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Miami Herald journalist. Working mom of 3. Ex Sports columnist. Covering our complex love/hate relationship with Miami, Nexusville. lrobertson @miamiherald .com

Miami, FL
Joined May 2009
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Linda Robertson
2 years
As predicted by residents who were in eye of storm and survived 10’ surge, the death toll -originally downplayed by Gov. DeSantis - rises. MEs description of drowning victims: 87 yr old found in submerged car, man draped over bench, bodies washed ashore.
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2 years
Guess which state did not order COVID vaccines for young children? You only get one guess because only one state rejects any responsibility for public health (and because it’s such an easy question). From @mawilner
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Linda Robertson
5 years
We have a union at the Miami Herald & el Nuevo Herald. Landslide victory for our staff, for journalism. @OneHeraldGuild
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Linda Robertson
5 months
Why did O.J. run to Miami? Because Florida laws enabled him to shield his assets from the Brown and Goodman families who were owed $33.5 million in damages from the man found responsible for the grisly double murder of Nicole and Ron. @MiamiHerald
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Miami Herald
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O.J.’s life in Miami: a Kendall house, a Gulliver football son, golf — and the courthouse
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Linda Robertson
1 year
The worst thing about day-to-day living in Miami (besides the humidity) is the HOSTILITY. Every time u leave town u realize how unhelpful, unkind, inconsiderate, oblivious & rude too many Miamians are. I grew up here. Haven’t given up. Yet. @BecauseMiami @ONLYinDADE @OurRev305
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Because Miami
1 year
America's Friendliest Cities: In a recent report, 12 major metros in the U.S. were ranked by their “informal helpful rate.” Miami came in dead last — and is trending downward. #BecauseMiami
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Linda Robertson
4 years
@MiamiHerald suing @GovRonDeSantis for #COVID19 info at senior facilities. He tried to squelch suit just as he’s trying to hide the case numbers. This in a state with horrid oversight of nursing homes. #JournalistsFightingForYou #supportlocaljournalism
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Mary Ellen Klas
4 years
NEW: When ⁦ @MiamiHerald ⁩ planned a lawsuit demanding state follow the law and disclose elder care facilities with #COVID19 cases, ⁦ @GovRonDeSantis ⁩ aide threatened the law firm. Holland and Knight caved. ⁦ @MiamiHerald ⁩ will get new lawyer
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Linda Robertson
2 years
Grant Wahl died in Qatar covering soccer. So wrong & so unbelievable. Stellar journalist & author. Even better man. He & Dr. @celinegounder put others first. Kindness, integrity, the greater good. Grant lived in our garage studio as @miamiherald intern. We loved him from day 1.☮️
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Michelle Kaufman
2 years
Absolutely gutted and shocked by this news. I covered 6 World Cups with Grant. This was his passion. Condolences to his wife and family.. Soccer writer Grant Wahl dies at World Cup match in Qatar | Miami Herald
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Linda Robertson
4 years
Black Lives Matter. Denial and racist spinning of facts cannot be tolerated at the Miami Herald by using the shield of “it’s his opinion.” Since when are columnists free to spew hateful untruths? We are all journalists! We stand by the words of colleague @stclaudeii
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c. isaiah smalls ii
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I’ve never felt more ashamed to work for the Herald as I am today. If we can’t condemn racism within our own ranks, how can the public expect us to do so in the communities in which we cover? I’m hurt, angry and disgusted by my colleague’s words.
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Linda Robertson
2 years
Take it from David Samson, who knows whereof he speaks… @DavidPSamson @LeBatardShow @BillyCorben
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Billy Corben
2 years
The @CityofMiami is about to get f*cked on the biggest real estate deal in Miami history. @InterMiamiCF 's stadium scheme is worse than the @Marlins Park boondoggle. Take it from THE EXPERT in this new mini-doc: tell city commissioners “Don't #BendOverForBeckham !” #BecauseMiami
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They're watching in Germany, Scotland, South Africa, too, and tweeting about their emotional reactions to Blasey Ford's answers. How many times just this week has US leadership looked incompetent to the entire world?
