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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The history of the Gulf of Mexico is often times relegated to the footnotes in history textbooks. It’s a wrong that historian Jack Davis said he hopes... -
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... -
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam made his pitch for governor before a group of civic leaders in Tampa Friday morning. Putnam laid out his vision for... -
Tampa Electric is planning to build a $75 million solar farm in East Pasco County. -
Students across Tampa Bay are expected to participate in a national school walkout on March 14 - the one-month anniversary of the shooting at Marjorie... -
The possibility of stricter gun laws loomed large over the first gun show in Tampa Bay since the Parkland school shooting, -
The volunteers were out early, canvassing the area near Tampa's downtown Gaslight Park while many of the people living there were just starting their day. -
As many Tampa residents are getting ready to travel to their holiday destination, the Tampa Police Department is trying to keep safe what is left behind... -
Florida is one of only three states that allows prosecutors to have the only say if a juvenile suspect is tried as an adult. -
Tampa Police have arrested a fast-food worker they believe is connected to the shooting deaths of four people in the city.
