Feature: Meet the Preppers

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The Room Where Ron Vinci’s Body Was Discovered

My latest cover story for New Times involves the murder of Ron Vinci, who was found wrapped up in plastic sheeting and a sleeping bag, covered with coffee grounds, in that space between the bed and the window last June. Contrary to local and national media reports, there was no duct tape involved. I took [...]

The Day Sharing Died: How Publishers Are Ruining Reading, Facebook, and Friendship

In the publishing world, there’s nothing more valuable than the power of recommendations, especially if thousands of people are making them. They drive page traffic and sell ads. I might be at the anal-retentive end of the spectrum, but publishers love people like me, reading their stories and sharing them with friends. They think that’s [...]

Feature: Prisonville, Fla.

Feature: The Case of the Missing Pen

The Curse of Tom Wolfe

Ms. Karenina’s story reflects a growing trend among Russian women who, fed up with their aging husbands, are leaving their families, taking up with handsome young men and, when things go badly, eventually falling under moving trains… Michael Shapiro, Columbia Journalism Review, 2008

Feature: The Mouse Who Loved Me

Steve Jobs and the Autumn of American Hope

There’s a reason for this. There were two pieces of major news last night: the growing (positive) unrest at the Occupy Wall Street movement, and the world’s reaction to the death of Steve Jobs. Let’s start with Steve. After he died, he got the best public eulogy anybody could hope for. The magazines that covered [...]

Feature: Food Not Bombs

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Landing

Saw an amazing sight as we flew in over western Broward this morning before dawn. The whole dark-yellow expanse glittered with the strobes of hundreds of school buses, picking up children for the first day of school.

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    Stefan is a staff writer for Village Voice Media in South Florida. He grew up in rural New Jersey and attended college in Chicago. He moved to Oregon to start his journalism career at KBOO Community Radio and the Portland Mercury. All opinions expressed here are his own. Email stefan@.
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