Daniel Rivero
Daniel Rivero is a reporter and producer for WLRN, covering Latino and criminal justice issues. Before joining the team, he was an investigative reporter and producer on the television series "The Naked Truth," and a digital reporter for Fusion.
His work has won honors of the Murrow Awards, Sunshine State Awards and Green Eyeshade Awards. He has also been nominated for a Livingston Award and a GLAAD Award on reporting on the background of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's tenure as Attorney General of Oklahoma and on the Orlando nightclub shooting, respectively.
Daniel was born on the outskirts of Washington D.C. to Cuban parents, and moved to Miami full time twenty years ago. He learned to walk with a wiffle ball bat and has been a skateboarder since the age of ten.
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About half the cities using red light cameras are located in South Florida. WLRN found one tiny town making $1.45 million per year, while another pulls in $2,000 per resident. -
Ten years ago, developers said they'd build one of the tallest buildings in the world, calling it the Eiffel Tower of Miami. But all that's there today is a trash-laden empty waterfront lot.
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Florida taxpayer-owned Citizens is using unlicensed inspectors in a little-known program that is ramping up inspections, WLRN found. Homeowners and industry insiders call it alarming. -
The law changes how most public employees pay union dues, while requiring that more members pay dues to keep unions alive. -
High prices and strict criteria are driving down the amount of people who get government help buying homes in South Florida. But a new program offers relief for some. -
A research paper found that following Hurricane Michael in 2018, the eight counties most impacted by the storm saw a 7 percent decline in voter turnout in the November elections. What could that mean after Hurricane Ian? -
The Hialeah location on West 49th Street follows in the footsteps of a successful unionization effort in Buffalo, New York. -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families. -
The implementation of a law that allows some felons to vote is playing out in very different — and partisan — ways across the state. -
