For comprehensive coverage of the Florida State case, go to…NYT? April 21, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith The Tallahassee Democrat and other Florida papers could have done more on the Jameis Winston investigation
‘Nobody’s that lucky’–except in Florida’s lottery? April 8, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith Palm Beach Post ferrets out lottery fraud, prompts tightening of “meager” safeguards
Meet the local paper that’s ‘raising hell’ to keep government open March 24, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith Florida Times-Union goes to court for key information–and also just for principle
When public officials skirt open meetings laws, what can we do? March 14, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith With enforcement weak, the best remedy may be to do what The Atlanta Journal-Constitution did: Expose it
New Florida unemployment requirement doesn’t help jobless, does delay benefits February 21, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith Florida Times-Union, Tampa Bay Times advance the story on state’s flawed new program
Atlanta’s snowpocalypse was a record traffic day for AJC.com February 7, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith Weather crises are a big draw, but newsroom also pivoted quickly to the political story
Covering the gerrymandering wars? Add these researchers to your source list January 30, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith Don’t blame the maps for the main result–but a few states warrant a closer look
Florida’s unemployment system is a mess January 9, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith The press is asking questions and showing human costs. Now, time to break the story open
Effective teachers, lackluster test scores? December 6, 2013 By Susannah Nesmith In Florida, an opportunity to dig deeper into some contradictory data
The Palm Beach Post takes a long, hard look at private prisons November 22, 2013 By Susannah Nesmith Maybe too long for some readers–but series advances the story on cost, violence concerns
