12/17/2003
Strong reporting recognized
The Palm Beach Post and particularly star legislative reporter Shirish Date have had the voucher mismanagement and fraud story pretty much to themselves. The stories were further validated by Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher's investigations showing that Florida's school voucher laws invite abuse. Now, voucher payments
are being suspended to 100 private schools.
(Page with voucher stories here.)
If there were any further doubt how effective the paper is, Jeb Bush did the next best thing to giving them a journalism award -- he didn't invite the paper to the governor's traditional end-of-the-year interviews with reporters, citing what they said was unprofessional behavior.
(Via Romenesko)
are being suspended to 100 private schools.
(Page with voucher stories here.)
If there were any further doubt how effective the paper is, Jeb Bush did the next best thing to giving them a journalism award -- he didn't invite the paper to the governor's traditional end-of-the-year interviews with reporters, citing what they said was unprofessional behavior.
(Via Romenesko)
