Associated PressJuly 20, 2021
2min1140
He died June 19 at Capital Regional Medical Center
Tag: Florida Capitol Press CorpsHomicide counts between 2020 and 2024 in Miami-Dade (A), and firearm-related homicide counts over the same span for 80 ZIP codes in the (B). ZIP code 33147, which researchers said has had the highest rate of homicides, historically, dropped to the 10th ranking overall in 2024. Image via Scaling Safety.
Associated PressJuly 20, 2021
Staff ReportsAugust 28, 2018
2min256
PolitiFact, the Poynter Institute’s fact-checking arm, has named its first managing editor: Katie Sanders, currently the organization’s deputy editor. Executive editor Aaron Sharockman made the announcement on his Twitter feed. Sanders is a former member of the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald’s combined capital bureau. She helped launch PunditFact in 2013, and has held the deputy […]
Peter SchorschMarch 28, 2017
9min179
Is the Spring 2017 edition of INFLUENCE Magazine — available now in digital format, soon in print — sexist? According to Jessica Bakeman, a transplanted education reporter for POLITICO Florida and the current president of the Florida Capitol Press Corps, the answer is ‘yes.’ In a series of tweets posted Monday, Bakeman wrote that the […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 27, 2016
6min298
For one night, Florida’s Capitol Press Corps took a break from making state lawmakers squirm and instead did its best to make them — and several hundred other spectators of The Process — laugh. The Skits took over the Tallahassee music venue The Moon on Tuesday. Better than last year’s event, the “sometimes annual” rite […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 21, 2016
6min253
Have you bought tickets for the 2016 Press Corps Skits yet? The 61st (sometimes) annual Capitol Press Corps Skits will be held Tuesday, Jan. 26. The highlights: Lower ticket prices, free parking, and instead of reserved tables, seating is first come, first served. Capitol Press Corps President Tia Mitchell advises buying tickets sooner rather than later: The event […]
Peter SchorschNovember 11, 2015
6min181
The Florida Capitol Press Corps is getting ready for a bigger, better edition of its Press Skits next year, with a variety of changes it says “will help us get back to our roots and make the event more accessible and fun for all our guests.” The highlights: Lower ticket prices, free parking, and instead of reserved […]