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3 years
Happy Mother’s Day! But not at @MiamiHerald where a new mom is being denied paid parental leave so @mcclatchy can use her as a bargaining chip. I had 3 kids and 0 paid parental leave at the backward Herald. 23 years after my first Mother’s Day, it’s shameful nothing has changed.
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One Herald Guild 🏝
3 years
On this Mother’s Day, we are sad to report that @McClatchy hasn't kept its promise. Last year the company announced it would grant paid parental leave to its employees. Now, a new mom in our newsroom has had her baby and she is being denied paid leave.
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Linda Robertson
8 years
Miami Northwestern coach Carmen Jackson & husband Calvin flash Bulls sign after Brianna Rollins wins GOLD in Rio.
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Linda Robertson
1 year
The decline of the Miami Herald & el Nuevo Herald continues. Our company has no game plan despite bloated management, indifferent to journalism, running a staff one-fifth its previous size & newspapers w/one-eighth previous circulation. Sorry, readers, you don’t matter either.
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One Herald Guild 🏝
1 year
We are angry and saddened to say that our hedge-fund owned parent company, @McClatchy , has announced layoffs of six Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald staffers. The company says cutting journalists makes our journalism stronger. We don’t buy it.
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Linda Robertson
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Miami is in crisis. Again. Its leaders are being investigated, sued, charged with crimes. But Joe Carollo, the city’s most pugnacious and powerful politician still runs the show at City Hall. #Miami #ShakedownCity
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Linda Robertson
2 years
This is really happening: City of Miami @CityofMiami shuts down popular Virginia Key Outdoor Center. @vkocfl owner-operator Esther Alonso voiced opposition to @JoeCarolloNow plan to place homeless encampment on environmentally sensitive land. Could this be a coincidence? Hmm…
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Linda Robertson
5 years
A toast to @OneHeraldGuild and all who worked so hard and unselfishly on behalf of their colleagues! #solidaritylove
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5 years
Domino effect: Art under Metrorail tracks evokes a favorite Miami pastime
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Linda Robertson
5 years
Want to understand the KC Chiefs? Read @vgregorian . On Mathieu: This is a guy who said being a great teammate might be better than being the best player on the team. Power of putting others first made Tyrann Mathieu crucial to Chiefs’ Super Bowl berth
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Linda Robertson
3 years
It took the death of George Floyd, but, finally, justice. “Court Vindicates Black Officer Fired for Stopping Colleague’s Chokehold”
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Linda Robertson
29 days
USA 4x100 gold. Sha’Carri Richardson makes up for rough third handoff on final leg. Miami Northwestern alum Twanishsa Tee Tee Terry excellent 2nd leg. Another Olympic gold medalist will be coming home to Liberty City. ⁦ @MiamiHerald @heraldsports
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Linda Robertson
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@DanellJLeyva wins two silver medals on bars to finish Olympics with a high-flying flourish @CoachYinSanity #Rio2016
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Linda Robertson
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Lillehammer was more charming, London more fun, Atlanta so tacky, but ⁦⁦ @Paris2024 ⁩ was the most spectacular of the 15 Olympic Opening Ceremonies I have covered. Vive la France! ⁦ @TeamUSA ⁩ ⁦ @MiamiHerald ⁩ ⁦ @Olympics ⁩ ⁦ @olympicchannel
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Linda Robertson
3 years
We live here. It seems like a made-up place but it’s real. And these are the people running Miami.
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Jim DeFede
3 years
This meeting of the Miami City Commission is an embarrassment. @JoeCarolloNow has been talking about how @ArtAcevedo - at a charity event in Texas - performed as Elvis Presley. And Carollo can’t stop talking about how tight Acevedo’s jumpsuit was and the bulge in his pants.
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Linda Robertson
2 years
You can breathe easier knowing your courageous Miami police officers are out there protecting you from chickens. One was forcibly removed while practicing his right to free squawking. @CityofMiami @MiamiNewTimes @MiamiPD @BecauseMiami
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Because Miami
2 years
“There is perhaps no conduct more constitutionally protected than political speech at a public event in a public space about an elected official. Everyone involved in arresting this chicken should be ashamed of themselves," @davidjwinker tells New Times.
