Roberto Fabricio was executive editor of El Miami Herald from Jan.
1980 to Dec. 1986. He made significant improvements to the
publication, including redesigning its format, hiring additional
reporters, including many who went on
to successful careers at the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles
Times and The Miami Herald. During his tenure circulation increased
from 56,000 to 78,000. He left in Jan. 1987 to join the South Florida
Sun-Sentinel, where he was foreign editor until June, 1996. In that
post he created the newspaper's foreign desk and gave it a reputation
for a serious, aggresive newspaper in covering international news.
After returning to El Nuevo Herald, he became managing editor of a
much larger publication, now with its own publisher. He sharpened the
news content, supervising the transition to a fully independent
newspaper, separated from The Miami Herald. During his tenure El Nuevo
Herald was named the best Spanish-language newspaper in the U.S. at
the end of 1999, when he was not named publisher, he asked The Miami
Herald Publishing Company to give him a business-side assignment. And
he went on to joing the company's Marketing Department in its New
Business Development unit. He studied the suburban operations of The
Miami Herald and working jointly with marketing, advertising,
editorial and finance developed a business plan to increase the
profitability and circulation of the Neighbors publications. His
performed this assignment well and was given credit by the company's
publisher for advancing the company's goals in that area. He left The
Herald in March, 2001 and formed his own suburban publishing company,
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