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The Tampa Bay Times won 17 awards as the Florida Society of News Editors announced the results of its annual journalism contest Thursday in Sarasota.The total was the most of any newspaper in the state competing in the large newspaper division, which includes the Miami Herald, the Orlando Sentinel, the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post. The Times led the field in first-place awards with seven.Times journalists took top honors in the breaking news, enterprise, features writing an…
8 months ago
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As enrollment rises at New College of Florida, reported new numbers point to a significant change in the makeup of its student body.More than a fourth of the students who were attending the school last fall have left — about twice the normal percentage who departed in recent years, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported Thursday.The newspaper cited a new report sent to faculty by Interim Provost Bradley Thiessen. It follows a similar assessment by Thiessen in July that a “ridiculously high” number…
6 months ago
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For more than two years, Florida’s education battles have drawn national attention with debates over book bans, gender issues, sexual orientation, indoctrination, school vouchers and teacher shortages.The clamor spilled onto the Tampa Theatre stage Tuesday evening during a two-hour community conversation titled “Conflicts, Challenges and Culture Wars in Florida’s Classrooms.” It was the second event in the Tampa Bay Times’ Spotlight Tampa Bay series, and it brought many in the audience to their…
about 2 months ago
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