José Javier Rodriguez: As part of Sunshine Week, a state representative calls for greater transparency of Florida’s economic development incentives.
Published on March 12, 2013.
José Javier Rodriguez: As part of Sunshine Week, a state representative calls for greater transparency of Florida’s economic development incentives.
Published in Government, Open Records
Published on March 12, 2013.
Mark Schneider: A statewide review, directed by the Florida Society of News Editors as part of Sunshine Week, found that new privacy requirements are slowing down public access to court records.
Published in Government, Open Records
Published on July 9, 2012.
The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting won eight awards in the Florida Society of News Editors’ annual statewide journalism competition, including FCIR’s first awards for Spanish-language journalism.
Published in Blog, Journalism
Published on August 24, 2011.
Ralph De La Cruz: Gov. Rick Scott’s discomfort with public records has been evident from the beginning of his term. Now, FDLE is investigating whether e-mails were illegally deleted.
Published in Blog, Government, Open Records
Published on July 22, 2011.
Ralph De La Cruz: After a seven-month face-off with the media over records and access, Gov. Rick Scott seems to have finally blinked.
Published in Blog, Journalism, Open Records
Published on July 2, 2011.
The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting competed in Division C with newspapers whose daily circulations are under 50,000.
Published in Blog, Journalism
Published on June 30, 2011.
Mc Nelly Torres is the first Latina to serve on the board of the Florida Society of News Editors.
Published in Blog, Journalism
Published on March 13, 2011.
A statewide test that requested information from local governments showed that most are complying with Florida’s public records law, a major improvement over past years when most did not.
Published in Government, Open Records
Published on March 13, 2011.
Two Florida editorial cartoonists comment on Gov. Rick Scott’s relationship with the news media.
Published in Government, Open Records