The Miami Herald today puts a story about former UF president Ben Sasse's spending written by a student journalist from UF on its front page. Not a rewrite by a staffer, but the work the Alligator first published. Excellent recognition of powerful student journalism:
And here it is...Kudos to #MiamiHeraldwww.alligator.org/article/2024...
In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts and high-paying positions for his G...
After decades of "Florida Man" I truly hope Florida journalism's well-earned day in the sun is coming.
Wait.... Bens Asse left a senate seat to last as UF president for like a year?
NYTimes gonna do a whole series of articles that's solely re-reporting what the Alligator already did and act like they're the first paper to discover any of this. Wait, we're talking about a state school? In the south? Nevermind, they're not going to deign to cover it at all.
Harris should do a sit down with the student before the NYT.
This is fantastic. The press needs to restore journalistic credibility as the political watchdog for the public, not lapdog for the MAGA.
Alligators can publish articles? What brilliant reptiles they are
Miami Herald is where Julie Brown broke the Epstein story.
As they should! 👏🏼
Nice to see a student getting credit but also a sad commentary on the state of daily journalism that the Miami Herald didn't have a staffer follow up on the story or break it in the first place.