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Eliot Kleinberg
Journalist, Palm Beach Post
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Wolfe University Center Ballroom ~ Biscayne Bay Campus
Florida International University
Monday, April 3, 2006, 2:00 PM
As anyone here can attest, living in Florida is a unique experience. Documenting just how unusual it is has been one the intellectual projects of Eliot Kleinberg, author, journalist, and Florida native. Born in Coral Gables, Kleinberg has gone on to become an aficionado of all things Floridian and the author of eight books on the state, including Weird Florida and Weird Florida II: In a State of Shock.
A scoop-breaking broadcast and print journalist, Kleinberg pursued a career as a radio and television reporter and editor from 1979 to 1984 in Miami and at the Cable News Network. He was a reporter for The Dallas Morning News from 1984 until 1987, when he returned to Florida. He now works for The Palm Beach Post, specializing in weather and hurricanes, state and local history, the environment, and the space program. He has been a key player in major breaking stories, including the 1996 ValuJet crash, the 2000 presidential election, and Florida aspects of the 2001 terrorist attacks and anthrax crisis. He also has assembled several major investigative reports and projects.
Kleinberg’s educational background also has Florida roots — he earned two degrees from the University of Florida. His other books include Black Cloud, a horrifying look at the great 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, which particularly devastated black Floridians; Florida Fun Facts: 1,001 Fun Questions and Answers About Florida, “the ultimate trivia challenge”; War in Paradise, a collection of true stories about Florida in World War II; Florida Hurricane and Disaster, his father's memoir of the family's ordeal in Hurricane Andrew; and The Historical Traveler's Guide to Florida, of which one reviewer wrote, “Be prepared to be astonished, amused, and sickened at the same time!”
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