Miami Herald
The Miami Herald is an American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida.[3] Founded in 1903, it is the fifth largest newspaper[4] in Florida, serving Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties.
It once circulated throughout Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean.[5] The Miami Herald has been awarded 24 Pulitzer Prizes.[6]
Overview[edit]
The newspaper has been awarded 24 Pulitzer Prizes since beginning publication in 1903.[7] Well-known columnists include Pulitzer-winning political commentator Leonard Pitts Jr., Pulitzer-winning reporter Mirta Ojito, humorist Dave Barry and novelist Carl Hiaasen. Other columnists have included Fred Grimm and sportswriters Michelle Kaufman, the late Edwin Pope, Dan Le Batard and Greg Cote.
The Miami Herald participates in "Politifact Florida", a website that focuses on Florida issues, with the Tampa Bay Times. The Herald and the Times share resources on news stories related to Florida.[8]
Radio Tower platform and pylons in front of the former building site
Open field where newspaper building once stood
Mooring bollards and remaining walkway
Headquarters[edit]
Miami Herald Media Company, which owns the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, is headquartered in Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County, Florida.[1]
The previous headquarters, One Herald Plaza, were located on a 14-acre (5.7 ha) plot in Biscayne Bay, Miami. This facility opened in March 1963. In 2011 the Genting Group, a Malaysian company, offered to pay the Miami Herald Media Company $236 million for the current headquarters property. The company began scouting for a new headquarters location after finalizing the sale.[42] The then president and publisher of the media company, David Landsberg, stated that it was not necessary at that point to be located in the city center, and remaining there would be too expensive.[43] The newspaper moved to its current Doral headquarters in 2013. On April 28, 2014, demolition began on the building on Biscayne Bay between the MacArthur and Venetian causeways.[44]
In a later period it was headquartered in Doral, Florida.[45][43] It is located in a two‑story, 160,000-square-foot (15,000 m2) building that had been the U.S. Southern Command center. The newspaper used 110,000 square feet (10,000 m2) of space for office purposes. In 2013 there were 650 people working there. The newspaper had purchased land adjacent to the headquarters to build the 119,000-square-foot (11,100 m2) printing plant.[43] The newspaper, working during the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida, was to close its Doral offices in August 2020 and later relocate to a new facility after a period of remote work.[46] The remote work began prior to the closure of the office, which did occur. The publication sold the Doral office in September 2021, getting $27.3 million.[47]
In 2023 the newspaper announced its new headquarters would be in the Waterford Business District.[3]
