Miami Herald wins national real estate journalism award for Miami Beach coverage

The Miami Herald won national recognition for its real estate coverage in 2022, for reporting revealing the increasing trend of tearing down historic and culturally significant homes in Miami Beach.

The National Association of Real Estate Editors, or NAREE, selected the Miami Herald the U.S. bronze award winner for best residential/financial real estate story. The association announced the winners of its 73rd annual journalism awards during a ceremony Thursday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The competition recognizes excellence in residential and commercial real estate reporting.

The Herald’s award-winning story, “’You can knock anything down’: A rash of landmark home demolitions riles Miami Beach” exposed the city of Miami Beach for failing to protect from demolition residences built before 1943, many of which represented cultural and historic significance. The story was reported and written by Herald business reporters Rebecca San Juan and Andres Viglucci. Photos and a video accompanying the story were the work of photojournalist Pedro Portal.

“The Herald is thankful to be recognized nationally for residential real estate reporting, because our coverage of the housing market, home preservation and ongoing home-affordability crisis is vital to our Miami-Dade community,” said Paul Bomberger, the Herald’s business editor.

NAREE recognized digital and print publications across the country for excellent journalism in several categories. The gold award in the residential real estate category, in which Herald was honored, went to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the silver award was given to a collaboration between the Center for Public Integrity and the Washington Informer.