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EDITORIAL Gov. Scott has named a new director of his Office of Open Government, a department that in the early days of his administration seemed a misnomer but lately has gotten better marks from journalists and open-government advocates. Bonnie Hazelton will be responsible for providing the best public access to government records, but to deliver she must . . . → Read More: Palm Beach Post: Reopen governor’s office; let new gatekeeper have new attitude EDITORIAL Gaetz, of Niceville, near Pensacola in the Panhandle, is laying his power on the line to make an important point. That point is that emails are public records, just like paper files, and they are to be protected and stored for public inspection — even during transitions of power from one governor to the next. Gaetz’s legislation to . . . → Read More: Naples Daily News: Fighting for more open records in Florida STARTING THE 2012 SESSION ON THE RIGHT NOTE! As usual, we have dozens of open government bills on our tracking list for the 2012 session – and another half dozen added just this morning – but what is not so usual is that one of our good government bills is scheduled for a hearing the very first week . . . → Read More: First Amendment Foundation: Action needed on Sunshine bill Visit the sign-up page at www.tampabay.com/debate2012 to request press credentials for the 2012 Republican Primary debate to be held 9 p.m. Jan. 23 at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Note: The media filing center will be in the 2nd floor ballroom of the USF Marshall Student Center, with live video and audio and free Wi-Fi . . . → Read More: Credential sign up page for Republican Primary debate now available The Call for Entries for the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors 2012 is coming soon. The Contest Committee has determined the rules and entry structure will be very similar to last year’s contest. The deadline for entry is set for Feb. 24, 2012. Entries will again be submitted using a Web-based program at betterbnc.com. The categories for the . . . → Read More: FSNE 2012 contest info coming soon BY CARRIE WELLS Public officials might have more to worry about with Facebook than just an embarrassing picture from college resurfacing. Seemingly innocuous posts could become minefields of litigation under Florida’s tough public records laws, which require everything on an elected official’s or government’s page to be carefully catalogued. If elected officials are caught chatting about anything which . . . → Read More: Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Facebook complicated for public officials BY TIMES STAFF Bonnie Hazelton, director of the Office of the Ombudsman and Public Services, will take over as director of Gov. Rick Scott’s Office of Open Government, Scott’s office announced today. Current director, Carolyn Timmann, is leaving to run for clerk of Martin County Court. The move is one of several announced today, including replacing Karen Giorno . . . → Read More: Tampa Bay Times: Scott names new public records director FSNE and the University of Central Florida have partnered to produce a three-day workshop on writing and journalism. The Florida Writers Project kicks off next Feb. 16 in Orlando. The three-day gathering will bring in writers from Florida and around the country. Featured writers include Tony Swofford, ex-Marine and author of Jarhead, and Bob Shacochis, author of . . . → Read More: FSNE partners with UCF to put on writing workshop next February  Leave a comment  Journalism, Members, Training  Bob Shacochis, Florida Writers Project, Ihosvani "Geo" Rodriguez, Jacki Leyden, Jarhead, Jonathan Busdeker, NPR, Orlando Sentinel, Paige St. John, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Scott Joseph, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Swimming in the Volcano, The Immaculate Invasion, Tony swofford, University of Central Florida, writing workshop BY STEVE PATTERSON A Jacksonville man who sued a city pension fund over public records violations isn’t entitled to recover the more than $30,000 he spent on legal fees, a judge has ruled. Circuit Judge James H. Daniel ruled last week that Curtis Lee was entitled to $1,245 for other expenses he faced suing the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension . . . → Read More: Times-Union: Jacksonville man who won public records lawsuit must pay legal bills, judge says EDITORIAL It’s good to see Gov. Rick Scott getting out more and dropping what seemed to be an antagonistic attitude toward the state’s media. His recent visit to the News Journal Editorial Board is one of a string of such recent visits, and he offered to return in the future. Scott was not a politician before running for . . . → Read More: Pensacola News Journal: Scott opening up — a bit |
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