Email Author Tim Elfrink

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2011

  "Santeria Stalker"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 19, 2011

  "Guns Online: No Permit Needed"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 3, 2011

  "The Fight to Bury Venezuelan President CAP in Miami"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published December 16, 2010

  "Hurricane Nevin"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 20, 2010

  "Hack Pack"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

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

  "Tea Party Pretty Boy"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published April 9, 2009

  "The Fall of a Titan"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 26, 2009

  "Guantanamo's Final Days"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published June 4, 2009

  "Swamped"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published April 9, 2009

  "The Fall of a Titan"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published May 21, 2009

  "Dog Fight"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published February 26, 2009

  "Guantanamo's Final Days"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published December 18, 2008

  "Black October"

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

  "Black October"

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

  "Black October"

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2013 Stories by Tim Elfrink

• Brad Meltzer's "The Fifth Assassin"

  published January 17, 2013

  Brad Meltzer's "The Fifth Assassin" More >>

• Miami Photog Leads Lawsuit Against Remington Over Misfiring Model 700 Rifles

  published January 17, 2013

  Miami Photog Leads Lawsuit Against Remington Over Misfiring Model 700 Rifles More >>

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  Miami Dolphins Ask Everyone To Forget About Marlins Park and Fund $400 Million In Sun Life Fixes

  published Jan 14, 2013

  The Miami Marlins swindled local taxpayers out of nearly $500 million while lying about team finances. The Miami Heat cook their books every year to pretend American Airlines Arena -- home to the worl... More >>

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  Miami Photographer Tim Chapman Leads Lawsuit Against Remington Over Misfiring Guns

  published Jan 14, 2013

  Tim Chapman, a veteran news photographer who retired last year from the Miami Herald, had been hunting his whole life, and obeyed one rule above all: Always assume your gun is loaded and ready to fire... More >>

• Junior Seau Suffered From Concussion-Linked Brain Disease Before Suicide, Autopsy Finds

  published Jan 10, 2013

  From the moment former Dolphins star Junior Seau took his own life last May, many questioned whether brain injuries linked to the dozens of concussions he'd suffered may have contributed to his death ... More >>

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  FAU Professor Thinks Sandy Hook Massacre May Have Been a Media Conspiracy

  published Jan 09, 2013

  Up at Florida Atlantic University, communications professor James Tracy has been regaling students for a decade with his thoughts on 9-11, the Oklahoma City bombing and the Kennedy assassination. He's... More >>

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  Hugo Chavez Won't Be Sworn In As Venezuela's President On Thursday

  published Jan 08, 2013

  Take a deep breath, Doral, Weston, and every other Venezuelan enclave in Miami: As of Thursday, Hugo Chavez will technically no longer be president of your homeland. Chavez's allies confirmed this aft... More >>

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  Alabama Wins Championship In Most Eye-Searingly Boring Title Game Ever

  published Jan 08, 2013

  With a matchup between Nick Satan and the preachy half of the Catholics vs Convicts rivalry, South Florida would have been perfectly happy if an epic bout of Montezuma's revenge had cancelled the whol... More >>

• PETA Demands Python Hunters Stop Decapitating Snakes

  published Jan 08, 2013

  Experts around the country have raised all kinds of concerns about Florida's mass orgy of python killing set for this weekend. Would-be snake hunters only have to read a couple of PDFs to qualify, lea... More >>

• Hundreds of Maniacs Sign Up To Hunt Pythons in the Everglades This Weekend

  published Jan 07, 2013

  Does slogging around a foreboding, swampy wilderness searching for man-hungry pythons that can grow longer than a city block sound like your idea of a fun weekendr For hundreds of people from around t... More >>

• That Drunk Secret Service Agent Who Passed Out In Brickell Won't Be Prosecuted

  published Jan 04, 2013

  When Barack Obama visited the University of Miami a few weeks before the big presidential election, one of the agents in his Secret Service detail decided to go a little buck wild in Brickell. In fact... More >>

• Bath Salts Will Make You Punch Your Girlfriend, Listen to Dubstep, Says U.S. Navy PSA Video

  published Jan 03, 2013

  Up until now, the true dangers of bath salts were a bit hazy. The synthetic drug was blamed for everything from the Miami zombie to the guy in West Virginia who dressed in panties and slaughtered his ... More >>

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  That Fiscal Cliff Deal Is Going To Cost Florida Billions; Here's How Much More You'll Pay

  published Jan 03, 2013

  Chances are, when you heard that the GOP-controlled House had finally relented on a deal that kept the nation from plunging Wile E. Coyote-style off a fiscal cliff, you popped a little mental champagn... More >>