|
|||||
 |
Journalists must maintain the “courage to pursue and tell the truth” On Friday, Boston Globe editor Martin Baron was honored as the 2012 recipient of the Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award, given by the New England First Amendment Center. Below is a transcript of his comments, prepared for delivery at Friday’s awards luncheon in Boston. THIS AWARD IS named after . . . → Read More: The value of a vigorous press A U.S. Marine combat veteran and author will be the speaker at The Marine Corps League of Naples’ 8th Annual “Honor the Free Press Day.” Lt. Col. Francis J. “Bing” West who led over 100 combat patrols in Vietnam, which inspired his book, “The Village,” a classic story about counterinsurgency and on the required reading list of . . . → Read More: Veteran, author to speak at annual ‘free press’ luncheon 2012 Contest Categories All categories are judged by circulation division (Division A, more than 125,000 daily; Division B, 50,000 to 125,000 daily; and Division C, under 50,000 daily) except for Spanish language papers. Entries will be submitted using a web-based program at betterbnc.com. Deadline for all entries: Extended to Monday March 5, 2012 * FSNE GOLD MEDAL FOR PUBLIC . . . → Read More: FSNE Contest 2012 Deadline Extended On Wednesday, I published a column introducing you to our new digital products, including the sleek iPhone app and the tablet-optimized website. Today, I am going back to basics, focusing on the printed product, which remains at the core of what we do day in and day out. Although newspapers are considered a mass medium, the daily paper . . . → Read More: Bob Stover: New sections, new columns enhance printed product Eight months after selling its downtown Miami location, The Miami Herald finalized a deal to lease office space and build a new printing plant in Doral. By Elaine Walker The Miami Herald Media Company announced plans Thursday to move its headquarters to a Doral building that once housed the U.S. Southern Command. The company will build a new . . . → Read More: Miami Herald Media Co. moving headquarters to Doral complex Florida Society of News Editors (For work published in 2011) General Rules: 1. Any news organization that is a member of FSNE and has paid membership dues for 2012 may enter. Entries by special interest publications or by Florida-based staff members of news services will be entered in Division A; the organizations must be FSNE members. 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 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 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 BY BRITTANY WALLMAN Florida public records laws are often called among the toughest in the nation. But that was b4 txt msgnging. The state updated its public records rules last year to advise that text messages, Facebook comments, Tweets and other communications on “emerging communications technologies’’ might be public records, depending on their content. Read . . . → Read More: Sun Sentinel: R txt msgs a loophole in Florida’s public records laws? |
||||
|
Copyright © 2012 Florida Society of News Editors - All Rights Reserved 22 queries. 0.335 seconds. |
|||||