Romina Ruiz-Goiriena is Managing Editor for Politics, White House and Storytelling at USA TODAY. Previously, she was the first Latina and person of color 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.