1. In Memoriam
FPA/FSNE
2010-2011

2. Mike Cherry
 Florida Today
 Sports writer
 Covered high school sports
 Co-hosted "Today in Brevard
Sports" for TV and online
 Also covered athletics at
Marshall University (his alma
mater) and West Virginia
University for the Charleston
Gazette and the Charleston
Daily Mail
 Died June 7, 2010

3. Dick Evans
 The Miami Herald
 Sports Writer (bowling)
 Worked at The Herald since 1945;
“go-for” chores at 14 included
running greyhound results and
writing tight headlines
 Was the first daily newspaper
reporter inducted into the
Professional Bowlers Association's
Hall of Fame.
 In “retirement,” Evans won a
national award for bowling
coverage at the Daytona Beach
News-Journal, for which he wrote
until his death
 Died July 4, 2010

4. Claire Mitchel
 The Miami Herald
 Columnist, who wrote “The Third
Third,” a fixture for those 60 and
older for almost a quarter of a
century
 Began as a writer with The
Washington Post, which led to a
brush with history when she met
Eleanor Roosevelt
 Died Jan. 5, 2011

5. Bea Moss
 The Miami Herald
 Community Columnist,
among other roles
 Was Managing Editor of
Coral Gables Times/Guide,
from 1975-1977
 Worked for The Guide and
The Herald since 1964
 Shared in the Herald's 1993
Pulitzer Prize for Hurricane
Andrew coverage
 A mention in her column
meant a person or
organization “had arrived.”
 Retired, again, in 2007
 Died July 5, 2010

6. Roberto Suárez
 The Miami Herald / El Nuevo
Herald
 President, Publisher, General
Manager
 Began as a Herald mailroom clerk
in 1961 after fleeing Cuba with $5
in his pocket
 General Manager for The Charlotte
Observer, 1970s, before returning
to Miami
 Launched El Nuevo Herald in 1987
 Was awarded 1989’s John S.
Knight Gold Medal, Knight Ridder’s
highest professional honor
 Retired 1995
 Died July 7, 2010

7. Clarke Ash
 The Palm Beach Post
 Former editorial page editor
 Held same position for sister paper,
The Miami News, which won three
Pulitzer Prizes for its coverage of
the Cuban Missile Crisis; and two
for editorial cartoons by Don
Wright, later at the Post
 A World War II veteran, he piloted
eight missions over Europe
 Earned the Air Medal for
exceptional duty in combat
 Began as reporter at the Dayton
Daily News
 Died Jan. 29, 2011

8. Sam Diaz
 The Ledger
 Circulation director for 25 years
 Began his newspaper career in
1969 as a circulation manager for
the St. Petersburg Times
 Briefly worked as circulation
director at the Houma Daily Courier
in Louisiana
 Retired editor Skip Perez applauded
his achievements in record-level
distribution
 Died Jan. 28, 2011

9. Margaret “Peg” Dow
 The Florida Times-Union
 Copy editor for 20 years in
Features Department
 “I’m constantly amazed that I am
paid a salary for doing something
I enjoy so much,” she said
 First worked for the New York
State Press Association and the
New York Publishers Association
 Also reported for the weekly
Clifton Springs (N.Y.) Press and
spent two years in New York City
on the staff of Forth
 Died March 1, 2011

10. Bette Orsini
 St. Petersburg Times
 Investigative reporter who won
numerous national awards
 Her 14-part series on the Church
of Scientology won a 1980
Pulitzer Prize
 Worked 41 years at the paper,
1946-1987
 "Every cliche, including the one
about the bulldog that gets ahold
of an ankle and won't let go, was
true of her," said former Times
executive editor Bob Haiman
 Died March 26, 2011

11. Bobby Barnes
 St. Augustine Record
 News typist
 Former Linotype operator
 Worked at the Record since
1964, becoming assistant to the
editor in 2001
 Loved his Florida Gators and St.
Augustine High School football
 Died April 9, 2011

