Tess Riski has covered government and politics in Miami-Dade County for four years. Most recently she was the Miami City Hall reporter for the Miami Herald, where she focused on campaigns, corruption, money, power and influence. Before moving to Florida, Tess worked at Willamette Week in Portland, Oregon, where she reported on criminal justice, police, protests and right-wing extremism. Tess is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School and Seattle University.
Beat: Miami Municipal Watchdog Reporter
Reporting on Miami City Hall — one of America’s newsiest cities — this key position will bolster accountability reporting in a city that has lost dozens of reporters over the past decade. Florida’s second-largest municipal government is also one of the nation’s most influential. This reporter will keep a close eye — sometimes the only eye — on Miami City Hall and produce impactful, resonant journalism for Florida’s fastest-growning nonprofit news outlet in collaboration with the Coconut Grove Spotlight, another fast-growing, award-winning nonprofit news organization.