Pulitzer Board Co-Chair Aminda (Mindy) Marqués González
Pulitzer Prize Board Co-Chair Aminda (Mindy) Marqués González will join Simon & Schuster's adult trade publishing imprint as vice president and executive editor, the publisher announced today. Following 29 years at the Miami Herlad, most recently as executive editor, Marqués will begin her new role on November 30.
Marqués joined the Pulitzer board in 2012 and was elected co-chair in May of this year. During her tenure as executive editor, the Miami Herald won two Pulitzer Prizes and was a finalist four times. In 2017, the Herald was awarded two Pulitzers, for Explanatory Reporting and Editorial Cartooning. The Herald was a finalist in Public Service for an investigative series detailing Florida’s systemic failures in regulating assisted-living facilities (2012); in Local Reporting for a series that detailed a local drug sting operation that cost millions but yielded no arrests (2016); in Investigative Reporting for its series on juvenile prison abuses (2018); and in Explanatory Reporting for an investigation into money-laundering and Bank Secrecy Act violations in the multibillion-dollar gold trade between Latin America and the United States (2019).
“I have spent much of my career helping to find and tell the hidden stories of diverse, dynamic and complex communities. Most often, they begin as local and regional stories but they resonate nationally. With Simon & Schuster I will have the privilege to expand the audience for these stories and to help find fresh new voices and authors that represent the rich tapestry of this country. In journalism, the most powerful stories combine deep reporting with beautifully woven narratives. My plan is to bring that sensibility to my new role,” Marqués said in a press release from Simon & Schuster.
In the release, former Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy, who is now senior vice president and publisher at Simon & Schuster, said: “I am thrilled that Mindy Marqués is joining Simon & Schuster and bringing her unique and extensive story-telling expertise to our imprint. Mindy will help broaden the range of voices and stories we publish, and will help us expand further into diverse and underrepresented markets.”
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