Bob Norman, Good-Bye!

My old buddy Bob Norman is shipping outta New Times Broward Palm Beach and heading for the TV news. Bob has been the franchise player at that paper for years -- ably assisted by the likes of a staff that has included stars like Sam Eifling, Ed Newton, Tony Ortega,...

By Chuck Strouse

April 29, 2011

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My old buddy Bob Norman is shipping outta New Times Broward Palm Beach and

heading for the TV news.

Bob has been the franchise player at

that paper for years -- ably assisted by the likes of a staff that has

included stars like Sam Eifling, Ed Newton, Tony Ortega, Mike Mooney,

Lisa Rab, Trevor Aaronson, Ashley Harrell, Miche Ratto, and, of course,

the current editors Deirdra Funcheon and Eric Barton -- among many

others.

I promoted Bob to columnist more years ago than I care

to remember. He kicked ass, winning a Livingston Award for Young

Journalists by writing about bad immigration practices and the 9/11

bombers. Better than any journalist in America, he chronicled the

decline of American newspapers in the last decade.

When it came to writing about Bernie Madoff and the gutter scum that was

Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, no one did it better.

And hey,

Bob nailed more Broward politicians as a New Times columnist than I can

count. There were several mayors, a passel of commissioners, and a very

short sheriff, just to name a few. All of those miscreants who now sit

in jail... including members of a school board labeled as corrupt, can

thank the Norman-meister for their fate. Or maybe we regular citizens

should thank the guy.

In any case. I am gonna miss Bob. Actually,

I look forward to competing with him for stories. My buddy has now

become a worthy opponent.

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Chuck Strouse is the former editor in chief of Miami New Times. He has shared two Pulitzer Prizes and won dozens of other awards. He is an honors graduate of Brown University and has worked at newspapers including the Miami Herald and Los Angeles Times.

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