Wendi Winters | |
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Born | May 25, 1953
Coronado, California, U.S. |
Died | (aged 65) |
Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
Education | Virginia Commonwealth University |
Occupation |
|
Employer | The Capital |
Spouse |
Tod Geimer (
m. 1986) |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Carnegie Hero Fund |
Rob Hiaasen (February 9, 1959 [1] – June 28, 2018) was an American journalist and assistant editor at The Capital, a newspaper published in Annapolis, Maryland. [2] He also taught at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. [3] A native of Plantation, then a rural suburb of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Hiaasen began his career at The Palm Beach Post before joining The Baltimore Sun as a feature writer and where he later wrote a regular column. [4] He was shot and killed at work at The Capital during the Capital Gazette shooting.
Hiaasen was from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, [5] born in 1959 and raised in Plantation, Florida, then a rural suburb of Fort Lauderdale. He had an older brother, the novelist Carl Hiaasen, and two older sisters. [2] He graduated from the University of Florida. [3]
Hiaasen began his journalism career at WPTF in Raleigh, North Carolina, working there from 1984 to 1985. [6] In the 1990s, Hiaasen worked at The Palm Beach Post where he covered local politics. [5] He conducted an award-winning investigation into the case of David J. Acer, the Jensen Beach dentist who allegedly infected his patients with HIV. [7] Hiaasen also worked at radio stations in the South. [2]
In 1993, he moved to Maryland to become a feature writer at The Baltimore Sun. [8] Hiaasen later became a columnist where he wrote in-depth stories such as one about Roger H. Martin, who took an unusual sabbatical from a career as a university administrator to become a fresh student at St. John's College. [9] Hiaasen also wrote considerably about Kirk Bloodworth, a death row inmate who was the first in the United States to be cleared of wrongdoing through DNA evidence. [2] He was a staff reporter for the Baltimore Sun for 15 years. [10]
He wrote a short fiction story entitled, "Over My Dead Body". It was published in 2006 in Baltimore Noir ( Akashic Books), a collection of stories about the city written by several Baltimore Sun journalists including Laura Lippman, who also served as the editor of the book. [11] A novel, "Float Plan," was published posthumously in September 2018, with proceeds donated to Everytown for Gun Safety. [12]
Hiaasen joined The Capital in 2010 as a Sunday columnist and assistant editor [2] and also worked as an adjunct professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism. [13]
In June 1985, Hiaasen married Maria Hiaasen (née Mills), [6] a former journalist and English teacher. Together, they had three children. [2] His older brother, Carl Hiaasen, is an author and journalist, known for writing and publishing Hoot. Rob Hiaasen was a resident of Timonium, Maryland. [10]
On June 28, 2018, Winters was one of five people who were shot and killed during the Capital Gazette shooting. Winters charged the shooter with a trash can and recycling bin, which gave her coworkers time to escape. [14]
Wendi Winters | |
---|---|
Born | May 25, 1953
Coronado, California, U.S. |
Died | (aged 65) |
Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
Education | Virginia Commonwealth University |
Occupation |
|
Employer | The Capital |
Spouse |
Tod Geimer (
m. 1986) |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Carnegie Hero Fund |
Rob Hiaasen (February 9, 1959 [1] – June 28, 2018) was an American journalist and assistant editor at The Capital, a newspaper published in Annapolis, Maryland. [2] He also taught at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. [3] A native of Plantation, then a rural suburb of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Hiaasen began his career at The Palm Beach Post before joining The Baltimore Sun as a feature writer and where he later wrote a regular column. [4] He was shot and killed at work at The Capital during the Capital Gazette shooting.
Hiaasen was from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, [5] born in 1959 and raised in Plantation, Florida, then a rural suburb of Fort Lauderdale. He had an older brother, the novelist Carl Hiaasen, and two older sisters. [2] He graduated from the University of Florida. [3]
Hiaasen began his journalism career at WPTF in Raleigh, North Carolina, working there from 1984 to 1985. [6] In the 1990s, Hiaasen worked at The Palm Beach Post where he covered local politics. [5] He conducted an award-winning investigation into the case of David J. Acer, the Jensen Beach dentist who allegedly infected his patients with HIV. [7] Hiaasen also worked at radio stations in the South. [2]
In 1993, he moved to Maryland to become a feature writer at The Baltimore Sun. [8] Hiaasen later became a columnist where he wrote in-depth stories such as one about Roger H. Martin, who took an unusual sabbatical from a career as a university administrator to become a fresh student at St. John's College. [9] Hiaasen also wrote considerably about Kirk Bloodworth, a death row inmate who was the first in the United States to be cleared of wrongdoing through DNA evidence. [2] He was a staff reporter for the Baltimore Sun for 15 years. [10]
He wrote a short fiction story entitled, "Over My Dead Body". It was published in 2006 in Baltimore Noir ( Akashic Books), a collection of stories about the city written by several Baltimore Sun journalists including Laura Lippman, who also served as the editor of the book. [11] A novel, "Float Plan," was published posthumously in September 2018, with proceeds donated to Everytown for Gun Safety. [12]
Hiaasen joined The Capital in 2010 as a Sunday columnist and assistant editor [2] and also worked as an adjunct professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism. [13]
In June 1985, Hiaasen married Maria Hiaasen (née Mills), [6] a former journalist and English teacher. Together, they had three children. [2] His older brother, Carl Hiaasen, is an author and journalist, known for writing and publishing Hoot. Rob Hiaasen was a resident of Timonium, Maryland. [10]
On June 28, 2018, Winters was one of five people who were shot and killed during the Capital Gazette shooting. Winters charged the shooter with a trash can and recycling bin, which gave her coworkers time to escape. [14]