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.

The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting’s masthead will undergo some alterations.

Tristram Korten: Gov. Rick Scott and Florida’s Republican-led legislature have become the national vanguard for testing the boundaries of accepted constitutional protections.

Tristram Korten: El gobernador Rick Scott y la Legislatura de la Florida, controlada por los republicanos, se han convertido en la vanguardia nacional para poner a prueba los límites de las protecciones constitucionales aceptadas.

Tristram Korten talked about his forthcoming story about the legal challenges Gov. Rick Scott’s new laws face.

FCIR Contributing Editor Tristram Korten’s public radio report “Fugitives on the Run, Bondsmen on the Hunt” won top honors in the public affair category.

Produced in partnership with WLRN Miami Herald News, the award-winning stories examined deportations to Haiti and criminal extraditions.

Tristram Korten’s radio report “Fugitives on the Run, Bondsmen on the Hunt” also took first place for feature and human interest story in the prestigious national contest.

Tristram Korten’s public radio report “Fugitives on the Run, Bondsmen on the Hunt” is a finalist in the public affairs category of the 2012 Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Contest.

Trevor Aaronson tells NBC 2 in Fort Myers that FCIR’s analysis disputes the Florida Republican Party’s assertions that Gov. Rick Scott’s policies have created jobs.