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FIU seeks $1M state grant for Americas conference, other events

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Published May 20, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

When Gov. Charlie Crist looks over the new state budget, he'll see three words over and over again: Florida International University ... Miami-based FIU was politically well-positioned this year with a Miami lawmaker in charge of assembling the budget -- and it shows. The school is even seeking a $1 million grant partly on the grounds that one of its partners in a venture, The Miami Herald, cannot afford to give the university the financial backing it once provided. (The Herald and the St.

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Bob Graham vows to give BP, big oil a fair hearing

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Published May 23, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

Bob Graham said he didn't hesitate when White House officials called for him to head an independent commission into the Gulf oil spill ... ``This was so important, so immediate and will have such a big impact on Florida and, if the president asks you to do something, you can't say no,'' the former Florida governor and U.S. senator told The Miami Herald on Saturday ...

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Herald forum goes beyond headlines

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.

Harrowing tales were told, tears were shed and concerns were raised Wednesday evening at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami ... About 50 people gathered at the polished, new facility to discuss The Miami Herald's coverage of the impoverished country after the Jan. 12 earthquake ...

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Rabbi: `This place really embraces change'

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Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.

Miami Herald reporter Tania Valdemoro sat down this week with Rabbi Rachel Greengrass, the newest rabbi at Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest. Greengrass, 29, is originally from Fort Wayne, Ind. She was ordained as a rabbi on May 4, 2008, at Hebrew Union College in New York City, where she earned master's degrees in Hebrew Literature and Religious Education ...

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Earl Mauker On Blogs

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Published Feb. 7, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
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Earl Mauker, the Sun-Sentinel's Editor, has taken some time to provide his take on the role blogs play in today's "new media age." Another difference in the new age is that we want to include — and involve — our audiences more. We've always done that on our Editorial pages, with letters to the editor. We've provided message boards for our online readers for years. Now, we want to take the next step in interaction ... We want to bring members of the blogging community under a central umbrella

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The Diaz-Balarts Bust A Move...Not

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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 8:55 a.m.
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By now you've undoubtedly heard that Miami's Diaz-Balart brothers [who seem to have only one brain] no longer believe that Florida Governor Charlie Crist understands "that freedom is under attack and it must be protected with clarity and firmness by the United States," or something like that. Yesterday, the D-B's mustered all their political courage and jumped off the sinking ship that is the SS Charlie Crist ... Not exactly earth shaking news ... What is surprising and what is not really being

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Miami Herald's George Richards a four-tunate spectator

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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

It was a sports fan's dream: Dolphins vs. Jets, an NBA game, an NHL game and Game 4 of the World Series. Four games, four sports, four states in one day - all attended in person ...

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The Oasis Arrives: Two Slideshows

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Published Nov. 14, 2009 at 9:59 a.m.
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Looks like Fort Lauderdale-based photographer and blogger Josh Ritchie had a pretty good day at work when he got up early yesterday and snapped some photos of the brand new, world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, arriving at Port Everglades ... The Sun-Sentinel calls Josh their "Correspondent" and mixes his photos in with the Sun-Sentinel's Amy Beth Bennett's images [looks like Amy got the ride in the helicopter] in a nice photo gallery ... The Miami Herald also uses Ritchie's and

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Halloween On Lincoln Road

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Published Nov. 1, 2009 at 9:38 a.m.

The Miami Herald outdoes itself with this video of what you missed last night on Lincoln Road ... I'll be back a bit later with the mid-afternoon Sift ... P.S. Go back to bed. It's an hour earlier than you think ...

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Welcome Urbanista!

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Published Oct. 11, 2009 at 6:11 p.m.

Transit Miami friend, and Herald urban affairs reporter Andres Viglucci recently started a Herald sponsored blog about urbanism and architecture called Urbanista!He had some very nice things to say about us here at TM, and even asked me to submit a post on the design of the new MAM (which you can read here).For more than [ ... ] ...

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