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Florida reporters honored with seven National Headliner Awards

Published on April 16, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Florida media was well represented this week at the 81st National Headliner Awards, including top awards for reporters John Romano of the Tampa Bay Times and Julie Brown of the Miami Herald. The Press Club of Atlantic City launched the National Headliner Awards in 1934, an annual recognition of the best work in American journalism. Winning both Best of Show and first place for local news beat coverage or continuing story was Brown’s “Cruel and Usual,” a Herald series of investigative reports…

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State Rep. Tom Grady files lawsuit demanding Charlie Crist return contributions

Published on June 28, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

From the Naples Daily News: Linda Morton of Naples donated $500 to Gov. Charlie Crist’s Senate election campaign, while John Rood of Jacksonville, a retired U.S. ambassador, donated $4,800 to the Republican. Now they want a refund. The two have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all contributors who are demanding their money back after Crist announced he’d run as an Independent. “Crist has made it clear that he believes a candidate should not say one thing and do another,”…

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Beth Reinhard, Brendan Farrington win Sunshine State Awards for coverage of race for US Senate

Published on June 7, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Congratulations to Beth Reinhard and Brendan Farrington for their Sunshine State Awards recognizing their work covering the race for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. About Reinhard, the judges wrote: Reinhard’s tale of Gov. Charlie Crist’s nonstop U.S. Senate campaign gives readers a sense of what it is that makes the formidable Florida politician tick. Using a series of well-sourced, exquisitely detailed anecdotes, this compelling story imparts a sense of the urgency that fuels Crist’s 24-7 drive to raise money and influence voters through a personal,…

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