Editorial
Magic City Media
editor-in-chief Carlos Miller has always been
a storyteller; a wordsmith with a knack for turning vivid
phrases into compelling prose. But he is also a stickler for
accuracy, especially when it comes to non-fiction. He never
fails to double-check - and triple-check - his
facts.
A perfect example is Miller's
chronicle of Miami, a historical narrative that takes
the reader from the moment Europeans first arrived in South
Florida in the 16th century all the way to modern-day Miami, a
city that never stops evolving.
Miller's professional writing
career has taken him to Europe, where he wrote travel articles
while working on a novel; to the Southwestern United States,
where he spent more than seven years writing and taking photos
for daily newspapers.
During his newspaper career, the
Miami native covered the Mexican border in New Mexico for the
Las Cruces Sun-News; crime and
corruption in Southern California for the San
Bernardino Sun; and everything from city
politics to law enforcement in Phoenix for The
Arizona Republic.
Miller was an aggressive reporter
who broke stories that gained international attention. He was
interviewed several times by radio stations throughout the
country, and in one case, a Peruvian news crew flew in to
Arizona to interview him about a story he broke on a Peruvian
women murdered by her American husband.
He won several regional journalism
awards during this time, and was a member of Investigative
Reporters and Editors as well as the National Association of
Hispanic Journalists.
Miller then became a freelance
writer; a regular contributor for several publications in
Arizona, including the Phoenix New Times, Arizona
Monthly, BizAZ, TechConnect and
Latino Perspectives. He was
interviewed by ESPN Radio for the story he wrote about sports
and development in the Phoenix area. That story is posted in
the right-hand column.
But Miller could never get used to
the dry, desert heat. And after ten years of living away from
him hometown, including two years in Europe, he embarked on a
cross-country trip back to Miami, where he established Magic
City Media.
Self-portrait
Miller is a bilingual
Colombian-American who was born and raised in Miami. He is
comfortable interviewing the city's various ethnic and
cultural groups, and understands the dynamics of Miami
politics - as strange as they may seem at times.
Below and to the right are a
writing samples that display his versatility. His latest piece
is also his longest work of non-fiction; the History of
Miami. |
