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 - 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"

• 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"

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2008 Stories by Bob Norman

• Broward County bail bondsmen want to kill pretrial intervention, and the County Commission is willing to help

  published December 18, 2008

  Broward County has a history of packing its jails with destitute inmates — so much so that it remains under a 1995 federal order to keep... More >>

• Update

  published December 18, 2008

  Crumbling CastlePolice arrested Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini last Friday and charged him with receiving unlawful... More >>

• Glades Grab

  published December 11, 2008

  The development is an abomination, a blight on South Florida, a bitter insult to Mother Nature herself. And like all bad projects, it is being... More >>

• Politicians in Sunrise have plenty of mud to sling

  published December 4, 2008

  Sunrise is a pretty dark place today. This city on the edge of the Everglades is in the midst of a political war — and the air is... More >>

• The Lost Season

  published November 27, 2008

  It looked bad. The 13-year-old QB clutched his right wrist, the one connected to his throwing hand. He seemed to be in more than great pain; he... More >>

• Fear of the Queer: Blacks in Florida vote to oppress gays

  published November 13, 2008

  Newly elected state Sen. Chris Smith always gets a visit from his Aunt Bertha before major elections. She likes to look at his voter's guide to... More >>

• Kimbo Slice's a sissy: The fight that wasn't threatens to ruin a sport that isn't

  published November 6, 2008

  Michael Wilbon, a sports commentator with ESPN and the Washington Post, has recently and repeatedly declared that South Florida native... More >>

• Newspaper layoffs, partnerships, and the Net conspire to kill South Florida dailies

  published October 30, 2008

  The loss of news is almost imperceptible; there's really no way to know what stories we might be missing when there's no one there to report... More >>

• Rise of Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein has town talking

  published October 16, 2008

  Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein is, quite literally, a high roller. During the past couple of years, the Fort Lauderdale... More >>

• Dueling Detectives: Private dick Dan Riemer says he solved the murder of Broward County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Chris Reyka — no thanks to the Sheriff's Department detectives

  published October 9, 2008

  Homicide detectives are close to solving the murder of Sgt. Chris Reyka, one of their own. Broward Sheriff's Office investigators have... More >>

• Billed for Bull

  published October 2, 2008

  It was a stunning about-face for the man who runs the Broward County Courthouse. Chief Judge Victor Tobin, the same man who had... More >>

• The People Person

  published September 25, 2008

  Shortly after John McCain chose his running mate, state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff enlisted in the "Sarah Palin Truth Squad." Don't let the... More >>

• Courthouse Surprise

  published September 18, 2008

  Ian Richards is one of the most unlikely people ever to be elected judge in the history of Broward County. He knows that his upset victory over... More >>

• Trickster in Chief

  published September 4, 2008

  The assault on Scott Israel, a man who very well might be Broward County's next sheriff, came fast and furious a week before Election... More >>

• The Rielle Deal

  published August 28, 2008

  Rielle Hunter, who was born in Fort Lauderdale 44 years ago, has had an alarmingly eventful life. As a teenager, she was an... More >>

• Two Tales From the Trail

  published August 21, 2008

  When John Rodstrom Googled himself, he didn't like what he saw. At the top of the first page of the search engine's results was a link... More >>

• Unfinished Business

  published August 14, 2008

  On a hot night in July, Angie Sanders watched Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion walk up to a table outside Starbucks. He looked... More >>

• Stop Charlie

  published July 31, 2008

  Somebody stop Charlie Crist. Stop the Florida governor from hawking Alligator Alley to foreign companies. Stop him from leasing the 78... More >>

• Shak Attack

  published July 24, 2008

  The sheriff's candidate called "Shak" says he wants to bring everyone closer together in Broward County. But so far, Shahruck Dhanji,... More >>

• Sugar Daddy

  published July 17, 2008

  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's plan to buy U.S. Sugar for $1.75 billion has been described by Florida newspapers as "bold," "ambitious," and... More >>

• Naked Negotiation in Riviera Beach

  published July 10, 2008

  Nightclub owner Michael Goelz says he received an unusual request from Riviera Beach Commissioner Cedrick Thomas when he requested a meeting... More >>

• The Ink-Stained Unemployed

  published June 26, 2008

  Miami Herald political writer Gary Fineout was driving to his office at the Tallahassee bureau last Monday morning when he got word: An... More >>

• The Jewish Problem

  published June 12, 2008

  The document, titled "Obama and the Jews — Truth Checklist," contains what Palm Beach County Republican Party Chairman Sid Dinerstein... More >>

• Pink Slip Justice

  published June 5, 2008

  Sonia King says she was appalled when one of her coworkers made the proposition: If she would marry an illegal immigrant, she could make... More >>

• The Mayor's Private Dick

  published May 29, 2008

  Deerfield Beach Commissioner Steve Gonot didn't know he was being watched. When Gonot attended a League of Cities convention in Orlando... More >>