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Linda Robertson
4 years
“Direct” a team? She coached the team. She’s a coach. And why a photo of Pop instead of Hammon? Sure, it was posted quickly but “direct” is quite a workaround.
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AP Sports
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Becky Hammon became the first woman to direct a team in NBA history, taking over the Spurs following coach Gregg Popovich’s ejection in the first half.
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La Vasque Olympique. ⁦ @Paris2024 ⁩. Say what you will about the Opening Ceremony. It was tres, tres French - creative, artistic, all-embracing. Vive la difference! ⁦ @MiamiHerald ⁩ ⁦ @HeraldSports
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Linda Robertson
4 years
“We’re dealing with the Miami mentality, where people tell their friends about a beautiful place, a crowd gathers, they abuse & destroy it because they lack the common decency to follow rules, respect others & take care of our natural resources.”
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Linda Robertson
28 days
It’s 3 a.m. and 40,000 people are running thru the streets of Paris doing the “People’s Marathon” on the Olympic marathon course, 5 hours before the start of the women’s Olympic marathon. “Allez, allez!” echoing, cafes open all nite. Vive la France!⁦ @MiamiHerald
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Linda Robertson
6 years
No more consultant$. No more studie$. It’s obvious: Fix Miami’s dangerous streets. Why are we always way behind other cities? @StreetsBlogUSA . #TransitAlliance
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Linda Robertson
4 years
Miami’s reputation as a great melting pot is a lie. Tired of living in such a segregated, hostile place. Change now more than ever.
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Miami Herald
4 years
When some people picture Miami, they think of the sleek condo towers that make up its skyline, the beaches, the nightlife. They see it as a culturally diverse destination. But beneath its glittering surface is a legacy of separation and inequality. (THREAD)
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Linda Robertson
8 years
#Brianna Rollins, c, #Nia Ali, l, #Kristi Castlin, R, 1st US sweep of Olympic women's 100 hurdles #Rio2016
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Linda Robertson
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The worst airport anywhere. Sorry @iflymia . The longest, snail-paced, TSA lines. Rudest employees, no matter who they’re working for. Slowest baggage claim. Broken walkways & trains. Traffic chaos dropping off or picking up. MIA misery. @miaminewtimes @TSA
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Alfred Spellman
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The Fyre Fest of airports @iflymia
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Linda Robertson
11 years
This local band in traditional Krasnodar dress really rocks. Accordion and electric guitar! http://t.co/iwtj9sTPlS
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Linda Robertson
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Miami’s Twanisha Tee Tee Terry, who ran a 9.98 2nd leg in gold-winning 4x100 relay, trains in Clermont with Sha’Carri Richardson & Melissa Jefferson. She gave shoutout to her father and Northwestern High coach Carmen Jackson, here in Estade de France stands. ⁦ @MiamiHerald
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Linda Robertson
3 years
Miami kids should be able to safely ride their bikes to school (and their parents shouldn’t feel they have to drive them). @BikeWalkMB @BikeWalkCG @iBikeSafe @jkellerfsu @DrMickeyWit
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Zach Klein
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Something special is happening in Barcelona. It started last month when some parents organized a bike ride to school for just five kids. Now entire neighborhoods are joining. They call it Bicibús – or Bike Bus.
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Linda Robertson
5 years
Election Day at the Miami Herald. No hanging chads! @OneHeraldGuild thanks YOU.
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Linda Robertson
2 years
I wrote this story about the bone dry Bayfront Park fountain in 2018. Tourists speculated on what the hell is it? A bunker? Landing pad? Inca monument? Hasn’t worked in years. Yet the city just spent nearly $1 million on cheesy dog & cat “sculptures.”
