Email Author Deirdra Funcheon

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 26, 2008

  "To Hug a Porcupine"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published June 26, 2008

  "To Hug a Porcupine"

• 2009 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published June 26, 2008

  "To Hug a Porcupine"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published June 26, 2008

  "To Hug a Porcupine"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published January 31, 2008

  "Simmer Down, Kids!"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published November 6, 2008

  "Mud in Your Eye"

• 2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published July 5, 2007

  "Kill My Wife. Please!"

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2004 Stories by Deirdra Funcheon

• For Grown-ups Or-chids

  published February 19, 2004

  An all-ages flower show THU 2/19 We were old pros at planting banana trees in... More >>

• Skrrreeek!!!

  published February 19, 2004

  Turn it up, bring the earplugs THU 2/19 A chance meeting with the... More >>

• The Stoke Exchange

  published February 19, 2004

  So, you want to start surfing? Just make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. Because no matter how fashionable your boardshorts, you're... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published February 12, 2004

  THU 2/12 The Finnish language is so diplomatic. Did you know it has a word (hän) that means he or she? Forget what... More >>

• Cuckoo for Coco

  published January 29, 2004

  Women have just one luminary fashion figure to thank for bringing them out of the era of corsets and into the millennium of little black dresses:... More >>

• Venezuelan Visions

  published January 22, 2004

  Since President Hugo Chavez assumed center stage in this South American nation (whether he is playing the role of Robin Hood or Fidel Castro... More >>