By Henry Fitzgerald
Fresh off a 17-award performance in the Florida Press Club’s annual competition, The Coastal Star has been named a 15-time finalist in the upcoming Florida Press Association awards.
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Related: The Coastal Star captures top honors — nine times — in annual competition
Here at The Coastal Star, we think a byline says a lot.
If you’re not familiar with newspaper lingo, a byline is the name at the top of a story telling you who wrote
In a Kansas town of about 1,900 people, a weekly newspaper had its publication servers, computers, cellphones and other electronics seized last month during a raid by local police. Law enforcement officers with a warrant removed electronics from the
The Coastal Star brought home top honors in breaking news, local government reporting, sports photography and sports coverage in this year’s Weekly Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Florida Press Association.
The newspaper also collected five second
Recent estimates suggest that as many as half of local arts journalism jobs in America have disappeared over the past decade. In South Florida I’d suggest that proportion is even higher.
Yes, there are a few local bloggers who will tell you ab
Editor Mary Kate Leming and Publisher Jerry Lower, were honored by the Boys and Girls Club.
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When we started The Coastal Star in November 2008, the last thing we anticipated was to be recognized with a community award.
After many year
