Carol Hernandez is an American journalist educator from Miami Florida. She currently teaches at

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, in New York. She also teaches a seminar on global news. During her reporting career, Hernandez has worked for the ''

Dayton Daily News The ''Dayton Daily News'' (''DDN'') is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It is owned by Cox Enterprises, Inc., a privately held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with approximately ...

'', ''

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'', ''HealthDay News'', the ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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.'' While she worked at the ''Dayton Daily News'', she shared the 1996 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, and was a finalist for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. In 1997, she shared the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting with the staff at ''Newsday''. Hernandez has her bachelor's degree in journalism from the

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and a master's degree in education administration from Stony Brook University; in 2019, she was a candidate for a doctorate of education in organizational leadership at Northeastern University.

Awards and recognition

* 1995 Winner, Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal, (with

Russell Carollo Russell John Carollo (March 16, 1955 – December 19, 2018) was an American Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, who worked as an investigative reporter for numerous publications, including the ''Dayton Daily News'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', ...

and

Jeff Nesmith Hollis Jefferson "Jeff" Nesmith Jr. (June 28, 1940), was born in Hillsborough County, Florida. He is an American journalist and author. In 1998 while at the ''Dayton Daily News'', he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with Russell Ca ...

) ''Dayton Daily News'', "Military Secrets." * 1996 Finalist,

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs in the United States. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National. Li ...

, for investigations into handling misconduct cases in the military, (with Russell Carollo, Jeff Nesmith and

Cheryl Reed Cheryl L. Reed (born 1966) is an American author and journalist. She won the 1996 Harvard Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting while at the ''Dayton Daily News''. She is the author of ''Poison Girls'', and ''Unveiled: The Hidden Lives of Nun ...

) ''Dayton Daily News'', "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll." * 1996 Winner, Harvard University's

Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting The Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting is an award for journalists administered by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. The program was launched in 1991, with the goal of exposing examples of ...

, (with Russell Carollo, Jeff Nesmith and Cheryl Reed) ''Dayton Daily News'', "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll." * 1997 Winner,

Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is a Pulitzer Prize awarded for a distinguished example of breaking news, local reporting on news of the moment. It has been awarded since 1953 under several names: *From 1953 to 1963: Pulitzer Pri ...

, with the staff of

, for their series of stories covering the crash of TWA Flight 800 and the ensuing aftermath.

References

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