br /><br />360. Lauri Lee A. Claxton<br />Tennessee Star Journal<br />Pigeon Forge, TN<br /><br />361. Annette Zimmerman Wells<br />Columnist, Redland Country News<br />Professor, Miami Dade College<br /><br />362. Heather Hanley<br />Freelance writer (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico)<br /> <br />363. Jules Siegel<br />Freelance journalist<br /><br />364. Renato Perez<br />Miami Herald translator<br /><br />365. Robert Wallace<br />Wenner Books editor in chief<br /><br />366. Angel Valentin<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel photographer (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />367. David Waters<br />(Memphis) Commercial Appeal columnist<br /><br />368. Oscar J. Serrano<br />Puerto Rico Journalists Association president-elect<br /><br />369. Tom Shroder<br />Washington Post Magazine editor (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />370. Joe Chudicek<br />(Pittsburgh) Tribune-Review Publishing Co. ME/Multimedia (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />371. Adriana Carrera<br />Independent journalist and former editor of Tiempos del Mundo in Miami<br /><br />372. Mark Scheinbaum<br />UPI alum (Miami & New York)<br /><br />373. Linda Raiteri<br />Freelance writer, Memphis, TN<br /><br />374. Michael C. Browning<br />Palm Beach Post (Herald alum)<br /><br />375. Nina Rao<br />Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader<br /><br />376. Michael Kern<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />377. Ted B. Kissell<br />Los Angeles Times (Miami New Times alum)<br /><br />378. Mary Grace Dembeck<br />Author/artist<br /><br />379. Chelsea Solmo<br />Key West Citizen<br /><br />380. Angela Hill<br />News-Press<br /><br />381. Blair Fischer<br />AOL CityGuide editor<br /><br />382. Chuck Rabin<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />383. Pedro Gonzalez Munni<br />www.thecubanation.com director (Miami)<br /><br />384. Sam Nitze<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />385. Mitch Lipka<br />Philadelphia Inquirer <br /><br />386. Hiram Henriquez<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Miami herald alum)<br /><br />387. Mark Elias<br />Freelance Photojournalist/Writer, West Palm Beach<br />Ex-AP Staff Photographer<br /><br />388. Jason Vest <br />The American Prospect<br />(former Miami New Times staff writer)<br /><br />389. Ana Menendez<br />The Miami Herald<br /><br />390. Eric Engberg <br />CBS News correspondent (Retired)<br /><br />391. John Fontana<br />Senior Editor<br />Network World Magazine<br /><br />392. Alan Prince<br />university lecturer (and Herald alum)<br /><br />393. Max Lesnik<br />Editor of Radio/Miami<br /><br />394. Cesar G. Soriano<br />USA TODAY<br /><br />395. Jane Mercer Kitchen<br />editor, Kids Today magazine<br />Miami New Times alum<br /><br />396. Mary Dempsey<br />WorldCity Business magazine <br />(and member of the National Writers Union)<br /><br />397. Leigh Dethman <br />(Salt Lake City) Deseret Morning News military reporter<br /><br />398. Steve Lopez<br />Los Angeles Times columnist<br /><br />399. Ceci Connolly<br />Washington Post<br /><br />400. Alejandra Matus<br />Author, freelance, El Nuevo Herald alum<br /><br />401. Jo Werne<br />Freelance Writer, Miami Herald (retired)<br /><br />402. Adelaide R Snyder<br />Youngstown Vindicator (alum)<br /><br />403. Sam Cook<br />Columnist<br />The News-Press<br />Fort Myers<br /><br />404. Pete Skiba<br />Reporter<br />The News-Press<br /><br />405. Collene Curran<br />Communications Director<br />Denver Newspaper Guild<br /><br />406. Marc Lifsher<br />Business Writer<br />Los Angeles Times<br /><br />407. Noreen Marcus<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel<br />(Herald alum)<br /><br />408. Bob Weinberg<br />City Link magazine<br /><br />409. Margaria Fichtner<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />410. Dexter Filkins<br />The New York Times (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />411. John Welbes<br />St. Paul Pioneer Press<br />(business reporter)<br /><br />412. Shane Brown<br />Columnist<br />The Moline Dispatch / Rock Island Argus<br />Moline / Rock Island, Illinois<br /><br />413. Tim Chapman<br />Miami Herald Staff Photographer<br /><br />414. Thomas Edsall<br />Washington Post<br /><br />415. Chuck Stone<br />Walter Spearman Professor<br />School of Journalism and Mass Communication<br />University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br />Founding President<br />National Association of Black Journalists<br /><br />416. Cindy Rodriguez<br />Denver Post columnist<br />General At-Large Officer, The National Association of Hispanic Journalists<br /><br />417. Lisa Getter<br />Miami Herald alum<br /><br />418. John McCaslin<br />Washington Times columnist<br /><br />419. Shawn Vestal, reporter<br />Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.