Email Author Chuck Strouse

Awards

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ

  "Forgotten War Hero, Parts 1 - 3"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 25, 2010

  "Terrorists with Friends"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 25, 2010

  "School of Hard Knocks"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 15, 2010

  "Forgotten War Hero, Part 1"

• 2011 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published February 25, 2010

  "Terrorists with Friends"

• 2011 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published March 25, 2010

  "School of Hard Knocks"

• 2011 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists

  "Forgotten War Hero, Parts 1 - 3"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 25, 2010

  "Terrorists with Friends"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "School of Hard Knocks"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 29, 2008

  "Wacko Like Winton"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published April 3, 2008

  "Che Who?"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published January 31, 2008

  "Bambi Bump-Off"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 29, 2008

  "Wacko Like Winton"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published April 3, 2008

  "Che Who?"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published January 31, 2008

  "Bambi Bump-Off"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published January 31, 2008

  "Bambi Bump-Off"

• 2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published January 25, 2007

  "The Doctor, Part I"

• 2007 - Awards of Excellence/North Central Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published July 27, 2006

  "Listen Up, McClatchy"

• 2007 - Awards of Excellence/North Central Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published February 2, 2006

  "Bad Seed Awards"

• 2007 - Awards of Excellence/North Central Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published October 27, 2005

  "Free This Priest"

• 2007 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published November 16, 2006

  "No Garden Party"

• 2007 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published July 27, 2006

  "Listen Up, McClatchy"

• 2006 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published October 27, 2005

  "Free This Priest"

• 2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published June 9, 2005

  "Steal This Prose"

• 2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published September 15, 2005

  "Crash Dummy"

• 2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published October 27, 2005

  "Free This Priest"

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2011 Stories by Chuck Strouse

• Peeny Butter Fudge: Bilingual Nobel Prize-Winner Free With Cheerios

  published Feb 09, 2012

  Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon was maybe the best American novel of the past half-century. The daughter of a shipyard builder, Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature a few years ago based largel More >>

• After Joe Paterno: Enough Already With Child Sexual Abuse Hysteria UPDATED

  published Jan 22, 2012

  With news this morning that Penn State coach Joe Paterno has died of lung cancer, I am reposting this column from last November. The scandal, it's now clear, killed the master at age 85.Enough already More >>

• Miami's Nude Beach: They Take It All Off

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Finally, a history of Miami's nude beach at the north end of Haulover Park, which is the most popular in the nation. These guys -- and gals -- take it all off.The beach has been around for about a dec More >>

• My Nine-Year-Old's Rice Krispie Treat Castle (Hey, It's Christmastime)

  published Dec 08, 2011

  rrFollow Short Order on Facebook and Twitter @Short_Order. More >>

• Miami Central: Reporter Dieter Kurtenback Allegedly Gets Death Threats Over Stories

  published Dec 01, 2011

  New Times Broward-Palm Beach editor Eric Barton this morning tells the story of a 23-year-old cub reporter who's stuck in the middle of Miami Central High School recruiting allegations.This past Novem More >>

• Cutie, Boteach, Strader at Art Basel Aventura for a Cause Tonight

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Father Alberto Cutie will lead a group of local luminaries -- including Rabbie Shmuley Boteach (former Michael Jackson spiritual adviser) and CBS4 Morning Anchor Jawan Strader tonight at a fundraiser More >>

• Best Rodizio in Miami: Area Code 55 (Pictures)

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Area Code 55 in Aventura should really be called Country Code 55. They serve, in my estimation, the best rodizio in Miami. That is, meat and salads galore -- all you can eat -- Brazilian style. If you More >>

• William Kennedy, a Miami Book Fair standout

  published November 17, 2011

  William Kennedy, a Miami Book Fair standout More >>

• Miami New Times Dominates Florida Press Club Awards

  published Nov 07, 2011

  Miami New Times dominated this past weekend's Florida Press Club Awards in Saint Augustine. The newspaper took ten awards, more than any other in the state.Among the winners: Frank Alvarado and Robert More >>

• Food Writers Wanted!

  published Nov 04, 2011

  New Times is searching for contributors to South Florida's preeminent food and dining blog, Short Order. Candidates should be able to take pictures, have professional or blog-writing experience, and d More >>

