Email Author Francisco Alvarado
Awards
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2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published July 8, 2010
"Death Row"
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2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 3, 2009
"On the Level"
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2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published October 15, 2009
"Work It, Jerry!"
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2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 17, 2009
"Baby Got Fatback!"
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2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 3, 2009
"On the Level"
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2009 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 1, 2008
"F-School Bomb"
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2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 30, 2008
"Voter Fraud Ahead"
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2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 22, 2008
"Burn, Baby, Burn"
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2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 8, 2008
"Killers in the Can"
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2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published January 10, 2008
"Wet Foot, Dusty Foot"
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2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published October 23, 2008
"Dead Weight"
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2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 1, 2008
"The F-School Bomb"
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2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published May 1, 2008
"The F-School Bomb"
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2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 11, 2008
"Missing Peace"
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2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published December 11, 2008
"No Fear"
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2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published August 2, 2007
"Bad Apple"
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2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published January 27, 2005
"Crack Kills"
2009 Stories by Francisco Alvarado
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Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones Beats Corruption Charges
published June 4, 2009
Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones Beats Corruption Charges More >>
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Two Years Later: Lilly Aramburo Remains Missing
published May 29, 2009
It has been close to a year since I wrote my cover story about Lilly Aramburo, a 24-year-old single mother and drug addict who disappeared from her boyfriend's apartment June 1, 2007. Today, ther... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Peel the Vote '09: Luis Morse for Miami Commish
published May 28, 2009
Today, Banana Republican begins a weekly series assessing candidates running for various municipal elected offices this year. Let's turn our attention to the District 3 city commission race in M... More >>
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Black vs. White, Miami Remains the Same
published May 27, 2009
Just got back from the Spence-Jones Vindication Show in Overtown. The thunderstorms had just subsided outside the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church at 301 NW 9th Street. But inside Commissioner Mich... More >>
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Cleared of Wrongdoing, Spence-Jones Speaks To Her Flock
published May 27, 2009
Cleared of public corruption charges last week, Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones will hold a press conference today at 5:30 p.m. We're guessing Spence-Jones will gloat a little, maybe take a ... More >>
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Helio Castroneves Strikes Back
published May 28, 2009
Watching Helio Castroneves sob joyfully as he sipped from his victory bottle of milk, Riptide couldn't help but feel all warm and fuzzy. After... More >>
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Rush to Justice
published May 28, 2009
Miami Police Rush a Murder Case on TV show The First 48 More >>
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FEATURED STORY
The Big Donors in Miami Mayor's Race
published May 15, 2009
In this week's print edition of Riptide, I wrote that none of the candidates in the Miami mayoral race will crack the $1 million benchmarks set by Manny Diaz in 2001 and 2005. Nevertheless, City Comm... More >>
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No Cash in the Coffers
published May 14, 2009
Miami's mayoral frontrunners struggle to raise campaign money in recession More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Facebook Censors Promoter Alexis Mincolla's Flyers and Viral Videos UPDATE
published May 07, 2009
UPDATE: Facebook has restored Alexis Mincolla's privileges to upload all the Satanic-themed nightclub violence footage he wants. It appears Facebook doesn't like what Alexis Mincolla, the master... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Andre Pierre is Not a Clucker
published May 05, 2009
This past April 30, I wrote about North Miami mayoral candidate Frank Wolland calling out opponent Andre Pierre for supposedly refusing to answer questions about his 4.9 percent ownership interest in... More >>
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Worth Clucking About
published Apr 30, 2009
This week, North Miami mayoral candidate Frank Wolland went on the offensive for the city's upcoming May 12 municipal election by having a volunteer dress up in a chicken suit and tail opponent Andre... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
There's Something Fowl in North Miami
published Apr 28, 2009
Local campaign strategist Michael Caputo likes to employ some fowl play in his election day tactics. In the mid-1990s, Caputo busted out his patent-pending tactic of using a man-in-a-chick... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Land Use and Campaign Contributions 101
published Apr 24, 2009
On its corporate website, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod boasts that its land use and zoning lawyers have "literally helped to reshape the skyline of our community." No doubt the influ... More >>
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Mayor Muscle
published April 23, 2009
North Miami Beach residents say candidate for mayor violated construction laws More >>
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Miami Beach's Parking Imbroglio
published Apr 21, 2009
For nine years, Frank Pintado, as the operations manager of Standard Parking's Miami Beach operations, lorded over the city's public garages and several lots. The deal was worth $3 million ... More >>
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Dancing with the Pols
published Apr 20, 2009
Coming in November, the City of Miami's public access channel will try its hand at some new, innovative programming to get residents amped up about the Magic City's elected officials. It's a variety s... More >>
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Trouble on the Waterfront
published April 16, 2009
Matheson Hammock dry dock storage project has stalled More >>
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COVER STORY
The Dead Among Us
published April 16, 2009
Between September and November last year, an anomaly occurred in Miami. For 38 days straight, no one was murdered within city limits. It... More >>
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A Miami-Dade Marina Deal Gets Nasty
published Apr 10, 2009
With millions of dollars at stake, two private marina operators are duking it out to win a Miami-Dade County contract to build and manage a dry dock boat storage facility at Matheson Hammock Park in ... More >>
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Lobbying for a Commission Seat
published Apr 03, 2009
Juan Carlos Zapata, a state representative from the Kendall area, is gunning for Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez's job. The legislator is going to be termed out of office in 2010, so he's... More >>
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No Love for Locals
published April 2, 2009
The brains behind the Cocaine Cowboys documentary franchise have placed bounty on Florida Film Commissioner Lucia Fishburne. Rakontur... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
WMC 2009: Late of the Pier, Rye Rye at The Vagabond
published Mar 30, 2009
So after wrapping up a couple of feel-good stories about a female inmate being sexually assaulted by prison guards and the ridiculous shenanigans by some cops in a tiny place called Biscayne Park... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Hallandale Vice Gets Busy in the Champagne Room
published Mar 27, 2009
On March 7, just a half-hour past midnight, stormtroopers from the Hallandale Beach Police Department and the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco raided the Cheetah gentlemen's club.T... More >>
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Cop Land Revisited
published March 26, 2009
A sign on Griffing Boulevard in the Village of Biscayne Park warns drivers in bold, italicized black-and-red letters: "Don't even think about... More >>
