Gwen Filosa
Gwen Filosa is The Keys Weekly’s Digital Editor, and has covered Key West news, culture and assorted oddities since she moved to the island in 2011. She was previously a reporter for the Miami Herald and WLRN public radio. Before moving to the Keys, Gwen was in New Orleans for a decade, covering criminal courts for The Times-Picayune. In 2006, the paper’s staff won the Pulitzer Prizes for breaking news and the Public Service Medal for their coverage of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. She remains a devout Saints fan. She has a side hustle as a standup comedian, and has been a regular at Comedy Key West since 2017. She is also an acclaimed dogsitter, professional Bingo caller and a dedicated Wilco fan.
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FLORIDA’S TOP POLITICAL REPORTER MARC CAPUTO CONGRATULATES KEYS WEEKLY ON 20 YEARS
Marc Caputo, a national political reporter at The Messenger, a digital news outlet, was pleased to hear Keys Weekly is celebrating 20 years.
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High on methamphetamine and ranting about a non-existent burglar, a Conch Key man on Aug. 30 fired a handgun three times inside his home...
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