<br /><br />420. Sean Harder<br />Savannah Morning News<br /><br />421. Catherine Hayes Janis<br />BS Journalism UF'83<br /><br />422. Maria Travierso<br />El Sentinel senior reporter<br /><br />423. Victor Cruz<br />LOFT magazine insider editor<br /><br />424. April Witt<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />425. Christine Tague<br />Former copy editor, Miami New Times<br /><br />426. David Whelan<br />Forbes magazine (Knight Ridder alum-Contra Costa Times)<br /><br />427. R.M. Arrieta<br />San Francisco Bay Area-based freelance journalist<br /><br />428. Gene Roman <br />NYC-based feelance reporter<br /><br />429. Larry Higgs<br />Courier News (Bridgewater, NJ)<br /><br />430. Sandy Wesley<br />Former editorial writer, Boca Raton News<br /><br />431. Rebecca Rosen Lum<br />Contra Costa Times (California)<br /><br />432. Charles Laszewski<br />St. Paul Pioneer Press<br /><br />433. Tony Borelli<br />Freelance writer <br />Formerly Daily Record (Morris County, NJ) and New Jersey Herald<br /><br />434. Elizabeth Baier<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />435. Ross Johnson<br />Los Angeles-based freelancer<br /><br />436. Steve Malagodi<br />WLRN / WDNA Radio<br /><br />437. Lee Klein<br />Miami New Times restaurant reviewer<br /><br />438. Walker Lundy<br />retired editor of three Knight-Ridder newspapers: Tallahassee Democrat, St. Paul Pioneer-Press, Philadelphia Inquirer<br /><br />439. Gigi Lehman<br />Freelance writer and editor<br /><br />440. Zita Arocha<br />Senior lecturer, University of Texas at El Paso (Miami Herald alum) <br /><br />441. Neil Reisner<br />Associate Professor, Florida International University School of<br />Journalism/Mass Communication (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />442. Erik Hall<br />Freelance sports writer<br />Charleston, Illinois<br /><br />443. Chris Willman<br />Entertainment Weekly<br />Los Angeles <br /><br />444. Mark Krewatch<br />Journalism instructor, Marlborough School<br /><br />445. Jim Magill <br />Associate editor for Gas Daily newsletter, a publication of McGraw-Hill Platts<br />President, SPJ Houston chapter<br /><br />446. Mark Milstein<br />Managing Director<br />Northfoto<br />Budapest, Hungary<br /><br />447. Bill Kirkland<br />Kirkland Newspapers, Inc.<br />Durham, N.C.<br /><br />448. Carlos Vidal Ortiz<br />New York Post<br /><br />449. Andy Alpers<br />Treasurer, Past President<br />South Florida International Press Club<br />Retired/Freelance<br /><br />450. Albor Ruiz <br />Columnist<br />New York Daily News<br /><br />451. Tonii Kelly,<br />Miami Herald <br /><br />452. Marice Cohn Band<br />Miami Herald Staff Photographer<br /><br />453. Luciano Garcia<br />Ex-reporter El Nuevo Herald / ex-reporter WSCV Channel 51, Miami<br /><br />454. Theodore A. Gill, Jr.<br />World Council of Churches Publications and Research senior editor &<br />Ecumenical Review managing editor (Geneva, Switzerland)<br /><br />455. Elizabeth F. Farrell<br />Chronicle of Higher Education<br /><br />456. Lea Lane<br />Freelance writer/Miami and New York<br /><br />457. Terry Lawson<br />Detroit Free Press<br />Film Critic/Columnist<br /><br />458. Mary Jane Fine<br />Miami News alum & Knight Ridder alum<br /><br />459. Bill Murphy<br />Houston Chronicle reporter<br /><br />460. Dan Cordtz<br />(Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, ABC News correspondent, <br />retired)<br /><br />461. Francisco G. Aruca<br />Director, Radio Progreso<br />Miami, FL<br /><br />462. Robert Salladay<br />Los Angeles Times - Sacramento Bureau<br /><br />463. Emilio Guerra<br />Univision.com news editor (El Nuevo Herald alum)<br /><br />464. Andy Zipser<br />The Guild Reporter (formerly Phoenix New Times and Wall Street Journal, among others) <br /><br />465. Hernan Maldonado<br />Ex UPI, ex El Nuevo Herald and ex CNN (retired)<br /> <br />466. Kymberli Hagelberg<br />Akron Beacon Journal<br /><br />467. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols<br />Senior Editor, Ziff Davis Internet<br />Chairman, Internet Press Guild<br /><br />468. Jim Ewing<br />The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)<br /><br />469. Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar<br />Los Angeles Times (Herald alum)<br /><br />470. Evelyn McDonnell<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />471. Pat Wade<br />Redland Country News chief coordinator<br /><br />472. Mauricio H. Maldonado<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />473. Lisa Nadile <br />Boston-based freelance journalist<br /><br />474. Rene Rodriguez Soriano<br />ababolia.com columnist and writer<br /> <br />475. Hamilton Nolan <br />PRWeek Magazine<br /><br />476. Jim Belshaw<br />Albuquerque Journal columnist<br /><br />477. Mike Argento<br />(York, Pa.) Daily Record columnist<br />Vice president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists<br /><br />478. Mike Tierney <br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution<br /><br />479. Sarah Langbein<br />Rocky Mountain News<br /><br />480. Bob Laurence<br />San Diego Union-Tribune<br /><br />481. Eduardo Morales<br />Palm Beach Post (Knight-Ridder alum)<br /><br />482. Josh Meyer<br />Los Angeles Times<br /><br />483. Sarah Koenig<br />Redmond Reporter<br /><br />484. Deirdra Funcheon <br />New Times Broward - Palm Beach calendar editor<br /><br />485. Vanessa Vazquez<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel <br /><br />486. Stuart Steers<br />Rocky Mountain News<br /><br />487. Jennifer Mellichamp<br />Miami Herald<br /> <br />488. Ashley Fantz<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />489. Andrea Billups<br />People magazine - Miami correspondent<br /><br />490. Mark Hinson<br />Tallahassee Democrat columnist/senior writer<br /><br />491. Spencer Hsu<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />492. Ubirajara Moreira da Silva Jr<br />Editor - Radiobras - Brazil<br /><br />493. Rebecca Dellagloria<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />494. Teresa Mears<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />495. Bill Berlow<br />Tallahassee Democrat associate editor<br /><br />496. Morris Malakoff<br />Kent (Wa.) Reporter editor<br /><br />497. Roane Carey<br />The Nation<br /><br />498. David Hanners<br />St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press<br /><br />499. Helena Rodriguez<br />Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico columnist<br /><br />500. Jack Dolan<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />501. Heidi Carr<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />502. Michele Salcedo<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel assistant city editor<br /><br />503. Amy Calder<br />(Waterville, Me.) Morning Sentinel<br /><br />504. Stephanie Warsmith<br />Akron Beacon Journal, a fellow Knight-Ridder newspaper<br /><br />505. Daisey Harris<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />506. Brenda K. Harvey<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />507. Matt Gross<br />New York-based freelancer<br /><br />508. Ginelle G. Torres<br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel<br /><br />509. Sheila Fyfe<br />Research consultant, Almanac of Florida Politics 1994<br /><br />510. Lynda Gorov<br />Los Angeles-based freelance writer<br /><br />511. Andy Parsons<br />Washington Post (Miami Herald alum)<br /><br />512. Hilary Kraus<br />The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.<br /><br />513. Jorg Nowak<br />Univision Online<br />Miami<br /><br />514. Fred Hanson<br />The Patriot Ledger<br />Quincy, MA<br /><br />515. Mary Sutter<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />516. Merwin Sigale<br />Miami Herald copy editor &<br />Miami Dade College senior associate professor of journalism<br /><br />517. Dave Kelley<br />Austin, TX-based freelancer<br /><br />518. Sean P. Means<br />Salt Lake Tribune movie critic<br /><br />519. Gerald Posner<br />Author/investigative journalist<br /><br />520. Lesley Phillips<br />Region One V.P.,The Newspaper Guild-CWA<br /><br />521. Casey Woods<br />Miami Herald<br /><br />522. Sharon Harvey Rosenberg<br />Freelancer with a regular column in the Miami Herald<br /><br />523. Tom FitzGerald<br />San Francisco Chronicle sportswriter<br /><br />524. Angela Dire<br />former reporter for the Colorado Springs Gazette<br /><br />525. Ty Kennedy <br />WFOR - CBS4 / WBFS - UPN33 reporter<br />Viacom Television Stations - Miami<br /><br />526. Alan Farago<br />Orlando Sentinel columnist<br /><br />527. Jay Cheshes<br />New York-based freelancer<br /><br />528. Eric Sorensen<br />Spokesman-Review alum<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14906830-112258229001172705?l=journalistsfordefede.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007917479593486700noreply@blogger.com131