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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2008 Stories by Francisco Alvarado

• Banana Republican - Hart Burn

  published May 22, 2008

  In this week's New Times, I report on an internal investigation of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Lt. Lisa Hart, who wasn't showing up for work yet still getting paid. The investigation is based on an anon... More >>

• Burn, Baby, Burn

  published May 22, 2008

  Lisa Hart has a lot of leisure time. In the past two years, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue lieutenant has burned through 865 hours of... More >>

• In Carlos, We Trust

  published May 15, 2008

  Politics In Carlos, We Trust The boss pays you. time to pay him back. By Francisco... More >>

• Nipping The Watchdog's Heel

  published May 13, 2008

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• In Our Opinion

  published May 09, 2008

  You can always count on Miami Today Publisher Michael Lewis to do what the Miami Herald editorial board won't do. This week, Lewis takes Miami-Dade County Schools Superintendent Rudolph "Rudy" Crew... More >>

• Rudy's A No Show

  published May 08, 2008

  Today, for the 54th time since July 2007, Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Rudolph "Rudy" Crew did not show up for work. This time, he took a vacation day. Meanwhile, the school district continues... More >>

• The volunteer lobbyist

  published May 07, 2008

  The South Florida Business Journal recently published a story detailing a slimy deal between media executive and former Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Jose Cancela and the Jackson Memorial Foundation... More >>

• Killers in the Can

  published May 8, 2008

  After a day-long drinking binge on March 30, 1988, Douglas and Dennis Escobar were driving a stolen gray Mazda on Calle Ocho near SW 32nd... More >>

• In Carlos We Trust, Really

  published May 06, 2008

  Several high-level, well-paid Miami-Dade County executives are investing in a little job security. At least 24 department directors, assistant county managers, and executive assistants contributed ... More >>

• Marijuana fuels career longevity

  published May 01, 2008

  Lately Florida marijuana growers are providing drug agents with a lot of job security. Yesterday, the Drug Enforcement Agency led raids on 150 indoor pot grow houses across the state, with one-thir... More >>

• Failed School

  published May 1, 2008

  Inside Room 222 on the second floor of Allapattah Middle School this past January 17, around 4:30 p.m., the 15 students in Erika Selig's... More >>

• Toke It Easy

  published April 17, 2008

  News Toke It Easy Snap out of it, 4/20 revelers: Florida legislators want to stomp on your... More >>

• Easy on Rudy

  published April 10, 2008

  News Easy on Rudy The newspaper of record plays softball with the schools chief. By Francisco... More >>

• Arrested Development

  published April 3, 2008

  For most of his life, Gregory "Silk" Thomas was a pimp and a drug dealer. In the 30 years he has lived in Miami Beach, the 45-year-old ex-con... More >>

• Scarface in Miami

  published April 3, 2008

  News The Day Scarface Came to Town Twenty-five years ago, politics derailed De Palma's Miami... More >>

• Kid Stuff

  published March 27, 2008

  On a recent Thursday about 1 p.m., Carlos Manrique is driving his white Hyundai SUV west on the Dolphin Expressway when he grins and compares... More >>

• Cops Are Cranky

  published March 27, 2008

  $50,000 News Flash! Cops Are Cranky Filed under: News Results from a Miami Police Department "work climate" study... More >>

• Perez Hilton Picks a Fight

  published March 27, 2008

  It happened in 1996. Mario Lavandeira Jr. can't recall the exact date, but it was late in his senior year at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School,... More >>

• Marketing Mayhem

  published March 20, 2008

  Marketing Mayhem Filed under: Culture The DVD opens with a disclaimer: "These people are Hood Professionals; do... More >>

• Sarnoff Shmarnoff

  published February 28, 2008

  TV Guise Filed under: News For quite some time, Miami city Commissioner Marc Sarnoff has represented himself as... More >>

• Sarnoff Turns His Back on Blacks

  published February 21, 2008

  Dressed in a fire-engine-red short-sleeve button-down shirt and matching slacks, George Symonette leans back in the barber chair where he has... More >>

• Rappers' Slight

  published February 14, 2008

  Rappers' Slight Filed under: Culture Despite reaching number one and generating the greatest one-week digital... More >>

• City Hall Stinks

  published February 14, 2008

  Shortly before 8 p.m., a revival-like atmosphere consumes the New Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Liberty City. More than three dozen... More >>

• Counting the Down

  published February 7, 2008

  Counting the Down Filed under: News Nick Basquez pulled his van under an I-95 overpass in downtown Miami, where a... More >>

• Goodbye, D-Train

  published January 31, 2008

  The D-Train Leaves the Station Filed under: Sports That giant sucking sound? It was the now-familiar... More >>