Who’s Johnny?

Johnny Diaz, Cuban-American author and journalist

Friday, March 13, 2026

An Ode to Gata Linda

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This is a tribute to Gata Linda Diaz, (yes, she was so part of our family that she took our last name.) Out of the blue a few decades ag...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

The Real Housewives of Bravo

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I watch a lot of TV, probably too much, especially when they are reality shows on the Bravo network. I'm a regular viewer of "The R...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Hanging at the Cardozo South Beach

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  Photo by Johnny Diaz Ever since I wrote a news feature about the $15 million renovation of the Cardozo South Beach hotel by Emilio and Glo...
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Sunday, November 23, 2025

The Golden Boys

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Coming in the near future my seventh novel “The Golden Boys.” Tommy Perez, a sweet OCD Cuban American national journalist who is suddenly si...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Gay History, one artifact, book at a time

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Tucked away inside a small building in downtown Fort Lauderdale is the Stonewall National Museum, Archives and Library. For the past five de...
Friday, August 8, 2025

Super Trooper

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Last October, as Hurricane Milton threatened Florida, a white bull terrier with dark ears was abandoned off the side of the road along Inter...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

Black Bears in Florida

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In my past five plus years at The New York Times, I've covered a lot of breaking news stories. Some have included animals and a lot of b...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Meet Chuchy

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A lot of people associate me with my late dog Luna who passed away in 2022. She was 17 and had a really, really good life. (Miss Thing love...
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Johnny Diaz
Hi there and welcome to my tiny corner of the web. I'm a Cuban-American author of 6 novels. I'm also a breaking news reporter at The New York Times. I am a former features and viral news journalist @SunSentinel in Fort Lauderale. I'm a former Features and Business reporter @BostonGlobe. I got into journalism as a 16-year-old high school intern @Miami Herald in my hometown of Miami. This is my personal blog/site and not affiliated with any of the above news sites although I link some of my news articles on occasion as well as book-related news and my car insights. My email: JohnnyDiaz225@gmail.com
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