AP’s legislative planning session set for Jan. 19
The Associated Press will hold its annual legislative planning session Wednesday, Jan. 19, on the 22nd floor of the Florida Capitol. It is tentatively scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Among...
View ArticleAP to develop mobile version of preprint circulars
The Associated Press Board of Directors voted this week to test a mobile version of the preprint circulars that newspapers insert in their weekend sections. The mobile advertising solution, called...
View ArticleCelebrate National Freedom of Information Day at USF
Come help us celebrate National Freedom of Information Day at the University of South Florida the evening of March 16. Citizens, journalists, and attorneys will engage in a lively discussion about...
View ArticleScott imposes fees for Fla. public records copies
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Gov. Rick Scott is imposing fees on public records request to pay for staff time and the cost of making copies. In announcing the fees Thursday, the new Republican...
View ArticleNaples Daily News: Marines’ ‘free press’ tradition marches on
BY PHIL LEWIS When a fellow named Mike Trephan came to me eight years back with the idea of having the local Marine Corps League sponsor an “Honor the Free Press Day,” I was all for it, yet a bit...
View ArticleAP union: Managers are threatening mass layoffs if proposals aren’t accepted
BY JIM ROMENESKO AP union members say managers told them that mass layoffs would start immediately if the News Media Guild didn’t accept the AP’s proposals within the next few days. “Several staffers...
View Article‘Like’ the Florida AP Facebook page
Editors, publishers and news directors, We’d like to invite you, your editors and reporters, your advertising staffers and your readers and viewers to “Like” our new Florida Associated Press Facebook...
View ArticleA letter from Orlando Sentinel editor Mark Russell: AP/FSNE court records...
Dear FSNE members: In January 2012, a Florida law went into effect that requires county court clerks to go through every criminal or civil filing to redact Social Security and credit card numbers...
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