New Times Broward-Palm Beach

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The 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. On 20 April 2007, Robert Meyerowitz was named as editor-in-chief,^[1] though he departed the following May to take an endowed chair at University of Alaska. Control of the paper is currently shared by managing editor Ed Newton and Editor In Chief of Miami New Times, Chuck Strouse.

[edit] Staff

At present, the editorial staff of The Broward/Palm Beach New Times comprises Ed Newton (Managing Editor); Bob Norman (Columnist); Thomas Francis, Deirdre Funcheon, Amy Guthrie and Michael J. Mooney (Staff Writers); Brantley Hargrove (fellow); Jonathan Cunningham (Music Editor); Gail Shepherd (Food Critic); Brandon K. Thorp (Theater Critic); Tara Niewestead (Nightlife Columnist); Jamie Laughlin (Calendar Editor); John Linn (Assistant Calendar Editor); and Bryan Falla (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[1], and sparked an investigation that ended with the indictment of Hollywood Commissioner Keith Wasserstrom[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.^[2]