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, Roldan enjoys seeing local bands and spending time in the outdoors.
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Tampa Bay Beer Week kicked off over the weekend, bringing in brewers and aficionados from across the country.The festival began in 2013 with some smaller… -
Since the Parkland school shooting, sixteen-year-old Alex Barrow says Hillsborough High School has an environment of fear.Many of his fellow students are… -
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,On the show floor over the… -
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… -
A vigil and rally against gun violence was held in St. Petersburg's Williams Park Saturday night in response to the mass shooting in Broward County.The… -
There's no timetable on when it would open, and no formal plan of what it would look like, but at least the Tampa Bay Rays have finally announced that… -
Florida citrus farmers are praising the passage of the spending bill in the U.S. Congress.Included in the budget plan is $90 billion dollars in disaster… -
Forestry officials say a suspected serial arsonist may be behind dozens of wildfires in Sarasota and Charlotte counties.There have been 47 cases of… -
One hundred years after the sinking of the USS Tampa during World War I, a new mural was unveiled on Saturday honoring the more than 130 men - including…
