Email Author Chuck Strouse

Awards

• 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 April 7, 2011

  "School of Hard Knocks"

• 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 April 7, 2011

  "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 April 7, 2011

  "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 - 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"

• 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"

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

  "Free This Priest"

• 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"

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2011 Stories by Chuck Strouse

• No Sex on the Nude Beach

  published Sep 14, 2011

  Richard Mason, president of South Florida Free Beaches, has a message for you: No sex on the nude beach!"The 78 year old, who helped start the nude beach at the north end of Haulover Park 20 years ago... More >>

• Dolphins to Get Hammered Tonight: Check the Record

  published Sep 12, 2011

  The Dolphins home opener is tonight at Sun Life Stadium.Everybody in the world is talking about the keys to the game. Can Chad Henne passr Can Reggie Bush runr Can that damn defensive line g... More >>

• Ecuadorian journalist Emilio Palacio escaped to Miami

  published September 8, 2011

  Ecuadorian journalist Emilio Palacio escaped to Miami More >>

• Balare: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Charter School Not First

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Even if you like charter schools, and I do, you gotta admit that drunken dancing shouldn't take place there at night.The new allegations reported by NBC and the Miami Herald that a nightclub... More >>

• Hurricane Katia to New Yorkr Just Maybe

  published Aug 31, 2011

  A tropical storm moving to the northwest in the Atlantic Ocean could send more big wind up North.Now only an unorganized mess packing 65 mph winds, Tropical Storm Katia is expected to increase to... More >>

• Emilio Palacio: Ecuadorean Journalist Jailed for Truth

  published Aug 30, 2011

  Emilio Palacio is hiding out in a tiny, tree-shrouded house in west Coconut Grove. Had the 57-year-old not fled his native Ecuador this past Wednesday, he'd be behind bars -- jailed for the truth.Inst... More >>

• Jason Villano: Pill mill crackdown's unjust victim

  published August 25, 2011

  Jason Villano: Pill mill crackdown's unjust victim More >>

• Hurricane Irene Ain't Coming. Ummm. But Check Out Those Error Numbers.

  published Aug 22, 2011

  Will we get slammed by the first hurricane of the season that appears to be headed our wayr Doesn't look like it. But then again...Irene will get stronger. Forecasters thought yesterday it would hit H... More >>

• Ave Maria: Not Just For Christians, Says Editor Patricia Sette

  published Aug 19, 2011

  A couple days ago, we wrote a post that referred would-be Senator Marielena Stuart and Ave Maria, a place west of here that just might be the most Christian community in the Western hemisphere. Patric... More >>

• Nevin Shapiro: Don't Believe a Word

  published Aug 17, 2011

  Scam artist Nevin Shapiro's allegations detailed in Yahoo! Sports might end the University of Miami football program. Or maybe not. As New Times showed this past December in a lengthy magazine-s... More >>

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  Regalado Must Go: Miami Declares Financial Morass Again

  published Aug 16, 2011

  To sidestep union demands and deal with its burgeoning financial crisis, the City of Miami declared a situation of financial urgency. It is the second straight year the city has done this. The idea ... More >>

• New Times Earns Three First-Place AltWeekly Awards

  published Jul 25, 2011

  Miami New Times and the Village Voice topped America's alternative newspapers in last week's awards handed out by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in New Orleans. Staff writer Gus Garcia-Ro... More >>

• Harry Potter's Lawyers to Bake Shop: No Butterbeer or Acid Pops for You!

  published Jul 15, 2011

  On the very day the not-so-young wizard debuted in his final onscreen performance in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, lawyers for his studio, Warner Bros., have zapped a South Miami bake ... More >>

• Placido Domingo Jr. of Miami Battles Scientology

  published Jul 10, 2011

  Our sister paper, the Village Voice, yesterday published an explosive expose about the conflict between Placido Domingo Jr., son of the famous opera tenor, and the Church of Scientology. The youn... More >>

• Opa-locka Police Sue City, Which They Allege is Run Like a Dictatorship (Complete Text of Suit Included)

  published Jun 06, 2011

  Following Riptide's disclosure of a review that cited massive corruption in the Opa-locka police force -- including sex with prisoners before releasing them -- four employees have sued the city in fed... More >>

• Heat vs. Mavs: Joe's Stone Crab Better Than Cholesterol-Filled Beef

  published Jun 01, 2011

  The Miami Heat obliterated the Dallas Mavericks last night, busting Dirk Nowitzki's finger and pretty much ending the series in the first game. But even more important: A bet between Joe's Stone Crab ... More >>

• Miami Herald Home Sold: Time for the Kids to Go to College

  published May 27, 2011

  The McClatchy Co. announced this morning that it has sold one of Miami's most iconic buildings to a Malaysian resort and gambling company.The company's chairman, Gary Pruitt, said it was no longer the... More >>

• Bob Dylan, America's Greatest Mystic Poet, is 70 Today

  published May 24, 2011

  The Minnesota Bard is seven decades old today. He is my hero. He is crazy. He owns -- or owned - a big yacht. His mom knew my grandma in the North Country, where I was born. He was Jewish, Christian, ... More >>

• Opa-locka Police accused of massive corruption

  published May 26, 2011

  Opa-locka Police accused of massive corruption More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Opa-locka Cops Accused of Massive Corruption

  published May 20, 2011

  State authorities are probing what could be the most significant police corruption in years in perpetually troubled Opa-locka.According to city memos obtained by Miami New Times and confirmed by manag... More >>

• Bustelo, Pilon, Adios! Kiss Miami Coffee Good-Bye!

  published May 18, 2011

  For years, Miami has had a stranglehold on America. Sure, they had their crappy Starbucks and  fancy, yuppy coffee roasters. But we had cafe Cubano, cafe con leche, cortaditos, la gasolina de la ... More >>

• Sara's in North Miami Closed

  published May 04, 2011

  I'm late to the game here because Yelp has already announced the closure, but I want to write a quick requiem for Sara's, the kosher/vegetarian restaurant on NE 123rd Street in North Miami. I called t... More >>

• Bob Norman, Good-Bye!

  published Apr 29, 2011

  My old buddy Bob Norman is shipping outta New Times Broward Palm Beach and heading for the TV news. Bob has been the franchise player at that paper for years -- ably assisted by the likes of a staff... More >>

• Esteban Bovo: The New Natacha Seijas

  published Apr 26, 2011

  Thought the recall election would change things at county hallr Think again. If campaign money is any indication, former state Rep. Esteban Bovo is a shoo-in for the Miami-Dade Commission seat re... More >>

• Video: Haitians Protest New Deportations

  published Apr 15, 2011

  About two dozen Haitian Americans protested new deportations of alleged criminals outside the immigration building on Northwest Seventh Avenue this morning. Authorities had suspended the flights for m... More >>