Romina Ruiz-Goiriena

Romina Ruiz-Goiriena is USA TODAY's first ever Executive Editor for Investigations and Storytelling. Under this newly created role, she helps shape some of the biggest swings and spearhead strategic initiatives for the wider newsroom. Romina was most recently Managing Editor of Politics, White House and Storytelling in an election year that included the historic announcement by President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid and two assassination attempts against President Donald Trump. Previously, she was the first Latina in the role of White House Editor in USA TODAY’s history. She led her team to break news from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with a Main Street perspective. As editor, she was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist with the Austin-American Statesman, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, in public service for coverage of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas and a team Edward R. Murrow award for Florida’s fight over education. She joined USA TODAY as an enterprise reporter from the Miami Herald’s investigative team in 2020. She has worked in Paris, Cuba and Israel for France24, El Mundo and Haaretz. Romina was also a foreign correspondent out of Central America for CNN and The Associated Press, covering issues such as migration, corruption and drug trafficking. She’s fluent in English, Spanish, French and Hebrew.