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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Democrats have been out of power for decades in Florida. But Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin sees plenty of reason for optimism — and investment — in Florida this election cycle. -
Voters are being asked to weigh on a potential lease of waterfront property that was negotiated in 2016, years before property values in Miami exploded. -
The former Republican lawmaker spoke with WLRN about her voting record in the Florida House and what it means for the communities she represents as she runs for a full term as Miami-Dade's District 5 commissioner. -
The progressive candidate for Miami-Dade County District 5 talked at length with WLRN about housing policy, his campaign against "special interests" and Angie Nixon. -
With President Donald Trump's approval rating at an all-time low, a large enough swing of independents or Republicans toward a Democrat could push Eliott Rodriguez past GOP incumbent Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar on Nov. 3 — a seat that has twice traded parties over the last decade. Immigration, cost of living and U.S.-Cuba policy have emerged as key issues. -
High-speed rail company Brightline has entered into a financial restructuring agreement that would help it reorganize its billions of dollars of debt — while other entities of the company are set to file for bankruptcy. The bankruptcy proceedings will not affect the Miami-to-Orlando high-speed rail operations. -
Miami-Dade County has struck an almost million-dollar marketing deal with Rockstar Games — the company behind the next Grand Theft Auto video game. Many commissioners said they were not aware of the agreement before the budget meeting. -
Miami-Dade now has an independent elected sheriff who can appeal to the state over budget needs — and essentially force county cuts of other services. At an intense overnight budget hearing, Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz did not get all her demands and would not rule out going to Tallahassee to get more money. -
New documentary 'First They Came For My College' offers a view from inside the school as the state government pressed to transform an institution beloved for its eccentricity and LGBTQ+ openness into a masculine, explicitly conservative place. -
The Savoy Hotel — a low-rise Art Deco building that’s stood on iconic Ocean Drive since the 1930s — is under threat of demolition to make way for a 38-story condo tower. Residents are up in arms, but the city can’t do anything to stop it thanks to "irresponsible" preemption laws passed in Tallahassee, proposed by a state senator from Hialeah. “It's the fulfillment of the prophecy," said one commissioner. -
Much of the hijackers’ lives in South Florida was revealed shortly after the terror attacks. As years went on, journalist Dan Christensen stayed on the case, unearthing evidence and leads that had been left out of the official 9/11 Commission Report. He tells WLRN there is still much to learn. -
Congresswoman Salazar says she will give money raised by communist agent to pro-Cuban freedom groupsThe congresswoman said she would not return money to a communist agent.
