Email Author Francisco Alvarado

Awards

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published July 8, 2010

  "Death Row"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 3, 2009

  "On the Level"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published October 15, 2009

  "Work It, Jerry!"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 17, 2009

  "Baby Got Fatback!"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 3, 2009

  "On the Level"

• 2009 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 1, 2008

  "F-School Bomb"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 30, 2008

  "Voter Fraud Ahead"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 22, 2008

  "Burn, Baby, Burn"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 8, 2008

  "Killers in the Can"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published January 10, 2008

  "Wet Foot, Dusty Foot"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published October 23, 2008

  "Dead Weight"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 1, 2008

  "The F-School Bomb"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published May 1, 2008

  "The F-School Bomb"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 11, 2008

  "Missing Peace"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published December 11, 2008

  "No Fear"

• 2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published August 2, 2007

  "Bad Apple"

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

  "Crack Kills"

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2006 Stories by Francisco Alvarado

• Moldy Christmas

  published December 21, 2006

  Moldy Christmas Filed under: News ... More >>

• Wicked

  published December 14, 2006

  By Christmas, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas's reign could be over. A band of rebels threatens her imperial grip. Last month... More >>

• Shanty Talk

  published December 7, 2006

  Shanty Talk Filed under: News One should always be wary when city officials declare they are "listening" to the people's... More >>

• Boom Goes Bust (Again)

  published November 30, 2006

  Boom Goes Bust (Again) Filed under: News For sale: land, permits, and plans for Onyx 2, a failed 50-story, 125-unit condo... More >>

• Risky Business

  published November 16, 2006

  Risky Business Filed under: News When the corrections counselor tells what it's like to walk past the cell blocks at the... More >>

• District 2 Dustup

  published November 2, 2006

  Former Miami City Manager Joe Arriola isn't shy when it comes to his former top deputy, Linda Haskins. She used to keep a bottle of Grey Goose... More >>

• Crash Dummies

  published November 2, 2006

  The City of Miami ranks first in the nation in terms of pedestrians run over by cars. About six of every 100,000 people are killed each year,... More >>

• Sticky Lingers

  published October 26, 2006

  Sticky Lingers Filed under: Flotsam... More >>

• Douglas Road Goes Off the (Metro) Rails

  published October 12, 2006

  Douglas Road Goes Off the (Metro) Rails Filed under: Scanner In... More >>

• The Aviators

  published October 12, 2006

  The sun shone bright and hot just before noon on a perfect July 4 when 35-year-old Samuel Sax took off from Tamiami Airport in his 1946 Globe... More >>

• Mining the Store

  published September 28, 2006

  Mining the Store Filed under: Flotsam Every once in a while,... More >>

• The Price of Victory

  published September 21, 2006

  The Price of Victory Filed under: Scanner Let's get this... More >>

• Waterfront Access Is for Commies

  published September 14, 2006

  Waterfront Access Is for Commies Filed under: Scanner When the Miami City Commission met this past week to discuss... More >>

• Redeveloping History

  published September 7, 2006

  The fate of Miami's brain center is on the line. At a special meeting September 7, city commissioners will decide whether to transform Miami... More >>

• Sandwich and a Dictator to Go

  published August 3, 2006

  As midnight approached this past Monday, Radio Mambí host Ninoska Pérez Castellón cautioned against speculation of Fidel... More >>

• Kiss and Expel

  published July 20, 2006

  If you are a black female officer on the Miami police force, standing by your man can get you fired. Take Ofcr. April Hardemon. The... More >>

• The Ghetto Governor

  published July 20, 2006

  This past January 26, inside the Miami-Dade County Commission chamber in downtown Miami, Dorrin Rolle played MC for an early-morning ceremony... More >>

• The Drink-'Em-Up World Cup

  published June 29, 2006

  Not long after noon on June 11 at the Playwright Irish Pub in South Beach, the predominantly pro-American crowd was silent. It had nothing to root... More >>

• Go Heat

  published June 15, 2006

  So Israel is killing civilians — by mistake, of course. Palestinians are feuding among themselves on the West Bank. And Hamas has called an... More >>

• Sidewalk Salvation

  published June 15, 2006

  On a recent spring evening, after a day of knocking on doors, Ben Stevens and Clinton Dowse settle in for a Haitian dinner at the North Miami... More >>

• Inherit the Worth

  published June 8, 2006

  Former U.S. Congresswoman Carrie Meek, the first African American from Florida elected to Congress since Reconstruction, retired from political... More >>

• A Bay of Pigs Invasion

  published May 18, 2006

  Iván Dominguez was bound to offend el exilio when he pitched his tent at the foot the Monument of Martyrs at SW Eighth Street and... More >>

• Jamaica, Some Problem

  published May 4, 2006

  One day this past October, filmmaker Aaron Salgado found inspiration while shacking up in a motel room on SW Eighth Street. "I was hosting a... More >>

• Now You See It ...

  published April 27, 2006

  Things couldn't get worse for the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Instead of celebrating 50 years staging plays, the historic theater is on the verge of... More >>

• Sig File

  published April 20, 2006

  In Hialeah it may now be a crime to publicly oppose Natacha Seijas. For the past six weeks, paid canvassers for the Committee to Recall Miami-Dade... More >>