Santiago leaves newspaper biz

Roberto Santiago, a senior staff writer for The Miami Herald since 2003, has left the paper to become Director of Communications & Strategic Marketing for the Museum of Art in Ft. Lauderdale.

At the UNITY convention, he told me it was a tough choice to make, but that the opportunity was too good to pass up, especially in light of all the cutbacks in the newspaper industry. He says he loves his new job.

Prior to the Herald, Roberto was Deputy Boroughs and Suburban Editor at the New York Daily News.