Deggans Among Three Times Finalists for Sunshine State Awards

Got some good news this week: I was named a finalist in the criticism category for the South Florida Society of Professional Journalists' Sunshine State Awards. The list of finalists released so far is here.

I join fellow Times colleagues Josh Korr (criticism) and Stephanie Hayes (humorous column writing) as finalists from the paper. Since the local SPJ chapter no longer presents awards, the Sunshine State Awards are the closest thing we have to a regional, general interest journalism awards contest.

I was surprised at how many Tampa-area outlets actually were featured among the finalists, including nods for Creative Loafing's Wayne Garcia and Brian Reis, the Tampa Tribune's Jeff Houck, Gretchen Parker, and Michelle Bearden and Florida Trend's Cynthia Barnett.

Doubt I'll make the May 31 awards ceremony, where winners are to be revealed. Since I'm up against Josh and the Miami Herald's ace TV critic Glenn Garvin, I'm not sure how good my chances are anyway. But it sure is nice to be nominated....   

Comments

[ChrisBerry]

Congrats!

[Eric Deggans]

You can only get a message like that from your mother :)

Thanks, mom...

[Carolyn J. Williams]

Stop being so negative. You are a fantastic critic, and deserve the recognition as much as any one else.