[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 201 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING AMINDA MARQUES GONZALEZ

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                        HON. FREDERICA S. WILSON

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 20, 2018

  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Aminda 
Marques Gonzalez, vice president and executive editor of the Miami 
Herald and el Nuevo Herald, and a highly respected member of Florida's 
media community.
  On July 21, 2018, Marques was recognized by the National Association 
of Hispanic Journalists and inducted into the NAHJ's Hall of Fame for 
her accomplished career and efforts to promote diversity in the 
newsroom.
  Born in New York City to Cuban immigrants, Marques has dedicated her 
entire career to journalism in South Florida. Marques graduated from 
the University of Florida in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in 
journalism and began her career at the Miami Herald, where she had 
previously interned. After covering a range of issues and rising from 
metro reporter to assistant city editor, she joined People magazine in 
2002 as Miami bureau chief. In that capacity, she oversaw People's 
coverage of the southeastern United States, the Caribbean, and Latin 
America.
  Marques returned to the Miami Herald in 2007 as an editor and was 
promoted to managing editor in 2010. Under her leadership, the Herald 
has earned national recognition for its outstanding reporting. The 
Herald won two Pulitzer Prizes in 2017, one for work of the editorial 
cartoonist Jim Morin and one for the paper's series on the Panama 
Papers. The Miami Herald also has been a finalist for the Pulitzer 
three times under Marques' leadership, including for a 2012 
investigation into the poor regulation of Florida's assisted-living 
facilities.
  In addition to her post at the Miami Herald, Marques is president of 
the Florida Society of News Editors and sits on the Pulitzer Prize 
Board. She also serves on the advisory councils for The Journalism and 
Women Symposium, and The Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the 
Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International 
University.
  Marques has the distinction of being the Miami Herald's first-ever 
Hispanic and second female executive editor. Her colleagues credit her 
for recruiting reporters and editors of diverse backgrounds and for 
challenging the overall lack of diversity in journalism.
  I commend Aminda Marques Gonzalez for her trailblazing work in 
journalism, and I congratulate her on receiving the National 
Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame honor.

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