The nonprofit Citizens Awareness Foundation was founded to “empower citizens to exercise their right to know,” according to its mission statement. The South Florida millionaire backing the foundation hired one of the state’s most prominent public records activists to run it, rented office space, and pledged to pay the legal fees to make sure people […]
Daniella Levine Cava taps commission veterans for two top posts – Naked Politics
Miami-Dade’s newest commissioner has staffed up her District 8 office. Sean McCrackine, who worked in the District 8 office when Katy Sorenson held the seat, left Commissioner Jean Monestime’s staff to join Levine Cava as chief of policy and planning. Maria Elena Levrant jumped from Miami International Airport’s media office to be Levine Cava’s chief of constituent […]
Columbia Journalism Review Praises FCIR’s Reporting – FCIR
In an article today, the Columbia Journalism Review discusses in-depth the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting’s recent story on Citizens Awareness Foundation and its abuse of Florida’s Sunshine law. The CJR story, by University of Kansas journalism professor Jonathan Peters, includes an interview with FCIR Editor Tristram Korten. Peters writes: The main problem here is one I underline in my media law […]