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Linda Robertson
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Grace. Integrity. Compassion. Miami has lost one of its guiding lights. We are heartbroken. RIP Nancy Ancrum. @MiamiHerald
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Miami Herald
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Florida journalism loses Nancy Ancrum, whose courage and poise drove Herald editorial board | Opinion
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Linda Robertson
3 years
Look! Freedom from your polluting car prison on a bike. Miami is getting better/safer as it slowly attempts to catch up with every other city in the world thanks to our mobility advocates. @BikeWalkMB @BikeWalkCG @iBikeSafe @MiamiBikeLawyer @TransitMIA @RidersMIA @OurRev305
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Better Streets Miami Beach
3 years
How many cars did we pass heading downtown via the #venetiancauseway ? #artweek #miamibeach 🚲🛹🛼🛴🤩
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Linda Robertson
3 years
Wawa in Coral Gables, being built on land intended for affordable housing? Not so fast, says judge who disapproves of under-the-table deal. #Wawa @CityCoralGables @davidjwinker @MDCPS @MdcpsParents
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Miami Herald
3 years
Coral Gables skirted public input in approving Wawa, judge finds. Project in legal limbo
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Linda Robertson
3 years
Here in Tokyo, when Japanese people ask me where I’m from and I say Miami, they invariably reply, “Ah, Miami Vice.” @Tokyo2020
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Linda Robertson
2 months
This saga of homebuyers accusing a real estate developer of fraud continues. $70 million is gone. And the “King of Coconut Grove” is still in the Grove, telling at least one victim “See, I’m not in jail yet!” @miamiherald @CityofMiami @BecauseMiami
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Linda Robertson
2 years
@ANNELAMOTT Everything just gave me a headache. If Spielberg hadn’t made Fabelman’s it would be a sentimental flop. Banshees tries way too hard and becomes ridiculous. Tar is so tedious. See Women Talking, AfterSun, Argentina1985, Till. Or just watch Severance again.
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Linda Robertson
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A rare and big victory for homeowners over developers. The people who live in Calusa never gave up and their attorney made unbeatable arguments. @savecalusa @davidjwinker @MiamiDadeCounty
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Save Calusa
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WE WON! 3rd DCA reversed the Calusa zoning approval & our Rookery must be preserved! HUGE win for Calusa & wildlife. Thanks @davidjwinker for leading our legal victory! Thank you @tropicalaudubon @miami_sierra @BatConIntl & legendary @RonMagill for your guidance & support!
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Team USA, led by Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee - two remarkable comeback stories - dominates team final to reclaim Olympic gold, beating Italy by 5.8 and Brazil by 6.8 points. Only flaw was Jordan Chiles’ fall on beam mount. @HeraldSports @MiamiHerald @Paris2024
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Linda Robertson
1 year
Of course!
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Mary Ellen Klas
1 year
NEW: Anti-vax Miami couple who wanted to build a sports complex on public property for their private school is at the core of public corruption charges against @alexDLPmiami ; more from @joeflech @doug_hanks @Blaskey_S @tessriski @jayhweaver
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Linda Robertson
5 years
Because of @conarck ’s reporting UMiami reversed its heartless, greedy billing decision on patient injured in car accident. Send your insurance nightmares to @conarck .
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Ben Conarck
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NEW: After a severe car accident, a woman was airlifted to Jackson Memorial. She later enrolled on a backdated Medicaid plan. Jackson billed it, but UM, which staffs the trauma center, refused, citing paperwork, and billed her $20,000.
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Linda Robertson
4 years
Asking the new owner of ⁦ @MiamiHerald ⁩ & ⁦ @elnuevoherald ⁩ to match our commitment to the people we cover. Please support your local journalists. #Savethenews
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Linda Robertson
7 years
Very moving funeral service for MSD High's Aaron Feis, who started as a custodian at his alma mater, died a hero. 100s of students, teachers, coaches, Sheriff Scott Israel (who coached with Feis), ex Dolphins Jason Taylor, Sam Madison, Gov. Rick Scott.
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Linda Robertson
4 years
Support your local journalist! The media is suffering from a wave of layoffs at critical time when the public needs to know the news. Our co. is in bankruptcy. Help @MiamiHerald survive and you help your community.
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NewsGuild-CWA
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America’s access to life-saving news is at risk. Learn more and find out how you can help #SaveTheNews Click here: @NewsGuild @CWAUnion #1u @MiamiHerald .
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Linda Robertson
3 years
The journalists of @MiamiHerald and @elnuevoherald need a fair contract with fair wages. Otherwise, our jobs and these publications are not sustainable. Support us and you support your own community. Stop further declines in quality and coverage you deserve.
