Email Author Gus Garcia-Roberts

Awards

• 2012 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - Investigative Reporters and Editors

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 18, 2011

  "Knocked Out"

• 2012 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published April 28, 2011

  "Hard Hit"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published April 22, 2010

  "Blow Hard"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 23, 2010

  "Marked for Death"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 22, 2010

  "Blow Hard"

• 2010 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published March 26, 2009

  "Pork Pirates"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published August 13, 2009

  "In the Name of the King"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 10, 2009

  "Crime 101"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published March 26, 2009

  "Pork Pirates"

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published February 12, 2009

  "Curse of the Class of 2006"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published November 5, 2009

  "Park or Die Tryin'"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published February 12, 2009

  "Curse of the Class of 2006"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 18, 2008

  "Redemption Run"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 4, 2008

  "Budget Ballin'"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published October 30, 2008

  "Faux-Bama!"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 18, 2008

  "Redemption Run"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published October 30, 2008

  "Faux-Bama!"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 12, 2007

  "The Wild, Wild West Bank"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 24, 2007

  "Hunting the White Buffalo"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 26, 2007

  "Banking on D's"

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2011 Stories by Gus Garcia-Roberts

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  FEATURED STORY

  LeBron-Hater Scott Raab's South Florida Mail: "I Hope Your Child Gets Cancer of the Eyes"

  published Oct 26, 2011

  And they say Miami Heat fans are apathetic. Pshaw! OK, so they might not go to games, even if it's pretty easy to get good tickets for $30 with a free pizza and Coke. But when some high-falutin' autho... More >>

• Yes, That's a Banker Hanging From a Phone Line Along I-95

  published Oct 25, 2011

  But no, it is not real. For the past week, graffiti artist Above has been working on a giant, attention-grabbing mural in Wynwood next to the I-95 northbound lanes as part of Primary Flight. It reads... More >>

• Shaquille O'Neal, Noted Police Miscreant, Wants to Be Lake County Undersheriff

  published Oct 25, 2011

  Apparently Shaq Fu -- despite a personal life that reads like bad urban fiction -- hasn't given up on his dream of being a top cop somewhere in America. Over the weekend, the New York Times published ... More >>

• Pre-Paid Auto Club offers speeding insurance

  published October 27, 2011

  Pre-Paid Auto Club offers speeding insurance More >>

• Pre-Paid Auto Club, Barely Legal Florida Business, Offers "Speeding Insurance"

  published Oct 24, 2011

  Commuting on Florida's highways often feels like bumper cars with Ferrari engines. So what would happen if those heavy-footed douches no longer faced the specter of speeding ticketsrThanks to a couple... More >>

• IPhone 4S's "Personal Assistant" Siri Tells Us Where to Get Hookers, Weed, and Drunk

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Steve Job's first posthumous release -- the iPhone 4S -- is getting a lot of buzz for its new "personal assistant", Siri, who's supposed to be really good at setting up meetings and booking hotel room... More >>

• Eliu Gonzalez, Florida City Sea Hustler, Pleads Guilty to Defrauding BP Out of Oil Spill Funds

  published Oct 20, 2011

  BP was recently ripped off to the tune of six figures by an enterprising hustler named Eliu Gonzalez. The 37-year-old Florida City resident was indicted in April for forging documents to cla... More >>

• Occupy Wall Street: 8 Things Protesters Should Stop Doing To Be Taken More Seriously

  published Oct 19, 2011

  Yesterday, we wandered around the Government Center in Downtown Miami-- site of the Occupy Miami tent-camp-- and found ourselves, well, a bit underwhelmed by the protest scene. By now, Occupy Wall St... More >>

• Michael Kooi, Head of Fraud-Plagued McKay Scholarship Program, Talks to Riptide About Reform

  published Oct 18, 2011

  What a difference three months makes. In July, after New Times published a feature exposing a disastrous lack of oversight in a $150-million-a-year taxpayer-funded voucher program for disabled kids, F... More >>

• New Times exposé forces McKay scholarship reform

  published October 20, 2011

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• Five annoying things Miamians do

  published October 20, 2011

  Five annoying things Miamians do More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Girls, Girls, Girls, and a Man With a Very Smooth Head

  published Oct 14, 2011

  Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation direct... More >>

• Choice Preparatory School, Football "Diploma Mill", Gets More Taxpayer Dollars

  published Oct 14, 2011

  Choice Preparatory School was banned from sports competition last year after an investigator for the state athletic athletic association found no evidence of classes taking place there. Its director... More >>

• Krop High Appeals $53,000 Fine For Cheating Basketball Team

  published Oct 12, 2011

  Socked with a $53,000 fine for fielding a boy's basketball team that repeatedly trampled the rules last season, Dr. Michael M. Krop's new principal is battling the penalty. In an appeal filed in Sep... More >>

• Ten Really Annoying Things Miamians Need to Stop Doing Now

  published Oct 11, 2011

  rOur sister paper in New York City just published a list of ten things that city's citizens need to stop doing. But let's face it: Even when you consider the number of Williamsburg hipsters, Mia... More >>

• 95 Express: Pay more, get injured, wait in traffic

  published October 13, 2011

  95 Express: Pay more, get injured, wait in traffic More >>

• Jose Cassola, Miami Herald Reporter Busted For DUI: "You Can't Get Drunk Off Vodka!"

  published Oct 07, 2011

  Jose Cassola claims that the Miami Herald , where he worked as a Neighbors reporter until Wednesday, is trying to throw him under the bus by publicizing his recent DUI arrest. He also claims that he's... More >>

• Piranha Grandma, Ski Slope Hair, and the Sneaky Milk Thief

  published Oct 07, 2011

  Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation direct... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Florida Dwarf Tossing Ban: Puppet The Psycho Dwarf Weighs In

  published Oct 07, 2011

  Puppet the Psycho Dwarf is the ultimate bad boy in the world of little people. Half Pint Brawlers, his troupe of "midget wrestlers" was recently featured on their own reality show on Spike. They ... More >>

• Miami Herald Really Wants You To Know Its Reporter Got Arrested For DUI

  published Oct 07, 2011

  There was a strange news story published on Miami Herald's website Wednesday. The article, titled "Herald writer charged with DUI, leaves paper," reported that little-known Neighbors reporter Jose C... More >>

• Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent, Calls for McKay Program Overhaul

  published Oct 05, 2011

  In June, New Times published a feature exposing rampant fraud and a near-complete absence of oversight in the $150-million-a-year taxpayer-funded McKay scholarship program for disabled children to att... More >>

• Eva Luna, Miami Telenovela, Is Number One Show in Hungary For Some Reason

  published Oct 04, 2011

  Apparently it's not only your Kendall abuelita who likes a good Spanish-language soap featuring beautiful rich people, faked deaths, and middle-aged hunks with great hair. We recently received a wond... More >>

• Ed Koch Gone Bad, Tiny Coolio Braids, and Crowdsourcing a Beard Joke

  published Sep 30, 2011

  rrEvery Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation ... More >>

• Jimbo's Raided for Unlicensed (But Delicious) Fish

  published Sep 27, 2011

  Jimbo's -- the venerable Virginia Key hobo den, petting zoo, and bocce pit -- was recently named one of Esquire's best bars in America. It looks like a Mad Max gang hangout. In a figurative sense, t... More >>

• Cops raid Jimbo's over fishy business

  published September 29, 2011

  Cops raid Jimbo's over fishy business More >>