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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida as the Miami Herald's Health Reporter.
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Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Michelle has reported on hospital and health company bankruptcies, disease outbreaks, hurricanes and more in the course of her more than five-year journalism career.
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She was one of 14 journalists recently selected to be part of the National Press Foundation's 2025 Covering Workplace Mental Health Fellowship and has won several recognitions for her work.
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An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald's breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse.
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Named the "Best Herald Reporter" in 2021 by Miami New Times, Michelle was one of 57 emerging journalists selected to be part of the 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship. She is also the co-creator of Curious305, the Herald's community-powered reporting series, which answers questions submitted by readers about South Florida.
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Michelle previously worked as a news writer for WSVN Channel 7 in Miami, Florida and was the editor-in-chief of PantherNOW, the student-run media outlet at Florida International University.
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She graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors in May 2019 from Florida International University with a Bachelor of Science in Communication. She specialized in broadcast journalism, with a minor in English and a film studies certificate.​ She joined the Miami Herald in 2019 as a breaking news reporter and became the Herald's health reporter in 2023.​
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Thank you for looking through her online portfolio.
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If you would like to connect with Michelle you can contact her at mmarchante@miamiherald.com or find her on:
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