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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2007 Stories by Francisco Alvarado

• The Go-to Guy for the Gun-Shy

  published June 28, 2007

  The Go-to Guy for the Gun-Shy Filed under: Flotsam The bulletproof window near the entrance of... More >>

• Exposé Fray

  published June 21, 2007

  Investigative journalist Mike Kirsch remembers undercover cops pinning him against his car in Cicero, Illinois, in the late Eighties, when he was... More >>

• Souto Steamed Over Suit Support

  published June 21, 2007

  Souto Steamed Over Suit Support Filed under: News In their battle to stop Jorge Perez's luxury... 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 >>

• Target Identified

  published June 7, 2007

  Back in April 2003, Miami-Dade County Commissioner José "Pepe" Diaz attended an anti-cancer charity shoot at the Trail Glades Gun Range. It was a b... More >>

• Whore Hounds, Unite

  published May 31, 2007

  Whore Hounds, Unite Filed under: Culture Thank God for the Internet. Should all of South Florida be swallowed up by the sea,... More >>

• See the World, One Couch at a Time

  published May 24, 2007

  See the World, One Couch at a Time Filed under: Flotsam Want to cross oceans, continents, and cultures, but lack the... More >>

• Camilo's Retreat

  published May 3, 2007

  Early one afternoon in June 2003, a bushy-haired, 28-year-old sergeant from Miami sat down on the hard floor of a steamy, furniture-less room in... More >>

• Bruno the Absent

  published April 26, 2007

  Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman Bruno Barreiro is holding court at a Little Havana library. It's still early and his audience consists of... More >>

• While You Were Out

  published April 5, 2007

  While You Were Out Filed Under: News While you were out partying, doing hallucinogenic drugs, and having... More >>

• Behind the Boot

  published March 29, 2007

  For 35 years Diane O'Quinn Williams has been a fixture at County Hall. She climbed the ranks from clerk to top administrator with a quiet,... More >>

• Axing the Property Tax

  published March 15, 2007

  Take Us to the Bridge Filed Under: News Following revelations by New Times that a parking lot under the State Road... 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 >>

• South Beach Menace

  published March 8, 2007

  Just four blocks from Ocean Drive and haute high-priced South Beach eateries China Grill and Tuscan Steak, a rail-thin homeless man sat in the... More >>

• Hit and Run Hero

  published March 1, 2007

  Payfront Park Filed Under: Culture First-run movies every night on a 60-foot-high screen in a beautiful grassy spot... More >>

• His Satanic Majesty's Request

  published February 22, 2007

  His Satanic Majesty's Request Filed Under: Flotsam Sixty-year-old José Luis de Jesús Miranda has called himself... More >>

• The Hilliard’s Alive ...

  published February 8, 2007

  The Hilliard's Alive ... Filed under: News Gabrielle Nash Tessler is on a mission to rid North Bay Village of the... More >>

• Wicked, Part 2

  published February 1, 2007

  Miami-Dade Commissioner Natacha Seijas earns $52,499 a year as vice president of public policy and government/community relations for the YMCA of... 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 >>

• Renaissance Swamp Man

  published January 18, 2007

  The directions were easy enough. Head west on Tamiami Trail. Two miles past the Miccosukee Indian water tower, make a left onto Loop Road, the... 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 >>