2014 Contest Florida Press Club
General News Reporting, Third Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer raised taxes while not paying his own tax bills
May 4, 2014
2011 Contest Florida Press Club
Third Place
Blog Writing
Peter Mallory
Character in author Ayn Rand's book half century ago symbolic of today's economic doldrums
Primary election hits home with son gaining circuit judgeship
NSB taxpayers hit multiple times for privelege of planning
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Fresh off his election-day victory over then-City Commissioner Edith Shelley, Derrick Henry was administered the oath of office as Daytona Beach's new mayor by Circuit Judge Hubert Grimes in a packed commission chambers tonight.
EDGEWATER -- County Chair-elect Jason Davis could be on the job on or about Dec. 1 by virtue of appointment by Gov. Scott to fill the county chairmanship vacated by Frank Bruno the day before the general elections.
"I got a call from the governor's appointment staff informing me of his decision to name me chairman," Davis told Headline Surfer, adding he was excited about the governor's decision.
"There's a lot of work to be done and I'd like to get started as soon as possible," Davis said Wednesday night from his Edgewater home.
The news of Derrick Henry's swearing in ceremony Wednesday night as mayor of Daytona Beach was trending in Google's News Directories as shown here in this snapshot graphic to the left. A snapshot at right shows 102 people accessing Headline Surfer as the Henry story was being updated.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Headline Surfer was the first media outlet to report the news of Derrick Henry's swearing in as Daytona Beach mayor and the story was trending in the Google online news directories and search engines.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Henry Frederick won first place for Blog Writing in the 2012 Florida Press Club Journalism Contest for three separate blog installments.
Headline Surfer photo / Henry Frderick, General News Writing, Third Place, NSB News LLC / Headline Surfer, Florida Press Club.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Henry Frederick won third place for General News Writing in the 2012 Florida Press Club Journalism Contest for three separate stories.
The three General News Writing stories were:
Shaq inducted into Magic Hall of Fame; regrets leaving 'City Beautiful' for Hollywood glitz & glamour
Remembering ESPN anchor Stuart Scott: Personality resonates in story telling
