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Covers:  military commissions, southern command, guantanamo, coast guard, u.s. military
Doesn't Cover: reality television, recipes, restaurant reviews
Has covered Guantánamo Bay, the base, policy, prison and people since the early 2000s, first for The Miami Herald, then for The New York Times.

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Carol Rosenberg joined the staff of The Miami Herald in 1990. She has covered the Guantanamo Bay detention center and related controversies longer than any journalist, from the arrival of the first prisoners on Jan. 11, 2002 through the present. The former Supreme Allied Commander of Europe called her the dean of the Guantanamo press corps, and she's spoken on Guantanamo at Columbia Journalism School, Yale Law School, Stanford University and before the New York City Bar Association. A 1981 grad…

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Carol Rosenberg on Twitter

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Check out what just went up in @MiamiHerald newsroom. #GeneMillerSpeaks pic.twitter.com/9vdgwFDtTN

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'Guantánamo Diary' goes Through the Looking Glass

'Guantánamo Diary' goes Through the Looking Glass

Each side assumes the worst, as captive and captor occasionally try to convince the other of their humanity i…

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Is Guantánamo Navy base part of the USA? Well, that depends...

Is Guantánamo Navy base part of the USA? Well, that depends...

U.S. troops blare The Star Spangled Banner across this 45-square-mile base each morning at 8 o'clock sharp. F…

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Speech: On reporting at Guantánamo, the assignment that morphed into a beat like no other

Speech: On reporting at Guantánamo, the assignment that morphed into a beat like no other

It’s hard to be a reporter at Guantánamo — it takes days to travel there, the military can be abusive, or inf…

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Navy nurse refuses to force-feed Guantánamo captive

Navy nurse refuses to force-feed Guantánamo captive

In the first known rebellion against Guantánamo's force-feeding policy, a Navy medical officer recently refus…

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World Cup matches happen a day later for Guantánamo detainees

World Cup matches happen a day later for Guantánamo detainees

Guards revealed that detainees get to watch the World Cup - the fourth for many in U.S. custody - on a one-da…

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Articles

How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Case

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By Carol Rosenberg 
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Letter from Guantánamo Bay How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Case The episode at the war court alarmed death penalty lawyers, who argued that the judge had a duty to suspend the proceedings to protect the rights of the defendant. Guantánamo prisoners charged in the Sept.
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How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Case

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By Carol Rosenberg 
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(Letter from Guantánamo Bay) GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba -- For five days this spring, a defendant in the 9/11 terrorism case was unrepresented in court because his capital defense lawyer was out sick. There had never been such an occurrence in the U.S. military case at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and it alarmed American death penalty lawyers. They argued that the judge had a duty to suspend the proceedings to protect the rights of the prisoner, who is accused of conspiring in the attacks.
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U.S. and Cuban military officials meet outside of Guantanamo base

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By Carol Rosenberg , Julian Barnes 
| Hawaii Tribune-Herald
By CAROL ROSENBERG, JULIAN E. BARNES and ERIC SCHMITT NYTimes News Service A senior U.S. military officer met with Cuban counterparts at the perimeter of Guantánamo Bay Naval Station on Friday, the highest-level military engagement since the Trump administration began ratcheting up pressure on the Cuban government this year.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Stringer -- UPI, Amherst, Mass.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Front-row seat at history unfolding.

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

#Redactistan (if I do say so myself).

Awards

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Scripps Howard Award

2014 - DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald receives the Edward Willis Scripps Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment and $10,000 for overcoming gag orders and censorship the past 10-plus years to penetrate the culture of secrecy surrounding Guantanamo.

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Columbia Journalism School Pringle Lecture

2014

Named for Henry Fowles Pringle, a former Columbia J-school teacher and journalist who reported for the Boston Globe, the New York Evening Sun, the New York World, and the American Mercury, and later the Washington Post. The annual guest lecturer is asked to speak to graduates on Journalism Day, the day before the commencement ceremony, on any aspect of Washington politics, public affairs or the media.

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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

2014 - First Amendment Award

"Many of us got into journalism because we wanted to uncover wrongdoings, keep the public informed, and explore worlds others were reluctant to navigate. It's easy to lose that sense of mission along the way — but Carol Rosenberg never has. She has fought against injustice and government secrecy in one of the most difficult places in the world — Guantanamo Bay."

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RFK Journalism Award

2011 - Domestic Print

The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights said that Rosenberg had “logged more time at Guantanamo than any other reporter -- taking on the task of ensuring that this important story is not forgotten.”

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2010 - First Amendment Award

"Her expertise has been vital in chronicling opposition to President Obama’s order to close the camps, and she alone kept close track of Supreme Court-ordered habeas corpus hearings that resulted in release orders and judicial criticism of insufficient evidence that had kept prisoners confined for years."

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2009 - Green Eyeshade Award

Specialized Reporting category, for Online series, "After Guantanamo" by Carol Rosenberg, John VanBeekum, Marco Ruiz.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2003 - Green Eyeshade Award

Non-Deadline Reporting category for “Reporting from Guantanamo”

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Pulitzer Prize

2001 - Breaking News

Awarded to the Miami Herald Staff for its balanced and gripping on-the-scene coverage of the pre-dawn raid by federal agents that took the Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives and reunited him with his Cuban father.

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