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Minutes of June 23, 2008

By Suzanne Levinson • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Board Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order by with a quorum present: D Lunsford, J Kay, R Levitt, S Gurinsky, S Terilli, J George, T Dodson, M Koretzky, S Odiduro, and guests Billy Shields, Martha Sternberg, and Alana Roberts.
Tim Dodson gave a post mortem of the Sunshine State Awards dinner and said the financials […]



Inspiration at the 2008 Sunshine State Awards

By Jaime George • Jun 1st, 2008 • Category: Chapter News

Journalists in search of inspiration found it at last night’s 2008 Sunshine State Awards. They heard it in the words of keynote speakers Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. And, they saw it on the faces of colleagues honored for their outstanding contribution to journalism in the state of Florida. Fainaru-Wada and Williams, the San Francisco Chronicle investigative team that exposed the explosive BALCO steroid scandal in



2008 Sunshine State Awards Winners Recognized

By Jaime George • May 31st, 2008 • Category: Chapter News

The South Florida SPJ recognized the deserving winners of its 2008 Sunshine State Awards at a banquet tonight at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel in Dania, Florida. A detailed report of the event will be posted here tomorrow. In the meantime, you can review the list of winners by clicking the links below.



Sunshine State Awards Finalists Announced (Complete List)

By Suzanne Levinson • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Chapter News

Judges across the nation have concluded their judging of the 958 entries received in this year’s Sunshine State Awards competition. The South Florida Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists released the complete list of finalists yesterday. The chapter will announce the winners on Saturday, May 31 at the 2008 Sunshine State Awards ceremony.



2008 Sunshine State Awards Banquet

By Jaime George • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

The winners of this year’s Sunshine State Awards will be announced on Saturday, May 31st at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel.



BALCO Journalists to Speak at 2008 Sunshine State Awards Banquet

By Jaime George • Mar 27th, 2008 • Category: Chapter News

FORT LAUDERDALE — Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru Wada, the San Francisco Chronicle investigative team that exposed the explosive BALCO steroid scandal, are slated to speak at the 14th annual Sunshine State Awards banquet sponsored by the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.



Minutes of November 15, 2007

By Jaime George • Nov 5th, 2007 • Category: Board Meeting Minutes

Westin Hotel, Fort Lauderdale
Board members present: Darcie Lunsford, Bill Hirschman, John Hopkins, Sylvia Gurinsky, Merwin Sigale, Beth Feinstein-Bartl
Committee chairs and representatives present: Tim Dodson (Sunshine State Awards), Michael Koretzky (student affairs)
Guests: Tim Collie (Sun-Sentinel)
Darcie called the meeting to order at 7:26 p.m.
SUNSHINE STATE AWARDS UPDATE
• Tim provided a timeline for the awards process through the […]



Minutes of September 17, 2007

By Jaime George • Sep 18th, 2007 • Category: Board Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order by President Darcie Lunsford at 7:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel in Broward County.
Board Members present: Sam Terilli, Sylva Gurinsky, Darcie Lunsford, Ron Levitt, Bill Hirschman, Beth Feinstein, Sergy Tabuteau, Jaime George, Julie Kay and Student Affairs committee chair Michael Koretzky.
President Lunsaford announced that Sunshine State […]



2007 Sunshine State Awards Report

By Jaime George • May 22nd, 2007 • Category: Chapter News

If you missed this year’s Sunshine State Awards dinner, you missed a good party and an important presentation by Phil Meyer, the research guru who teaches that good journalism is good business. Meyer’s presentation on May 19th was somewhat more hopeful than his book, The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism n the Information Age.
Meyer urged that […]