Florida Society of News Editors
Board of Directors

Rick Hirsch, president
Senior Editor
Multimedia/New Projects
The Miami Herald
McClatchy
One Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 33132
Phone: 305-376-3504
Fax: 305-376-8976
rhirsch@miamiherald.com
Joined board: June 2007

Jim Baltzelle, vice president
Chief of Bureau
The Associated Press
9100 NW 36th St., Suite 104
Miami, FL 33178
Phone: (305) 594-5825
Fax: (305) 594-5818
jbaltzelle@ap.org
Joining board: January 2006

Cory Lancaster, secretary-treasurer
Managing Editor
The News-Journal
901 Sixth Street
Daytona Beach, FL 32117
Phone: (386) 681-2440
Fax: (386) 258-8465
cory.lancaster@news-jrnl.com
Joined board: March 2008

Mark Tomasik, past president
Editor
Scripps Treasure Coast
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
1939 South Federal Hwy.
Stuart, FL 34994
Phone: (772) 221-4204
Fax: (772) 221-4133
mark.tomasik@scripps.com
Joined board: December 2004

Mike Connelly
Executive Editor
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
New York Times Newspapers
1741 Main St.
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: (941) 361-4991
Fax: (941) 361-4880
executive.editor@heraldtribune.com
Joined board: June 2007

Patty Cox
Managing Editor/Presentation
St. Petersburg Times & tampabay.com
490 First Ave. S
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 893-8428
pcox@sptimes.com
Joined board: July 2009

Terry Eberle
Executive Editor
The News-Press
2442 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Phone: (239) 335-0280
Fax: (239) 334-0708
Rejoined board: June 2003

Antonio Fins
Editorial Page Editor
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tribune Co.
200 E. Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Phone: (954) 356-4669
Fax: (954) 356-4609
afins@sun-sentinel.com
Joined board: July 2008

Bob Gabordi
Executive Editor
Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850) 599-2177
Fax: (850) 656-5727
bgabordi@tallahassee.com
Joined board: August 2008

Manny Garcia
Executive Editor, El Nuevo Herald
magarcia@miamiherald.com
Phone: (305) 376-3445
Joined board: January 2010

William McKeen, Academic representative
Professor and Chairman
Department of Journalism
University of Florida
PO Box 118400
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352-392-0500
Fax: 352-846-2673
wmckeen@jou.ufl.edu
Joined board: April 2004

Barbara Petersen
President
First Amendment Foundation
336 E. College Ave., Suite 300
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: (850) 224-4555
Fax: (850) 224-0435
E-mail: sunshine@floridafaf.org
Second E-mail: foi@earthlink.net
Summer phone: (505) 689-1084

Dean Ridings
President and CEO
Florida Press Association Service
2636 Mitcham Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: (850) 521-1162
Fax: (850) 577-3600
deanr@flpress.com

Mark Russell
Print News Manager
Orlando Sentinel
633 North Orlando Ave.
P.O. Box 2833
Orlando, FL 32802-2833
Phone: (407) 420-2467
mrussell@orlandosentinel.com
Joined board: January 2010

Larry A. Sullivan
Editor
Palatka Daily News
1825 St. Johns Ave.
Palatka, FL 32177
Phone (386) 312-5231
Fax: (386) 312-5226
lsullivan@palatkadailynews.com
Joined board: December 2008

Sara Quinn
Faculty
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
801 Third Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Office Phone: (727) 553-4343
Cell: (727) 366-0128
Fax: (727) 553-4683
squinn@poynter.org
Joined board: December 2009

Last updated Janurary 13, 2010