Frances Robles Explained

Frances Robles is an American journalist on the international desk for The New York Times. Robles has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes while at the Miami Herald and a 2021 George Polk Award at the Times for foreign reporting, on the murder of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse. In 2015 she was elected to the hall of fame of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and in 2024 she won a Cabot Gold Medal from the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes. At the Times, Robles serves on the NewsGuild bargaining committee.

Education and career

Robles studied at New York University, working on the copy desk for The New York Times at night.[1] In 2005 she had a Knight fellowship at Stanford University.[2]

Robles worked at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, then the Miami Herald for 19 years.[3] At the Herald her roles included education, police and courts reporter; Managua and Bogotá bureau chief; Cuba reporter; and finally, enterprise writer. She joined the Times in 2013. She worked on the national desk before joining the international desk in July 2024,[4] and serves on the NewsGuild bargaining committee.[5]

Honors

Robles shared in two Pulitzer Prizes at the Miami Herald (in 1999 for investigative reporting on voter fraud and in 2001 for breaking news on the Elián González raid),[6] [7] and a 2021 George Polk Award for foreign reporting, on the murder of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse.[8] In 2024 the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes awarded Robles a Cabot Gold Medal,[9] citing her "authoritative voice in the Americas, telling us unique, historically significant and insightful stories" and "her moving and laser-focused illumination of the region’s crises and occasional triumphs."[10] In 2015 she was elected to the hall of fame of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.[11]

Personal life

Robles is based in Florida. Her sister was Carol Robles-Román, a lawyer and deputy mayor of New York City.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Villafañe . Veronica . 2012-12-07 . Robles leaves Miami Herald for NYT . 2023-03-03 . Media Moves . en-US . 2022-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221206204632/https://www.mediamoves.com/2012/12/robles-leaves-miami-herald-for-nyt.html . live .
  2. Web site: Class of 2005 . 2023-03-03 . John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships . en-US . 2021-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429220908/https://jsk.stanford.edu/fellows/class-of-2005/ . live .
  3. Web site: Who's running The Miami Herald? . 2023-03-03 . Columbia Journalism Review . en . 2016-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221023924/http://www.cjr.org/reports/whos_running_the_miami_herald.php . live .
  4. Web site: 2024-07-19 . The New York Times: Frances Robles will join International Desk full time . 2024-11-11 . Editor and Publisher . en.
  5. News: Folkenflik . David . August 23, 2022 . People of color at 'New York Times' get lower ratings in job reviews, union says . March 2, 2023 . NPR . March 6, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230306145541/https://www.npr.org/2022/08/23/1118817023/new-york-times-race-employees-job-review-union . live .
  6. Web site: The 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting . The Pulitzer Prizes . 2023-03-03 . 2023-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230821223237/https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-48 . live .
  7. Web site: The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting . March 2, 2023 . The Pulitzer Prizes . November 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221108001216/https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-44 . live .
  8. Web site: Winners of 2021 George Polk Awards in Journalism . https://web.archive.org/web/20220223093323/https://foreignpress.org/news/winners-of-2021-george-polk-awards-in-journalism . February 23, 2022 . 2023-03-03 . FOREIGN PRESS . en-US.
  9. Web site: Assis . Carolina de . 2024-10-16 . Winners of 2024 Cabot Prizes celebrate ‘duty and responsibility’ to cover Latin America . 2024-11-11 . LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center . en.
  10. Web site: July 10, 2024 . 2024 Maria Moors Cabot Prize Winners Announced . November 11, 2024 . Columbia University School of Journalism.
  11. Web site: NAHJ Hall of Fame . 2023-03-03 . en-US.
  12. News: Roberts . Sam . August 24, 2023 . Carol Robles-Román, Latina Champion for Justice, Dies at 60 . November 11, 2024 . The New York Times . February 8, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240208233617/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/nyregion/carol-robles-roman-dead.html . live .

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