Email Author Bob Norman

Awards

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ

  The Daily Pulp

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  The Daily Pulp

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published November 27, 2008

  "The Lost Season"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published July 31, 2008

  "Stop Charlie"

• 2008 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published June 21, 2007

  "Gang Tackled"

• 2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published March 8, 2007

  "Witness for the Defense"

• 2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published June 21, 2007

  "Gang Tackled"

• 2008 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published February 15, 2007

  "Dead End"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 15, 2006

  "Mayor Al Has to Go, Bad"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 5, 2006

  "A Politician Weeps"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 17, 2006

  "Who Crowned Michael Brown?"

• 2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published October 20, 2005

  "A Tragedy of Errors"

• 2006 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published March 24, 2005

  "Cash Cow"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 1, 2005

  "Spreading the Plame"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 11, 2005

  "Knight Riddance"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 29, 2005

  "Westside's Stories"

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2005 Stories by Bob Norman

• Business on the Edge

  published December 29, 2005

  It wasn't so much the sight of the backhoe rolling down Broward Boulevard that raised the hackles of Lee Hillier, district manager for the... More >>

• The Life of Riley

  published December 22, 2005

  It's Christmas Eve, and Pat Riley is toiling away in his palatial office at American Airlines Arena. As the resurrected Miami Heat coach goes over... More >>

• Fish Bait

  published December 8, 2005

  Who will be remembered as the Grim Reaper of baseball in South Florida? Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, who insists on making a vast fortune off... More >>

• Spreading the Plame

  published December 1, 2005

  It's time to come to the defense of Judith Miller. Yes, the former New York Times reporter served as a mouthpiece for the Bush... More >>

• Terrible Twosome

  published November 24, 2005

  Josephus Eggelletion is the politician who won't go away. During the past five years, the Broward County commissioner has been hit with... More >>

• Parrish Is Burning

  published November 17, 2005

  Broward County Property Appraiser Lori Parrish might as well have ridden up on a white horse. Claiming to be ¨outraged¨ by a plan to... More >>

• All About the Benjamin

  published November 10, 2005

  Ben Graber, the man slated to become Broward County's next mayor, is currently battling to lose you $10 million. It's taxpayers' money that could... More >>

• Blow Me Down

  published November 3, 2005

  The city sidewalk in front of my house rose up five feet from the ground like a cobra ready to strike. Then it shimmied like a voodoo dancer. It... More >>

• A Tragedy of Errors

  published October 20, 2005

  Max Caulfield didn't know why he'd been pulled over, but he knew it was deadly serious. He couldn't see the police in his rearview mirror, but he... More >>

• Blood on the Tracks

  published October 13, 2005

  When the train roared by just a few yards in front of me, Sean Rowe disappeared. One moment, I was watching Rowe walk toward me under the... More >>

• Jackass Jack

  published October 6, 2005

  I was sitting in a box seat at Pro Player Stadium, and it started coming out of me like a mantra. "Pull him... pull him... pull him." ... More >>

• Westside's Stories

  published September 29, 2005

  Here's a job for new Broward County government chief Bertha Henry: End the county's business dealings with the Westside Gazette. The... More >>

• Savage Station

  published September 22, 2005

  As if Hurricane Katrina victims didn't have enough going against them, now they're the latest targets of hate radio. Just listen to Fort... More >>

• Crist Is King

  published September 15, 2005

  The king of the North Broward Hospital District fell without a whimper. Bill Scherer was unceremoniously ousted last month as general counsel... More >>

• Finding Jairo

  published September 1, 2005

  In the dream, a young and strong Jairo Sanchez stands on a beach before a vast ocean. His long-mourning sister Beatriz asks him where he's been.... More >>

• Finding Gary, Part 4

  published August 25, 2005

  (This is the last of a series. See the first three installments at newtimesbpb.com.) The small... More >>

• Finding Gary, Part 3

  published August 18, 2005

  This is the third in a four-part series. To read the first two parts, visit newtimesbpb.com. ... More >>

• Finding Gary, Part 2

  published August 11, 2005

  Editor's note: This is the second in a four-part series. See the first installment at More >>

• Knight Riddance

  published August 11, 2005

  In all the head-scratching and fist-shaking since columnist Jim DeFede was hastily fired by the Miami Herald, another of the newspaper's... More >>

• Finding Gary, Part 1

  published August 4, 2005

  Donna Weaver didn't look down on the leaden Atlantic Ocean below. Fighting the three-headed nightmare of fear, mourning, and nausea, she didn't... More >>

• What Is the Meaning of Football?

  published August 4, 2005

  "A lot of people think happiness comes from the outside things. Happiness arises when you have contentment. Contentment comes from the inside,... More >>

• Cor Values, Part 2

  published July 7, 2005

  A high-rolling Miami developer came to Pembroke Park and left with a prized piece of public land. For their trouble, taxpayers stand to lose more... More >>

• Cor Values

  published June 30, 2005

  Ira Cor says he likes to stay behind the scenes. The real-estate broker contends he's happy to get government deals done while the politicians --... More >>

• Cash Cow, Part 2

  published May 26, 2005

  After years of unlawful secrecy, profiteering, and nepotism by the Town of Southwest Ranches, things are finally changing. But its 7,000-some... More >>

• A Work of Art

  published May 19, 2005

  Usually, the Broward State Attorney's Office employs comedy to clear public officials accused of corruption. Vaudevillian top prosecutor Michael... More >>