The inaugural honors several local news organizations including SA国际传谋 News, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Univision and the Miami Herald. The Herald's Emily Michot and Julie K. Brown are the inaugural winners of the prize.
SA国际传谋 News, the Sun Sentinel, Univision and the Herald received runner-up and honorable mention honors as part of the first-time prize. The news organizations will share an $18,000 award which is part of a larger $2.5 million investment that Ron and Charlene Esserman 鈥� and their children Jim, Susan, Lisa and Laura 鈥� made in local journalism in February, in partnership with Knight Foundation, which is supporting the administration of the prize.
The winners will be Thursday, June 18, that will also include the presentation of the Esserman-Knight Excellence in Journalism prize to Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron, for his distinguished service in journalism. You can for the event.
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Julie K. Brown and Emily Michot of the Miami Herald for
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Honorable Mentions:
Reporter Jessica Bakeman and editors Alicia Zuckerman and Teresa Frontado of SA国际传谋 News for 鈥溾��
Erika Carrillo and Maria Alesia Sosa of WLTV Univision Miami and USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, for 鈥溾��
Fabiola Santiago of The Miami Herald for 鈥淧erspectives on South Florida鈥�
