14 Facts About Rob Hiaasen

Robert Keith Hiaasen was an American journalist and assistant editor at The Capital, a newspaper published in Annapolis, Maryland.

Rob Hiaasen taught at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Rob Hiaasen was shot and killed at work at The Capital during the Capital Gazette shooting.

Rob Hiaasen was from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, born in 1959 and raised in Plantation, Florida, then a rural suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

Rob Hiaasen had an older brother, the novelist Carl Hiaasen, and two older sisters.

Rob Hiaasen began his journalism career at WPTF in Raleigh, North Carolina, working there from 1984 to 1985.

Rob Hiaasen conducted an award-winning investigation into the case of David J Acer, the Jensen Beach dentist who allegedly infected his patients with HIV.

Rob Hiaasen wrote considerably about Kirk Bloodworth, a death row inmate who was the first in the United States to be cleared of wrongdoing through DNA evidence.

Rob Hiaasen was a staff reporter for the Baltimore Sun for 15 years.

Rob Hiaasen wrote a short fiction story entitled, "Over My Dead Body".

Rob Hiaasen joined The Capital in 2010 as a Sunday columnist and assistant editor and worked as an adjunct professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

In June 1985, Rob Hiaasen married Maria Rob Hiaasen, a former journalist and English teacher.

Rob Hiaasen's older brother, Carl Hiaasen, is an author and journalist, known for writing and publishing Hoot.

On June 28,2018, Rob Hiaasen was one of five people who were shot and killed during the Capital Gazette shooting.