# Michelle Kaufman

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American journalist

**Michelle Kaufman** (born 1965) is an American [sportswriter](/source/Sportswriter) and columnist for the *[Miami Herald](/source/Miami_Herald)*. She writes a column every Sunday on sports, focusing on [soccer](/source/Soccer) in particular. She also covers tennis, Olympic sports and college and professional sports. She previously worked at the *[Detroit Free Press](/source/Detroit_Free_Press)* and *[St. Petersburg Times](/source/St._Petersburg_Times)*.

Kaufman is a graduate of the [University of Miami](/source/University_of_Miami), where she worked for the student newspaper, *[The Miami Hurricane](/source/The_Miami_Hurricane)*. She also teaches a sports writing course at the university.[1]

In 2005, Kaufman won the Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award,[1] awarded by the Jewish Museum of Florida FIU to Jewish women in Florida who have broken the "[glass ceiling](/source/Glass_ceiling)" in professional fields that are normally dominated by men.

Kaufman married *Miami Herald* humor columnist [Dave Barry](/source/Dave_Barry) in 1996, with whom she has a daughter, Sophie, born in 2000.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ceiling_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ceiling_1-1) ["Breaking the Glass Ceiling Annual Awards | Jewish Museum of Florida - FIU"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150104072053/http://jmof.fiu.edu/special-events/breaking-the-glass-ceiling/). *jmof.fiu.edu*. Archived from [the original](http://jmof.fiu.edu/special-events/breaking-the-glass-ceiling/) on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-05-31.

## External links

- [Michelle Kaufman's column at *The Miami Herald*](https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/michelle-kaufman/)

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