Former staff writers have included Rebecca Wakefield, Angie Hargot, Lee Molloy, Anne Newport Royall and Arthur Carl "A. C." Weinstein.

The paper issued annual special issues including the SunPost "Best Of the Beaches," recognizing the best places and businesses in South Florida in several categories, and the "SunPost Top 50 People," recognizing local citizens for notable achievements and contributions.

Stark, owner of a chain of papers in his native South Africa, bought the daily Sun Reporter in 1979.

[3] The newspaper never missed a weekly print issue even on the day founder Felix Stark was buried.

The SunPost won a September 1997 "Laurel" by the Columbia Journalism Review for the coverage of the "Save Miami Beach" campaign and referendum to curb the size of waterfront construction in the city.