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One Herald Guild 🏝
3 years
🧵 THREAD 🧵 Today, the journalists of the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald are demanding a fair contract and WORKING TO RULE. Our members will work the hours and roles we were hired for and nothing more.
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Linda Robertson
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Lolita, the Seaquarium orca, died Friday as plans to move her got closer to reality. Renal failure. Age 57 and 53 years in captivity. From @doug_hanks
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Linda Robertson
2 years
Inspection report: Diets of dolphins cut as much as 60 percent at Miami Seaquarium to force better performances.
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Linda Robertson
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As ⁦ @ilona_maher ⁩ and ⁦ @annkillion ⁩ would say, today’s office. Olympic triathlon, Pont Alexandre, Seine River. So hot we’d all like to jump in. Grand Palais next, water polo and swimming later. ⁦ @MiamiHerald ⁩ ⁦ @Paris2024
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Linda Robertson
8 years
Beating #FloridaState "would mean a lot and change what people think of us" #UMiami 's Chad Thomas sez.
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Linda Robertson
3 years
Walking? You’re more likely to be hit and killed in Florida than any other state. 9 of 15 deadliest cities, including Miami, are in Florida, built for speeding cars, not people. #DeadlyByDesign @SmartGrowthUSA
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Linda Robertson
2 years
Ian death toll up to 80+. With 42 in Lee County. Most by drowning. From @tessriski
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Miami Herald
2 years
Lee County sheriff announces 42 deaths, stands ’100%’ by evacuation orders
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Linda Robertson
6 years
Hey rude Miami audiences: Stop ruining the show. #theater #concerts #Arsht
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Linda Robertson
1 year
Outrageous: Stonewalled by a developer, ignored by the city of Miami, these homebuyers want you to hear their cautionary tale. @CityofMiami @CoconutGroveBID @BecauseMiami
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Miami Herald
1 year
They bought their dream homes from the ‘King of Coconut Grove.’ They still can’t move in
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Linda Robertson
8 years
Miami's 2x medalist @DanellJLeyva receives hero's welcome at MIA upon return #Rio2016 from fans, Universal gymnasts
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Linda Robertson
2 years
Our hearts go out to the 98 people who died in Surfside, their families and friends, and the survivors who lost their homes. They shared their stories with us, stories that will never end. @MiamiHerald
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Miami Herald
2 years
The Miami Herald has won its 23rd Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News coverage of the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside that killed 98 people. 🧵
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Linda Robertson
3 years
Without the critical work from Transit Alliance Miami @TransitMIA there would not be a revamped bus system that will serve more people more efficiently. Soon we’ll be able to go to bus stops and not have to wonder if and when a bus will arrive!
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Transit Alliance Miami
3 years
After 3 years, the #BetterBusNetwork passes unanimously!!! There's too many people for us to thank (literally thousands), so thank you to every single person that's been involved in this amazing process over the years! Miami, your new bus network is finally coming!
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Linda Robertson
5 years
Dr. Katie Bouman is the woman who led creation of the algorithm that produced first image of a black hole. U of Michigan grad (Go Blue!), MIT grad, Cal Tech professor. #stemwomen #steminist
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Linda Robertson
4 years
Miami, always behind the rest of the world, has not closed any streets to cars during #coronavirus to allow more room for social distancing.
