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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Larry Black's family has grown oranges at the Peace River Packing Company for five generations. Driving through his groves in Fort Meade, Black points out… -
The National Hockey League’s All-Star Weekend in Tampa took a slight swashbuckling detour Saturday afternoon, as an estimated 300,000 pirate-clad parade… -
The Florida Forest Service is warning that wildfires could be more severe as a result of Hurricane Irma.Although much of the debris whipped up by the… -
Players of the sport known as "murderball" came from around the world to Tampa this weekend for an international tournament.Its intimidating nickname… -
Kumquat farmers in Pasco County were hit hard by the cold snap this week.Dade City saw temperatures in the mid-20's for several hours on Wednesday night.… -
An otherwise uncontroversial meeting of the St. Petersburg City Council was flooded with angry residents of St. Petersburg’s Midtown neighborhood on… -
Hundreds of volunteers in St. Petersburg used the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday as a day on, rather than a day off.More than 50 community service… -
The mayors of Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater laid out their priorities for 2018 at the State of the Bay discussion on Friday.Improving mass… -
New regulations on Tampa's massage parlors and bath houses have been approved by the city council.The new ordinance forces any businesses offering bathing… -
The graduation rate for Tampa Bay schools reach above 80 percent for the first time in recent history.Hillsborough County saw the largest bump in…
