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Associated PressMarch 1, 2016

Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential primaries in Virginia and Georgia, while Bernie Sanders wins in his home state of Vermont. According to early results of the exit poll conducted by Edison Research for the Associated Press and Television Networks, Clinton led in both Virginia and Georgia among both men and women. Sanders led among […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 3, 2016

Tables will turn next week as Florida-based online journalists get grilled on the state’s extensive, yet always entertaining, political landscape. Part of the Governors Club Luncheon Speaker Series, “The Tables Are Turned: On The Record with Online News Correspondents,” is Monday, Feb. 8 beginning at noon in the club’s Main Dining Room. The featured panel […]

Associated PressOctober 25, 2015

A huge majority of Republican voters prefer an outsider candidate to one with experience in Washington, and most see political rookies Donald Trump and Ben Carson as possible general election winners, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Carson tops the field as the most positively viewed candidate among Republicans, the poll shows. Some things to […]

Peter SchorschOctober 14, 2015

At 9 a.m. Wednesday, dozens of journalists with the Capital Press Corps and from around the state will converge on the Capitol’s 22nd floor for the annual Associated Press legislative planning session. It’s early this year because the 2016 Legislative Session also is early, starting Jan. 12 and not in March as usual. Years ago, actual “planning” of […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 3, 2015

Courtesy of the Associated Press’ Gary Fineout who, along with Matt Dixon of POLITICO Florida, have a track record of taking on agency heads and staff who make huge gaffes that result in their agencies getting bad press, is the story that dropped Wednesday on how DMS managed to botch a recent My Florida Net2 bid […]

Phil AmmannAugust 11, 2015

Few people will argue that good political reporting should be objective; readers expect professional journalists to give accurate and unbiased information – despite personal opinion or alliances. David Sirota, one of the leading writers for the International Business Times, makes little pretense of either accuracy or objectivity. IBT and Sirota – who is a thinly […]

Phil AmmannMarch 17, 2015

Welcome to Government in the Sunshine Week! Instituted by the American Society of News Editors, Sunshine Week is a national initiative focusing attention on the importance of transparency and pitfalls of government working in the shadows. The program first began March 2005 with grants from the nonprofit John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, an […]

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Sen Rick Scott in Sarasota. Photo by Jacob Ogles.

Hillary Clinton wins Virginia & Georgia; Bernie Sanders wins Vermont

Tables turn as journalists discuss politics, take questions at Governors Club Feb. 8

AP poll: Republicans prefer an outsider candidate

Associated Press Day to kick off in Capitol

State agency follies continue: This time its DMS’ turn in the barrel

David Sirota’s inaccurate reporting history proves partisan Democratic slant

Bill Day’s latest: ScottBlock super-SPF for Sunshine Week