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Ex-Political Editor Gets Local ACLU Award for Work at Creative Loafing

By AAN Staff
december 28, 2009  09:07 am
Ex-Political Editor Gets Local ACLU Award for Work at Creative Loafing
The Pinellas County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union recently gave the Irene Miller Vigilance in Journalism award to Wayne Garcia for his work as political editor at Creative Loafing (Tampa). The chapter's board members unanimously chose Garcia, who left CL to teach at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications this summer, for his "clear objective reporting of the actions of government," chapter president Thom Foley says. "As soon as the name was mentioned, it was like a ripple of 'Oh, that's perfect!' It was an instantaneous unanimous decision."
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