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Linda Robertson
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Riding to Paris venues on Lime bikes is easy as tarte! Good infrastructure (not as good as New York) & driver awareness. Let’s not compare to Miami, which has neither. Could copy if govt leaders got out more. ⁦⁦⁦ @BikeWalkMB ⁩ ⁦ @iBikeSafe ⁩ ⁦ @MackCycleMiami
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Linda Robertson
5 years
Cut-through traffic is an epidemic. Must be addressed. 2000+ cars per day invading this neighborhood. @SBHOA @Manolo4Miami @miamiteaparty
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Miami Herald
6 years
Rollovers, collisions, road rage. I-95? No, it’s a little street in Silver Bluff. Via @lrobertsonmiami
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Linda Robertson
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Did fired Miami City Attorney Vicky Mendez and Grove Isle HOA leaders cave in to developer and skirt zoning law? Angry residents feel betrayed, want construction of new condo tower stopped. @CityofMiamiGov @BecauseMiami @tropicalaudubon @MMeyerArch @MiamiHerald
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Miami Herald
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‘It was heaven. It’s gone.’ Grove Isle residents say Miami broke laws to let tower rise
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Linda Robertson
3 years
More disruption of Calusa habitat that’s supposed to be protected/monitored for wildlife before developer can pave over rookery. Wake up @MiamiDadeRER @MiamiDadeBCC before there are no animals left to survey, which is clearly the end-around game here. @savecalusa @MayorDaniella
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Save Calusa
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SPRAYING today inside the “protected 330 feet” around the #CalusaRookery We are heartbroken & frustrated at ongoing seemingly unnecessary maintenance too close to the Calusa Rookery that may impact feeding/nesting. @MayorDaniella @MyFWC @BillyCorben @newschica @lrobertsonmiami
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Linda Robertson
4 years
Police receive 32 percent of city’s budget $ in Miami compared to 1 percent for human services, housing, community development. Miami-Dade police and jails consume 45 percent.
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Linda Robertson
1 year
It’s all unraveling for Grove developer who scammed buyers. ‘The good thing is Doug Cox & Nicole Pearl can’t sell more houses or sabotage more lives,’ said buyer who helped expose them. Why didn’t @CityofMiami intervene? Where did $33M go? @miamiherald
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Linda Robertson
5 years
Sad but true: McClatchy Co./Miami Herald offers zero weeks of fully paid parental leave. WashPost, Wall St. Journal give 20, to both parents; Bloomberg 26; NYTimes 16-18; Daily Beast 16; Fast Company 12, Cox 8, et al; McClatchy 0. #employeesmatter #supportOneHeraldGuild
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One Herald Guild 🏝
5 years
Let’s review some *~ parental leave policies ~* around the journalism industry 🤱 The Washington Post: 20 weeks Gannett: 6 weeks Vox Media: 16 weeks McClatchy: Zero. 🤔 Our employees should not have to use sick time to start a family. #standwithOHG
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Linda Robertson
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Wild @CityofMiami meeting. Aside from loud insults (“gangster” “liar” “haters” etc) Atty Vicky Mendez fired. Centner Academy (known for anti-vaxx policy) parents want project despite bribery scandal. Removal of improper park gym deferred again. @FrancisSuarez actually showed up!
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Linda Robertson
1 year
Weak pool deck at Surfside condo had code-violating design flaws, construction errors. Add 40 yrs’ corrosion, heavy planters & pavers. It collapsed, set off domino effect of fracturing columns that brought tower down. Probe echoes @MiamiHerald reports.
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Linda Robertson
2 years
“Clucking noises” as the basis for arrest on disorderly conduct charges. @GlennaWPLG @MiamiNewTimes @BecauseMiami @MiamiPD
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Glenna Milberg
2 years
What’s going on here, besides the made-for-cameras Miami arrest of Chicken Man… ? A thread🧵, with more questions than answers at the moment, & video courtesy of @billycorben @WPLGLocal10 1/
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Linda Robertson
3 years
A bizarre “study” that doesn’t measure whether u can actually survive a bike ride in Miami. Beirut ranked No. 4. @BikeWalkMB @MiamiBikeLawyer @BikeWalkCG @iBikeSafe @MiamiBikeScene
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Linda Robertson
4 years
Do the right thing for your employees @mcclatchy & @MiamiHerald & do the smart thing for your business by offering paid parental leave. It’s stupefying that 23 years after the 1st of my & @AndresViglucci ’s 3 children was born nothing has changed. Our workplace is in last place.
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One Herald Guild 🏝
4 years
Did you know McClatchy is one of the only major news organizations in the country that offers NO paid parental leave for mothers and fathers alike? This week, our team went back to the bargaining table to demand we get paid parental leave in our first contract. Thread 👇
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Linda Robertson
4 years
Cities like Denver, Minneapolis, Vancouver, NYC are closing streets/lanes to cars so ppl can bike, walk, run safely and distantly during coronavirus.