12. William “Bo” Bobo
 The Miami Herald
 Copy Editor
 Worked at the paper
from 1966-2001
 Was the slot on the
legendary crew of
The Street Edition
 He also sent more
than a few new
reporters home
empty-handed after a
“friendly” invitation to
play poker.
 Died April 10, 2011

13. Fred Turner
 South Florida Sun Sentinel
 Sports Editor (1980-2005)
 The Patriot Ledger
 News Reporter, City Editor,
Sports Editor (1973-1980)
 Turner’s Sun Sentinel’s Sports
Department was twice selected
among top 10 nationally
 “Fred-isms” included “We don't
just put left-handed doors on
Chevy's all day around here!”
 Died April 11, 2011

14. Jessie-Lynne Kerr
 The Florida Times-Union (1964-
2011)
 Staten Island Advance (1953-
1969)
 First female reporter to cover
Jacksonville courts
 Chronicled three-year cancer battle
 Self-described "tough old broad"
who raised three generations of
reporters and editors
 Street outside T-U named “Jessie-
Lynne Kerr Parkway”
 Media room for new courthouse
also will carry her name
 Died April 28, 2011

15. Robin Mitchell
 St. Petersburg Times (1986-2003)
 Evening Independent (1971-1986)
 Reporter, senior copy editor
 In addition to outstanding work,
Mitchell was known for occasional,
memorable pranks; one involved
sending a stuffed duck head through
pneumatic tubes to the fourth floor
librarian
 He had a deft touch as a writer and
an eagle eye as a copy editor
 Retired 2003
 Died April 29, 2011

16. Jim McCartney
 Columnist for The Bradenton
Herald in retirement
 Washington correspondent and
columnist for Knight Ridder
 Specialized in foreign affairs and
defense policy
 Started in Washington for Chicago
Daily News
 Among many honors, his focus on
the military resulted in a 1963-64
Nieman Fellowship at Harvard
University
 His last column, March 27, was
about the United States sacrificing
its ideals for oil
 Died May 6, 2011

17. Rich Brooks
 The Herald-Tribune
 Long time columnist and editor
 Won first place in this year’s FSNE
contest
 Battled ALS, known as Lou Gehrig’s
disease, for more than 15 years after
diagnosis
 Founding member of Lou Gehrig’s
Disease Association of Southwest
Florida
 His last column in December was
about a wedding toast for his 25-year-
old son, Noah. "But it's neither money
nor the stuff we acquire over our lives
that makes us happy… It's the
memories we create as a family… ”
 Died May 7, 2011

18. Gregory Lewis
 South Florida Sun Sentinel
 Reporter, mentor
 Covered the African-American
community for a decade at the
paper with grit and passion
 Previous stops in his 30-year career
included the San Francisco
Examiner, where he was known as
“the mayor of the newsroom;”
Washington, D.C.; Berkeley, Calif., at
the Robert C. Maynard Institute of
Journalism Education; and
Greensboro, N.C., where he taught
at North Carolina A&T while working
as a reporter at the News & Record.
 Died May 17, 2011

19. Tom McEwen
 The Tampa Tribune
 Sports Editor and
Columnist
 Wrote more than
10,000 columns (1962
to 2001)
 Won Red Smith Award,
1993
 As a boy, delivered
papers on horseback in
Wauchula
 Baseball great Ted
Williams said of him, “I
don’t like any sports
writers. But I like Tom
McEwen.”
 Died June 4, 2011

20. Peggy May
 Northwest Florida Daily News
 Reporter/editor for the paper for
42 years
 Inducted into the Okaloosa
County Women's Hall of Fame in
2005
 Hired in 1963 at 35 as society
editor and worked full time until
age 77
 Famous as a grammarian, near
the end, she corrected a nurse on
the difference between “laying”
and “lying” in her bed
 Her long time publisher, Tom
Conner, said her work “shaped
the community” for decades
 Died at 82, June 13, 2011

21. In Memoriam
FPA/FSNE
2010-2011