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BY DARA KAM, The Palm Beach Post Millions of Floridians willingly open their wallets each year to help keep public television and radio stations — homes to programs like Sesame Street and Car Talk — on the air. But Gov. Rick Scott tore up one of the state’s checks for public broadcasting on May 26 when he departed . . . → Read More: South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Funding cuts worry public broadcasters statewide BY TRAVIS PILLOW Gov. Rick Scott is again under fire for his public records policies, this time from freshman state Rep. Steve Perman, D-Boca Raton, who sent him a letter asking him to make records more accessible. Read it after the jump. The Tallahasee Democrat editorial he mentions is behind a paywall, but is available free from Florida . . . → Read More: Florida Independent: State Rep. Perman calls on Scott to open up public records Gov. Rick Scott is urging supporters to email newspapers from around the state applauding his efforts to create jobs. Scott sent an emailed message to supporters Friday that included a link at the bottom that allows people to send a form letter to newspapers such as the Miami Herald, Tallahassee Democrat and Florida Times-Union. The letter . . . → Read More: News Service of Florida: Scott urges supporters to email newspapers A real estate reporter for The Tampa Tribune and News Channel 8 received the Shannon Behnken, an 11-year veteran journalist for the Tribune, won Best Read . . . → Read More: Tampa Tribune: Trib reporter wins association’s top award The Sigma Delta Chi Foundation is honored to award the Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award to an individual, group or organization that is dedicated to the awareness and perpetuation of First Amendment rights and values. The award is a tribute to Mr. Pulliam, who died in January 1999, and was well-known for consistently supporting activities . . . → Read More: Help SPJ honor First Amendment excellence BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. – El Nuevo Herald Executive Editor and General Manager Manny Garcia is the new president of the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization. The announcement was made during IRE’s convention in Orlando over the weekend. Read . . . → Read More: Miami Herald: El Nuevo exec editor named IRE president EDITORIAL In the Sunshine State, it seems, government has figured out how to block the public’s right to know: Price public records out of the market. Barbara Peterson, of the Florida First Amendment Foundation, said her organization recently made some public records requests to Gov. Rick Scott’s office. Read . . . → Read More: Ledger: Florida’s public records: Scott’s secret trick BY HOWARD TROXLER My last column. Best wishes, y’all. There is no other Florida in the world. Now, right off the bat, you should know that sentence is stolen. Borrowed, at least. It comes from Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ 1947 book about the Everglades, River of Grass. “There are no other Everglades in the world,” she began. It’s one of the most . . . → Read More: Times Columnist Howard Troxler: Fixing Florida will be fun to watch … as a fan EDITORIAL THE ISSUE: New laws puts wrinkle in procurement process. It sailed through the Florida Legislature as an innocuous-sounding public records extension that, taken at face value, would keep key information in a bid for a state or local government contract safe from the competition. Gov. Rick Scott, not surprisingly, signed the bill, and in the process may make . . . → Read More: Sun Sentinel: Competitive bid process could use some scrutiny BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Florida journalists whose reporting uncovered government abuse, documented the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, and chronicled life in the Sunshine State were honored by the Society of Professional Journalists on Saturday. Winners of the 2011 Sunshine State Awards include an Orlando Sentinel night police reporter who, in his first year . . . → Read More: Associated Press: Fla. journalists honored in Sunshine State Awards |
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