The Miami Herald

The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by Knight Ridder. It primarily serves the Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2004, The Herald has a daily readership of about one million readers with a daily circulation of about 300,000 (almost 450,000 on Sundays), mostly in South Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

Community Involvement

The Miami Herald sponsors several community involvement projects. The Silver Knight Awards have been held every spring since 1959. The awards are given in several categories to high school seniors who are nominated by faculty committees in their schools. Typical nominees will not only have excelled in their classroom studies but also served to better their community in some way. 18,000 students have been recognized since the program was started.

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The wish book program lets people from the community who are suffering from hardships of varying types ask for help from the readers. Examples of types of wishes could be: asking for donations to buy medical equipment for a sick child, help with renovations to make a home wheelchair accessible, monetary donation to an impoverished family dealing with cancer treatments, or help to an elderly resident who would like to learn how to use a computer. Readers may make donations to specific causes or donate generally.

Related Topics:
Wheelchair - Cancer - Computer

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The Miami Herald also sponsors spelling bees in Miami-Dade County and Broward County; and area athletic awards. The Tropic section and its columnist Dave Barry also run a unique annual puzzlehunt in the Miami area called the Tropic Hunt.

Related Topics:
Miami-Dade County - Broward County - Dave Barry - Puzzlehunt - Tropic Hunt

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