Another Beantown Cuban: Alex Miranda

Anyone who grew up watching South Florida TV knows Deco Drive,  WSVN Channel 7's entertainment and celebrity gossip show. It's been around for 23 years, dishing on the latest hot spots and happenings in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

Over the years, the show has become a launching pad for anchors such as Louis Aguirre, Belkys Nerey and Lynn Martinez.

Now you can add Alex Miranda to the list. The Miami native and former Beantown Cuban is the latest addition to the Deco Drive team. Alex studied broadcast journalism at Emerson College. A few years ago, he interviewed me for a class assignment when I was a Living/Arts writer at The Boston Globe and my first book Boston Boys Club had just been released.

We met at a Starbucks near the college in Back Bay. I remember that in person, at first he off as shy, carefully taking notes in his note pad. But on camera, he was totally animated and fun like he is now.

Years later, we find ourselves in our Miami hometown. Recently, I caught up with him at his Kendall home for an interview about his new job at WSVN, South Florida's Fox affiliate.

Here is a profile I wrote for my paper the South Florida Sun Sentinel about Alex, how he discovered his love of entertainment journalism in Miami and Boston and the places his career have taken him over the past 10 years.