Johnny Diaz
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Johnny Diaz is an American novelist and a media reporter for the business section of the Boston Globe, where he writes about local television news, radio, print and advertising.
Diaz was born in Miami, Florida, and attended Florida International University
.
He was a general assignment Metro reporter for the Miami Herald
, where he worked on the staff that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Coverage "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." He also covered some of the biggest breaking stories in South Florida, including the murder of Gianni Versace
.
Diaz worked for three years as a features writer for the Living/Arts section of the Boston Globe before moving to the newspaper's business section.
He was a featured contributor to the first Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul.
Diaz is the author of several gay-themed novels: Boston Boys Club, Miami Manhunt, Beantown Cubans, and Take the Lead. The television and film rights to Diaz' first three novels have been optioned by Open Road Integrated Media.
Diaz also works as a part-time journalism instructor at Emerson College
in Boston. He is gay and his homosexuality became widely known in 1996 when his boyfriend was a contestant on the television series The Real World: Miami
and Diaz appeared in several episodes.
Diaz was born in Miami, Florida, and attended Florida International University
Florida International University
Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...
.
He was a general assignment Metro reporter for the Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States...
, where he worked on the staff that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Coverage "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." He also covered some of the biggest breaking stories in South Florida, including the murder of Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also designed costumes for the theatre and films, and was a friend of Madonna, Elton John,...
.
Diaz worked for three years as a features writer for the Living/Arts section of the Boston Globe before moving to the newspaper's business section.
He was a featured contributor to the first Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul.
Diaz is the author of several gay-themed novels: Boston Boys Club, Miami Manhunt, Beantown Cubans, and Take the Lead. The television and film rights to Diaz' first three novels have been optioned by Open Road Integrated Media.
Diaz also works as a part-time journalism instructor at Emerson College
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
in Boston. He is gay and his homosexuality became widely known in 1996 when his boyfriend was a contestant on the television series The Real World: Miami
The Real World: Miami
The Real World: Miami is the fifth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow and document their lives and interpersonal relationships...
and Diaz appeared in several episodes.
Novels
- Boston Boys Club (2007)
- Miami Manhunt (2008)
- Beantown Cubans (2009)
- Take the Lead (2011)