Rob Hiaasen

Rob Hiaasen
BornFebruary 9, 1959
Plantation, Florida, U.S.
Died (aged 59)
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
Cause of deathGunshot wound
EducationUniversity of Florida
Occupations
EmployerThe Capital
Spouse
Maria Mills
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(m. 1985)​
Children3
RelativesCarl Hiaasen (brother)
AwardsKnight Journalism Fellow

Robert Keith 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.

  1. ^ Hiaasen, Rob (February 10, 2018). "Rob Hiaasen: Little did I know". Capital Gazette. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Marbella, Jean (June 28, 2018). "Capital Gazette shooting victim Rob Hiaasen: A joyful stylist, a generous mentor". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Ruane, Michael E. (June 28, 2018). "Rob Hiaasen, remembered as a 'great colleague and a real craftsman'". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  4. ^ Lippman, Laura (June 29, 2018). "At the Capital Gazette, the Death of a Reporter's Reporter". The New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2018.