Nick Nehamas had it easy.
He鈥檇 go weeks without a byline in the Miami Herald. He鈥檇 spend that time working on a deep investigation.
Ok, so maybe not easy. But that鈥檚 the life of an investigative reporter. Always quietly toiling away behind the scenes. And then 鈥� bam! 鈥� a huge splash. If you鈥檙e one of the greats. And Nehamas is.
He was part of an international consortium of journalists to win a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the . Their work exposed how the powerful shuffle billions of dollars in offshore accounts to avoid taxes.
Nehamas and his Herald colleagues were finalists for another . This time they exposed how South American gold mining led to street crime, environmental destruction, child exploitation and drug trafficking throughout Florida.
Now things get interesting. He鈥檚 going from a slow grind to a fast one. away to cover a very specific beat: Ron DeSantis.
Nehamas will follow the governor around the country when DeSantis announces his bid for the presidency 鈥� as he鈥檚 expected to.
On the April 6 episode of Sundial, Nehemas joined us to talk about his career at the Miami Herald and how he plans to cover the campaign and Florida's governor.
On Sundial鈥檚 previous episode, artist Loni Johnson talked about the local exhibit 鈥淕ive Them Their Flowers,鈥� which pays homage to Miami's Black queer history and community. Johnson's work focuses on honoring the people it was too late to honor in life, inviting us to remember and show love.
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