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The Waldo Proffitt Award will be presented at the Florida Society of News Editors and the Florida Press Association annual convention on June 30-July 1 in St. Petersburg. The contest is open to all individuals who write for a Florida newspaper. The winner receives $1,000. The award recognizes distinguished examples of daily and weekly newspaper reporting and . . . → Read More: 2011 Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in Florida BY DIANA MOSKOVITZ The Miami Herald sued the Department of Children & Families Thursday, seeking records the agency has refused to release about a call made to its abuse hotline days before adopted twins were found — one dead, the other with severe chemical burns — in a truck on the side of Interstate 95. The Herald is . . . → Read More: The Miami Herald: Herald sues DCF for records in case of abused twins The final deadline for the FSNE contest has been pushed back to Wednesday, . . . → Read More: Contest deadline update The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications spring job and internship fair will be held on March 24, and its hours have been extended until 5 p.m. Participators have the option of interviewing students until 1 p.m. or 5 p.m. If you plan to attend, please e-mail Dori Faust at plug_emp(true, ‘=50;emp:ufl.edu;emp:f*#4b.0cd21-5;emp:jou;emp:6;emp:dcfaust;emp:.#b;emp:dcfaust@jou.ufl.edu’); with the times . . . → Read More: UF spring job and internship fair hours extended The deadline for entries into FSNE’s 2011 journalism contest is Friday, Feb. 25. For more information, . . . → Read More: Reminder: Contest deadline is Friday The St. Petersburg Times Fund, Inc. has selected two students from Pinellas County and two from Hillsborough County as winners of the 2011 Barnes Scholarships. The students are eligible to each receive up to $15,000 annually for four years at an accredited U.S. college or university. The 2011 Barnes Scholars are Fedner Lauture (St. Petersburg High . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Times Fund, Inc. to provide $240,000 to Barnes Scholars The American Society of News Editors recognized three Florida publications in its annual journalism contest. Michael Kruse of the St. Petersburg Times won the Distinguished Writing Award for Nondeadline Writing. Additionally, the staff of The Palm Beach Post were finalists for the Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline News Reporting, and Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune was . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Times wins ASNE award  Comments are closed  Contest, Members  American Society of News Editors, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, St. Petersburg Times, The Palm Beach Post The First Amendment Foundation has announced that they now offer an electronic version of their Sunshine Litigation Seminar that took place earlier this year. The eight hour session is geared toward attorneys interested in learning more, including practical tips, on litigating open government issues. The seminar also features a keynote address by Lucy Dalglish, Executive . . . → Read More: Electronic version of Sunshine Litigation Seminar now available The Columbia Journalism Review recently added the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting to its News Frontier Database. The FCIR describes itself as “a nonprofit, digital and bilingual investigative journalism organization working to expose corruption, waste and miscarriages of justice,” and it is based out of the International Media Center at Florida International University in Miami. Read more: . . . → Read More: Columbia Journalism Review profiles Florida Center for Investigative Reporting Come help us celebrate National Freedom of Information Day at the University of South Florida the evening of March 16. Citizens, journalists, and attorneys will engage in a lively discussion about Florida’s famed open government laws and their struggles accessing the records and meetings of our government. During the second half of the program, representatives of various state . . . → Read More: Celebrate National Freedom of Information Day at USF Comments are closed Convention, Open Government AP, First Amendment Foundation, FSNE, University of South Florida |
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