MIAMI HERALD, THE

morning daily newspaper published in Miami, generally considered the dominant paper in South Florida and one of the world's greatest, unrivalled in its coverage of Latin America. The Herald was established in 1910 and was known in its early years as a reporter's paper because of the freedom of expression it gave many of its writers. The paper also gained a reputation for its hard-hitting exposs and its thorough coverage of Miami's large Spanish-speaking community. John S. Knight acquired the Herald in 1937, in the process of building what would become one of the largest U.S. newspaper chains, the Knight Ridder group. In 1946 he started an English-language international edition with circulation in more than 20 Latin-American countries. The Herald has long crusaded against organized crime and other community problems, and it is widely noted for its outstanding local reporting. Its editorial stance is generally conservative in tone, but it is progressive in social terms and vigorously independent politically.