- New Times Broward-Palm Beach
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New Times Broward-Palm Beach Type Weekly newspaper Format Broadsheet Owner The Village Voice Editor Eric Barton Founded 1997 Headquarters 16 N.E. Fourth St., Suite 200
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 USACirculation 225,000 Official website browardpalmbeach.com New Times Broward-Palm Beach is an alternative weekly newspaper; it is part of the Village Voice Media chain. The paper split off from the Miami New Times in 1997, under the auspices of then editor-in-chief Tom Walsh. Walsh was succeeded by Chuck Strouse, who was replaced in 2005 with Tony Ortega. In March 2007, Ortega was appointed as editor-in-chief of the company's flagship paper, The Village Voice. In April 2007, Robert Meyerowitz was named editor-in-chief,[1] though he departed the following May to take an endowed chair at University of Alaska. In 2009, Eric Barton was hired as editor. The paper's weekly readership is 225,000.
Staff
The editorial staff is composed of Eric Barton (Editor); Deirdra Funcheon (Associate Editor); Bob Norman (Columnist); Thomas Francis (Blog Editor), Lisa Rab, Stefan Kamph, and Michael J. Mooney (Staff Writers); John Linn (Food Critic); Brandon K. Thorp (Theater Critic); Tara Nieuwesteeg (Nightlife Columnist); Mickie Centrone (Calendar Editor); Erica K. Landau (Assistant Entertainment Editor); and Brett Gillin (Clubs Editor).
It has consistently uncovered corruption in South Florida, including stories that led to the ouster of a mayor in Pompano Beach, prompted former Gov. Jeb Bush to overhaul the massive North Broward Hospital District.[2] The newspapers' reporters have won hundreds of journalism prizes, including the Livingston Award for Young Journalists, the Sigma Chi Delta Award, the Gerald Loeb Award, Investigative Reporter & Editor (IRE) honors, and numerous AltWeekly Awards.[3]
References
- ^ "Veteran Journo Named Editor of New Times Broward-Palm Beach". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. http://www.aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A183088. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
- ^ [1], and sparked an investigation that ended with the indictment of Hollywood Commissioner Keith Wasserstrom[www.http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2006-10-19/news/letters-for-october-19-25-2006/]
- ^ "Awards & Recognition Broward-Palm Beach New Times — 2007". Village Voice Media. http://www.villagevoicemedia.com/awards/index.htm?pres=622&year=2007&city_id=bpb. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
External links
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