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Michael Kruse’s Biography

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Michael Kruse, winner of the Paul Hansell Award for Distinguished Achievement in Florida Journalism and the American Society of News Editors' distinguished nondeadline writing award, is a staff writer on the enterprise team at the Tampa Bay Times. He has a piece in the recent anthology Next Wave: America's New Generation of Great Literary Journalists and last fall gave a TEDx talk on the importance of story. His work also has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Socie…

Michael Kruse’s Journalist Portfolio

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A Brevard woman disappeared, but never left home

A Brevard woman disappeared, but never left home

Last year, a week before Thanksgiving, a man in Cape Canaveral bought in a foreclosure auction a two-story st…

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We Are The JumboTron Generation

We Are The JumboTron Generation

High inside the Orlando Magic's just-opened, half-billion-dollar basketball arena, behind a closed door label…

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The Ballad of the Fabulous Sports Babe

The Ballad of the Fabulous Sports Babe

The rise and fall (and rise) of a sports-talk radio pioneer By Michael Kruse on Nanci Donnellan, better known…

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What we didn't know before Jim Greer's ascent

What we didn't know before Jim Greer's ascent

The 1993 DUI arrest of Jim Greer started as a 911 call from a woman in a drunken panic. A police officer resp…

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Lonely, stressed and frustrated: inside the mind of the Pinellas monkey

Lonely, stressed and frustrated: inside the mind of the Pinellas monkey

He's fast, he's strong, he's smart. He's uncaged and to this point he's uncatchable. The monkey on the loose …

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From big mudding trucks to pole dancing, Redneck Yacht Club is down and dirty

From big mudding trucks to pole dancing, Redneck Yacht Club is down and dirty

At the Redneck Yacht Club, mudding trucks and the muddin' lifestyle are the attraction. For mudding videos an…

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Articles

Ontario firearm amnesty extended, but prohibited firearm owners may still face criminal charges, warns Kruse Law

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By Michael Kruse Verified
| EIN Presswire
Federal extension following constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court of Canada does not provide blanket immunity for prohibited firearm owners. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, July 17, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The federal government's recent decision to extend Canada's firearm amnesty pending the outcome of a constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court of Canada challenge has created a dangerous misconception among many Ontario firearm owners, according to Kruse Law.
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‘A slow-rolling disaster’: Inside the implosion of the Platner campaign

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By Lisa Lerer Verified, Katie Glueck Verified, Michael Kruse Verified
| The Philadelphia Inquirer Verified
HANCOCK, Maine — They told him that he was “the guy.” Last July, in a small town in coastal Maine, three progressive, self-styled recruiters of economic populists showed up at the blue-shingled house of Graham Platner, a little-known oyster farmer and Marine veteran who lived largely off government benefits. They knew his name from local labor organizers and activists, and they had watched a video on the internet of him talking about oysters.
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‘A Slow-Rolling Disaster’: Inside the Implosion of the Platner Campaign

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By Lisa Lerer Verified, Katie Glueck Verified, Michael Kruse Verified
| The New York Times Verified
They told him that he was “the guy.” Last July, in a small town in coastal Maine, three progressive, self-styled recruiters of economic populists showed up at the blue-shingled house of Graham Platner, a little-known oyster farmer and Marine veteran who lived largely off government benefits. They knew his name from local labor organizers and activists, and they had watched a video on the internet of him talking about oysters.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors Award

2011 - Nondeadline Writing
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Florida Society of News Editors

2012 - Paul Hansell Award for Distinguished Achievement in Florida Journalism
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Society for Features Journalism

2010 - Short Story
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