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Carol Hernandez is an American journalist educator from Miami Florida. She currently teaches at
Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public university, public research university in Stony Brook, New York, United States, on Long Island. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is on ...
, in New York. She also teaches a seminar on global news. During her reporting career, Hernandez has worked for the ''
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'', ''
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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 Nesmith Jr. (June 28, 1940 – January 13, 2023) was an American journalist and author. During his time at the ''Dayton Daily News'', he won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with Russell Carollo for uncovering mism ...
) ''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 The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily ...
, 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 o ...
, (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 Breaking news, also called late-breaking news, a special report, special coverage, or a news flash, is a current issue ...
, with the staff of
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, for their series of stories covering the crash of TWA Flight 800 and the ensuing aftermath.


References

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