Daniel Rivero
Investigative ReporterDaniel Rivero is part of WLRN's new investigative reporting team. Before joining WLRN, 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.
He can be reached at drivero@wlrnnews.org
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Only five votes currently separate the candidates for the Democratic primary for Florida's 20th congressional district, with more still to be counted. Even election attorneys don't agree about what happens in the case of a tie. -
Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness showed up to the Broward Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill, opting to personally question rejected ballots instead of relying on his attorneys. -
The winning candidate flip-flopped multiple times on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, as the race is headed to a recount. -
Desmond Meade was recently named as a MacArthur Foundation fellow for 2021 — commonly known as a “genius" grant. WLRN spoke to him about that honor and his activism in passing Amendment 4 in 2018. -
Two years after WLRN partnered with the 70 Million podcast to tell the story of criminal justice reform in Miami, we take a look at the latest. -
The ongoing conflict has captivated the public and escalated very quickly. What led up to it and where does it go from here? -
It's a story of unintended consequences, or perhaps, the story of political backlash that should be expected when the state passes laws that overly restrict local governments from making their own decisions. -
The coming increase in Florida's minimum wage is a story of unintended consequences, or perhaps, the story of political backlash that should be expected when the state passes laws that overly restrict local governments from making their own decisions. -
An NPR investigation found that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sells a disproportionately high number of properties in flood zones, including more than 230 in South Florida. -
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. -
To mask or not to mask in Florida's public schools? Who gets to decide that is shaping up to be the biggest political battle in Florida this year. It's also the latest fight between state leaders and local school officials. -
The U.S. military has assisted Haiti rescue efforts in the past. After another major earthquake, Doral-based U.S. Southern Command is sending them in again.
