Pulitzer Prize winner Manny Garcia recognized by FIU, Knight Foundation for decades of investigative journalism

Florida International University and the Knight Foundation honored two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Manny Garcia for his decades of investigative journalism. Garcia was tapped last year to be the first-ever Knight Foundation Executive Director of the Lee Caplin School of Journalism Media at FIU. As part of the ceremony, the Ansin Foundation, the Channel 7 Foundation and Channel 18 Foundation announced a $1 million donation to support and expand journalism education. The Ansin Foundation was established in 1957 by the late Ed Ansin, co-founder of Sunbeam Television and owner of WSVN and ABC Miami. The Channel 7 Foundation and Channel 18 Foundation was established by Ed s sons Andrew and James. Garcia said the donations will help continue mentoring the next generation of journalists at the university. This gift it s a legacy gift because what it s doing is helping to support the next generations of journalists who are going to go out there and carry the torch forward