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Mitch PerryJuly 8, 2015

Two rising stars in the Florida Democratic Party announced fundraising totals for the past three months on Wednesday. Florida Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Murphy has raised more than $1.4 million in the second quarter this year. The Miami Herald’s Naked Politics first reported the total. The Jupiter congressman announced his candidacy for the Senate seat […]

Associated PressJune 23, 2015

Sergio Bustos, a veteran political journalist, has been hired by The Associated Press as the news cooperative’s Miami-based politics reporter, a key position ahead the 2016 elections. Bustos, 52, joins the AP from the Miami Herald, where he has led that newspaper’s politics and state government coverage since 2010, worked with PolitiFactFlorida.com in partnership with […]

Florence SnyderJune 23, 2015

“We take that very seriously” is quite possibly the biggest of the big lies they tell in Tallahassee. There’s a ribbon and a 5K walk and a proclamation for everything, but precious little cash on the barrel head for families collapsing under the weight of caring for a loved one whose needs exceed the family’s […]

Jac VerSteegJune 15, 2015

“He did nothing wrong. He was afraid for his life. I commend him for his actions.” Those words were, in effect, Alberto Iber’s resignation letter. The Miami high school principal – excuse me, the former Miami high school principal – posted those fateful words online on a Miami Herald comment page. Iber was defending the […]

Mitch PerryJune 4, 2015

Good morning, everybody. Props to the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald for their world exclusive giving us the date when Jeb Bush finally ends his “exploring the waters” phase and officially enters the GOP presidential race: June 15. Meanwhile, Lincoln Chafee announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination Wednesday and Rick Perry will later Thursday, if […]

Guest AuthorApril 23, 2015

Comedian W.C. Fields quipped, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit.” It seems that Florida lawmakers need to field his advice as their debate over proposed assisted living reform draws to an unceremonious close. Since 2011, the Legislature has worked on hammering out a reform bill that would tighten assisted living […]

Phil AmmannApril 16, 2015

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 […]

Mitch PerryApril 15, 2015

The Washington, D.C.-based political website Politico began in 2007 with 35 employees. It now maintains more than 400 staff members globally. Among the most notable hires for political junkies in Florida was when the site raided Marc Caputo from the Miami Herald in January. Now Politico says Caputo will be joined by a “team of political and policy […]

Phil AmmannApril 1, 2015

“Innocents Lost,” the thoroughly researched Miami Herald series on child deaths in Florida, received the 2014 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism on Tuesday. Awarded by Harvard University, Worth Bingham honors investigative reporting of national significance in areas where the public interest is being ill served. The Herald I-Team investigation, led by reporters Carol Marbin Miller […]

Phil AmmannApril 1, 2015

“Innocents Lost,” the thoroughly researched Miami Herald series on child deaths in Florida, received the 2014 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism on Tuesday. Awarded by Harvard University, Worth Bingham honors investigative reporting of national significance in areas where the public interest is being ill served. The Herald I-Team investigation, led by reporters Carol Marbin Miller […]

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Patrick Murphy, Gwen Graham release fundraising totals for 2nd quarter

AP Hires Sergio Bustos as Miami-based politics writer

Florence Snyder: Postcard from Alzheimer’s

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Miami principal inept but didn’t deserve ouster

Mitch Perry Report for 2.4.15 — Hillary Clinton to rally base on voting issues

Brian Lee: Bills to reform assisted living facilities would reduce oversight

Florida reporters honored with seven National Headliner Awards

Politico says its coming to Tallahassee

Herald’s “Innocents Lost” wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

Herald's "Innocents Lost" wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism