Orange journalism : voices from Florida newspapers / [edited by] Julian M. Pleasants ; foreword by Gary R. Mormino and Raymond Arsenault.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pleasants, Julian M.

Series:

Florida history and culture series

The Florida history and culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Florida.

Journalism.

American newspapers--Florida.

American newspapers.

Florida.

Physical Description:

xvi, 345 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2003]

Summary:

Newspapers in Florida are generally regarded as among the best in the country. Despite its image as a modern sun-and-fun frontier state filled with eccentrics, corrupt politicians, and feuding immigrant communities, Florida has become an economic, political, and social juggernaut that continues to have a significant impact on America. Orange Journalism presents 18 writers, editors, and publishers who have nurtured and influenced the high quality of print journalism in Florida during the last half-century. Focusing on both the daily and the weekly press, this oral history includes candid interviews with such visionaries as Al Neuharth, who founded USA Today, and such prominent writers as Carl Hiaasen and Rick Bragg. The book features conversations with sportswriters, investigative journalists, editorial cartoonists, Pulitzer prize-winning writers, and the publishers of an African American and a Spanish-language paper. It also includes interviews with publishers of large state newspapers (David Lawrence of the Miami Herald); medium-sized papers (Diane McFarlin of the Sarasota Herald Tribune); and smaller weeklies (the colorful Tommy Green of the Madison County Carrier). It covers the state geographically, with journalists from all major newspaper chains in Florida as well as a rapidly dwindling group of independent newspapers, primarily the St. Petersburg Times. For students of the Fourth Estate, these lively interviews offer insights about the status of women in a traditionally male profession; the impact of new technology on newspapers; and management differences between large national conglomerates and state newspapers. The book also explores ownership issues between corporateconglomerates and family-owned and independent papers. For general readers, the comments on topics like race, class, drugs, and tourism and observation on specific issues such as civil rights in Miami and the growth of the space industry and Disney World illuminate the important role that Florida newspapers play in politics, economics, and the environment. Personal and relevant, Orange Journalism delivers the inside scoop on a profession that serves as the eyes and ears of the public.

Contents:

Newspapers in the Life of Florida 1

National Newspapers

1. Al Neuharth, USA Today 19

Large Newspapers

2. David Lawrence, Miami Herald 41

3. Fred Pettijohn, South Florida Sun-Sentinel 59

Medium-Sized Newspapers

4. Tippen Davidson, News-Journal (Daytona Beach) 81

5. Diane McFarlin, Sarasota Herald-Tribune 102

6. Earle Bowden, Pensacola News Journal 125

Weekly Newspapers

7. Tommy Greene, Madison County Carrier and Madison Enterprise Reporter 153

8. Loyal Frisbie, Polk County Democrat 174

African American Press

9. Garth Reeves, Miami Times 193

Hispanic Press

10. Horacio Aguirre, Diario las Americas 215

Columnists and Investigative Journalists

11. Rick Bragg, New York Times 227

12. Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald 245

13. Lucy Morgan, St. Petersburg Times 277

Editorial Cartoonists

14. Don Wright, Palm Beach Post 301

Sportswriters

15. Edwin Pope, Miami Herald 319.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0813026539

OCLC:

51751417