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Mike Lydon
4 years
W/ #Covid19Streets there are 2 city-citizen relationships on view: 1) Gov. + citizens have enough mutual trust that #OpenStreets won't be abused; are an essential low-cost response; require little to no policing. 2) Gov. doesn't trust its citizens, citizens lose faith in gov.
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Linda Robertson
2 years
We are walking out for 1 day on exploitative management that’s been walking all over us for years. We who care deeply about the communities we cover @MiamiHerald @elnuevoherald @bradentonherald demand a fair contract from @mcclatchy . Support @OneHeraldGuild & essential journalism
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One Herald Guild 🏝
2 years
BREAKING: We’re walking out. After more than two years of bargaining with @McClatchy , unionized journalists from the @MiamiHerald , @elnuevonerald and @bradentonherald are refusing to work for 24 hours and demanding a fair contract.
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Linda Robertson
3 years
“Another terrible deal for taxpayers” — haven’t we had enough of these? — which also sacrifices Miami’s largest park. @CityofMiami @FrancisSuarez @melreesegolf @peterehrlich1
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Attorney David Winker
3 years
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Linda Robertson
2 years
‘Tis the chilly day after Christmas and we all need a nap. #FallingIguanas ⁦⁦ @ONLYinDADE ⁩ ⁦ @RonMagill
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Linda Robertson
7 months
And now ex Miami commissioner Sabina Covo @SabinaCovo is under investigation for bribery, among other things. Didn’t she want to clean up rampant corruption? Who’s next @CityofMiami ? From @newschica
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Elaine de Valle
7 months
She was all about fighting corruption, right? Memo f/ the guv says former #Miami D2 commissioner @SabinaCovo is under investigation for "renumeration by candidate for services, support, etc., and bribery." She learned f/ #LocoPolloCarollo & ADLP More soon on #PoliticalCortadito
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Linda Robertson
3 years
SECOND big oak tree chopped down to make room for new Wawa entrance on Grand Ave, across the street from Carver Elementary. ⁦ @CityCoralGables ⁩ should have prevented this.
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Linda Robertson
8 months
To better understand the dysfunction and hostility of Thursday’s @CityofMiami commission meeting, read @MiamiHerald #ShakedownCity series. @joeflech @Blaskey_S @tessriski @jayhweaver @semerriam
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Joey Flechas
9 months
To conclude our #ShakedownCity series, we have a visual breakdown of the controversies that rocked Miami City Hall this year and the players who drove each story. This based on all of our reporting this year. ✍️ w/ @semerriam , @Blaskey_S & @tessriski
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Linda Robertson
6 years
And here's some PROGRESS: This Grove crosswalk is finally being repaired. We called the manufacturer and he drove to Miami to fix it himself.
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Linda Robertson
3 years
“Miami is looking more and more like what we fled - a single ideology,” Cuban radio listener tells @MarioJPenton and @lautarogrinspan
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Lautaro Grinspan
3 years
1/ Earlier this month, one of the very few liberal Latino voices on air in Miami was controversially ousted.  His listeners say that the current state of FL Spanish-language radio reminds them of the media hegemony they left behind in places like Cuba.
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Linda Robertson
5 years
I had to work 3 extra months to earn what my male colleagues earned in 2018. Black women have to work 8 extra months, Native-American women have to work 9 extra months and Latina women have to work ELEVEN extra months. Close the #wagegap ! #EqualPayDay .
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National Women's Law Center
5 years
Today is #EqualPayDay – the point in the year when the average woman’s pay catches up to what the average man made in 2018. In other words, it took 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐒 for women to make as much as men did last year.
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Linda Robertson
4 years
Converting car space - lots of streets are wasted public space - to people space is happening everywhere. Why not Miami Beach and Miami?
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Gary Ressler
4 years
He’s right. Want to fix all of the problems on #OceanDrive ? Close the street permanently, build America’s greatest beachfront park, establish a conservancy to manage it, & program for families. It’s not rocket science. (It’s called placemaking!)
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Linda Robertson
2 years
This intrepid shrimper clung to a tree for 3 hours during #HurricanIan while his old RV flooded. What’s to be done about trailer parks - vulnerable in storms but an essential source of affordable housing in Florida.
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