Report for America journalists to cover economic mobility and immigrant communities in South Florida
The Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald will be receiving two reporters this year from Report for America, which places talented emerging journalists in newsrooms to tackle under-covered topics and communities.
Anna Jean Kaiser, who will be working with Miami Herald editors, will focus on economic mobility — an important issue in South Florida even before the COVID-19 pandemic — and its impact on the region’s economy and educational efforts.
Rose Monique Varela Henriquez will be working with the staff of el Nuevo Herald, focusing on dailylife issues within South Florida’s diverse Spanishspeaking communities.
They will join Syra Ortiz-Blanes, who will begin her second year with el Nuevo Herald through Report for America. OrtizBlanes, who has been based in Puerto Rico during the pandemic, has focused her reporting on political and economic issues in the U.S. territory as well as political issues affecting Spanish-speaking residents of Puerto Rico and Florida during the 2020 election cycle.
Grants from Report for
America — matched by the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald — enable each newsroom to add a reporter.