Roberto Roldan
Roberto Roldan is a senior at the University of South Florida pursuing a degree in mass communications and a minor in international studies.
He has previously worked with the Tampa Bay Times, WMNF and The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal, where he covered the wedding ceremonies in Kentucky of plaintiffs in the historic same-sex marriage case before the U.S. Supreme Court. In Tampa, he's covered everything from violent crime in Tampa’s university neighborhoods to the local music scene.
When he's not out reporting,Roldanenjoys seeing local bands and spending time in the outdoors.
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It’s been a year since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico. Recovery continues on the devastated island, but transitions are also happening here in... -
Many Puerto Rican’s lost everything when Hurricane Maria made landfall on Sept. 20, 2017. Tens of thousands of people made the decision to take what... -
The Largo Police Department is rolling out new technology that will make it easier to search for Alzheimer's sufferers who are prone to wandering. -
State officials are providing more money to Southwest Florida counties affected by the red tide outbreak that is sending waves of dead fish onshore and... -
On the five-month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, some of the students brought their "Road to Change" bus tour to... -
When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico last September, Julio Ildefonso and his mother watched as their wooden home in Bayamón was blown away.
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The federal program that has provided hotel vouchers to Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria will end on Saturday, and advocates are... -
With new bars and restaraunts going up in Downtown Lakeland, one city commissioner thinks allowing people to walk the downtown streets with alcoholic... -
A group of activists marked Gun Violence Prevention Day over the weekend with an annual speaking and voter registration event at The Portico in Downtown...
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Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn wants to divest the city's employee pension fund from companies that make guns and ammo. A recent staff review found that about...
