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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Sun-Sentinel
Sun Sentinel front page, Jan. 7, 2017.jpg
The front page of the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Jan. 7, 2017.
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Tronc
Founded 1910
Headquarters 500 East Broward Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394 US
Circulation 163,728 Daily
228,906 Sunday
ISSN 0744-8139
Website sun-sentinel.com

The Sun-Sentinel is the main daily newspaper of Broward County, Florida. Owned by Tronc, it circulates all throughout the three counties that comprise South Florida. It is the largest-circulation newspaper in the area.

Howard Saltz of Delray Beach, Florida has held the position of editor since 2011. Saltz was named publisher and editor-in-chief in 2016. Saltz has been in news media since 1983 and held positions including reporter and editor in other cities before moving to South Florida and becoming the editor of the Sun-Sentinel.

For many years, the Sun-Sentinel exclusively targeted Broward County. However, it expanded its coverage to all of South Florida, including the Miami-Dade and Palm Beach areas, in the late 1990s. In the former area, The Miami Herald is its primary competition, while in the latter area The Palm Beach Post is its chief competition.

The Sun-Sentinel emphasizes local news, through its Community News and Local sections. It has a daily circulation of 163,728 and a Sunday circulation of 228,906.

The paper was awarded its first Pulitzer Prize in 2013, the gold medal in the category of Public Service Journalism, for its investigative series about off-duty police officers who engage in regular reckless speeding.

The newspaper has also been a finalist for a Pulitzer 13 times, including for its 2005 coverage of Hurricane Wilma and an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency's mismanagement of hurricane aid. (The latter investigation was featured in the PBS documentary series Exposé: America's Investigative Reports in an episode entitled "Crisis Mismanagement.") It also produced a significant contribution to information graphics in the form of News Illustrated, a weekly full-page graphic that has received more than 30 international awards. The photography department has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice in the Spot News category. It was a finalist in 1982 for its coverage of a Haitian refugee boat disaster, and again in 1999 for its powerful coverage of Hurricane Mitch in Central America.


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