• Give Tuyo a Chance!

  published Nov 03, 2011

  In the last few days, Short Order has published several posts excoriating Miami Dade College's new Tuyo restaurant for not hiring college students. I stand behind those articles.I want to make clear, More >>

• On Our Layoff and the Illiterate South Florida Chronicle

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Some illiterate little paper I had never heard of -- and never hope to hear of again -- the South Florida Chronicle -- was reveling this morning in the fact that I had to lay off an employee a co More >>

• Eddie Dominguez Goes For the Cash! Good-bye Journalism! Hello City National Bank!

  published Oct 19, 2011

  The executive editor of the Daily Business Review, Eddie Dominguez, is jumping ship.He sent out this email yesterday:"After a decade as executive editor of the Daily Business Review, I've decided to l More >>

• Christopher Headley Was Shot Dead In Miami Gardens And Nobody Cared

  published Oct 18, 2011

  This past September 8, 20-year-old Christopher Headley grabbed a cup of fruit punch and walked out the door of his uncle Paul Neil's Miramar apartment. Fifteen hours later he was dead -- shot four tim More >>

• Christopher Andrew Headley's murderer is still on the loose

  published October 20, 2011

  Christopher Andrew Headley Miami Gardens murder Watch... More >>

• Flower Vendors, Stand Up. Libertarians Sue Hialeah.

  published Oct 13, 2011

  A new group of lawyers is taking the side of Hialeah street vendors. The Institute for Justice is suing the city of Hialeah today on behalf of the mobile sales folk, saying the city's regulations are More >>

• Troubled Miami-Dade Animal Shelter Kills Dozens of Cats. More Die. Adoption Needed.

  published Oct 08, 2011

  Seventy-two cats have been killed and 14 have died after an outbreak of disease at the Miami-Dade Animal Shelter. About 40 more healthy felines have been been moved r due to the disease, which is call More >>

• Republican Univision Debate: Fear, Not Rubio, the Driving Factor

  published Oct 05, 2011

  Five Republican candidates -- including Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, and Rick Perry -- have pulled out of a Univision debate in January. Whyr Allegedly it is because of a comment the head of the blockbu More >>

• The Son of Neptune Is Out Today. Percy Jackson Is No Harry Potter Ripoff

  published Oct 04, 2011

  Okay, so I admit it. As an old dad, I love Percy Jackson.None of that dark literary stuff. Just an action hero who is a kid and who is dyslexic. He is a hero to my 11-year-old dyslexic son. So th More >>

• Overanxious Florida Republicans May Ensure Obama Win

  published Sep 30, 2011

  A Florida commission appointed by Republicans will likely vote today to move up the state's Republican primary election to January 31.Though party muckety-mucks are still working on a compromise that More >>

• Deirdre DiBiaggio and Katie Carmichael: Let 'Em Get Hitched!

  published Sep 28, 2011

  Two Miami lesbians are getting the shaft from a town clerk in New York.Of course, Deirdre DiBiaggio and Katie Carmichael can't get married in Miami Beach, where they live in a $400,000 home near More >>

• Emilio Palacio: Ecuador's El Universo Fires Back After Court Upholds $42 Million Judgment (Video in Spanish)

  published Sep 26, 2011

  By a three to two vote, an Ecuadorian court last week upheld a $42 million verdict against journalist Emilio Palacio and three others. All work for El Universo, that nation's largest newspaper. And al More >>

• Luna Star Cafe News: Roberto Sanfield, Owner's Dad, Has Died

  published Sep 24, 2011

  Alexis Sanfield, owner of the Luna Star Cafe, announced Saturday that her 88-year-old dad, Roberto, had died. He had been married to Alexis's mom for exactly 50 years. Here is the note that Alexis sen More >>

• Miami-Dade Commissioners Pass Budget, Help Selves, Screw Cops

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Miami-Dade commissioners, in one of those crazy late night donnybrooks, passed a $6 billion budget Friday morning, but kept their cozy office deals and proposed to cut back on cops and other public em More >>

• Burger King: Tomato Pickers Sue for Back Pay

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Sixteen tomato pickers are suing Miami-based Burger King and Subway for back wages.Under a 2008 agreement with a group called the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the tomato pickers were supposed to ge More >>