Email Author Emily Witt

Awards

• 2007 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published March 2, 2006

  "Never Forget You"

• 2007 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published April 13, 2006

  "Band of Outsiders"

• 2007 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published April 13, 2006

  "Band of Outsiders"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 19, 2006

  "Mock Trial"

• 2007 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published April 13, 2006

  "Band of Outsiders"

• 2007 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published March 2, 2006

  "Never Forget You"

• 2007 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published October 19, 2006

  "Mock Trial"

• 2007 - Awards of Excellence/North Central Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published April 13, 2006

  "Band of Outsiders"

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2007 Stories by Emily Witt

• Hate Shack, Not Where It's At

  published July 19, 2007

  Hate Shack, Not Where It's At Filed under: Culture Tourists love 'em. So say Miami Beach city officials. But the... More >>

• Media Day of the Dead

  published July 5, 2007

  Slinging Mud in the Land of Sand More >>

• Mega Future

  published July 5, 2007

  On a Plexiglas stage illuminated by fuchsia-tinged television spotlights, the seated hosts of Paparazzi, a Spanish-language gossip talk... More >>

• Clever Green

  published June 21, 2007

  To get to No Name Key, travel the Seven Mile Bridge over a turquoise expanse of Florida Bay and turn right at the first stoplight after Marathon,... More >>

• Bazooka Babes

  published June 14, 2007

  Bazooka Babes Filed under: Culture In a lush field somewhere deep in the heart of Homestead, a... More >>

• Ruano Roulette

  published June 7, 2007

  The Changing Tide Ruano Roulette Last week yet another study confirmed that a refugee's fate in immigration court is... More >>

• Park and Politics

  published May 10, 2007

  There are two protagonists in Rolando Llanes' soon-to-be released documentary, White Elephant: There's the man, Jose Aleman Jr., and his... More >>

• A Rising Tide

  published April 26, 2007

  Twenty-seven years before the greenhouse effect began making daily headlines across the United States, University of Miami geology professor... More >>

• Floater Alert!

  published April 19, 2007

  Floater Alert! Many of you have e-mailed us with your concerns about C. "Boss" Poop swimming and/or floating in our water. This is... More >>

• Code Red

  published April 12, 2007

  They unlocked the door of the boys' bathroom on the second floor of Southwood Middle School this past November. It was determined that enough time... More >>

• Frotesters

  published April 5, 2007

  Steven Johnson has worked as an officer with the Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for eleven years. He's an exemplary... More >>

• Paradise Lost

  published March 15, 2007

  Harvey Houtkin, the self-proclaimed "father of day trading," is speaking into a microphone. Houtkin, a stout man who won a 1993 federal appeal... More >>

• Booby Tube Trap

  published March 8, 2007

  Booby Tube Trap Filed Under: News Steven McLLain was lugging a discarded Toshiba television across the Venetian... More >>

• The Princess of Miami

  published February 22, 2007

  Traffic on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach was at a standstill. A few tired-looking drivers rolled down windows and craned their necks, trying to... More >>

• The Seminole Sun Sets on Anna Nicole

  published February 15, 2007

  The Seminole Sun Sets on Anna Nicole Filed Under: Scene The day Anna Nicole Smith's corpse was wheeled from the... More >>

• The Fugitive

  published February 1, 2007

  At the moment the bomb was attached to the undercarriage of his canary-yellow Toyota Land Cruiser, Danilo Anderson was one building away, studying... More >>

• America, the Test

  published January 18, 2007

  America, the Test Filed under: Flotsam The feds are going to pilot a new citizenship test (less... More >>

• Lincoln-Douglas It Wasn’t

  published January 11, 2007

  Lincoln-Douglas It Wasn't Filed under: News Some words of advice to Mayor Carlos Alvarez and his supporters: Don't let... More >>

• Busted Rackets

  published January 11, 2007

  In 2001, when Vishnu Maharaj was hired as facility manager of the Crandon Park Tennis Center, the complex took in only $9400 per year in court... More >>