He broke the corruption story[2] of $1 billion Ponzi scheme operator Scott Rothstein's October 27, 2009 flight to Morocco under suspicious circumstances.
[7] In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Norman reported on chronic failures of the federal Immigration and Naturalization Services departmen that led to Mohamed Atta being allowed into the U.S.
[18] Describing his blog in 2007 as doing "fair to middling",[19] by 2009 it surged in reader engagement, based on the volume of online postings, over allegations of public corruption in Broward County School Board construction[20] which preceded the arrest, removal from office and conviction on corruption charges of former School Board Members Beverly Gallagher[21][22][23][24] and Stephanie Kraft.
However, for those interested in politics and public corruption, in contrast to other local online media the Daily Pulp is only one click from the home page, and posting is not impeded by a registration process.
[29] Bob Norman has lamented staff downsizing and the weakening of traditional daily newspapers such as the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Miami Herald, and the Palm Beach Post, competitors to the New Times.
He has offered congratulations to reporters in competing media outlets when they are prompt and accurate, and criticism when they are slow or inaccurate in exposing public corruption.