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Tallahassee, Fla.— Kevin Cate Communications today released an infographic comparing the social media influence of various state’s Capitol Press Corps. Florida tops all other large states in overall Klout, a measurement of social influence across various social media platforms, mainly Facebook and Twitter.
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Florida has the strongest capitol press corps in the country, and not just in their paid mediums. We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of reporters based around Tallahassee covering state politics. If we missed someone let us know. Now go follow these people!
BRENDAN FARRINGTON – ASSOCIATED PRESS @BSFARRINGTON
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We were there on the last day of Tallahassee Democrat reporter Bill Cotterell’s 42nd legislative session – a Cal Ripken Jr. type feat, unlikely to be repeated. Congratulations and thank you, Bill.
Read his retirement column and story here:
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My old boss Steve Schale is famous for his “underreact” sign – in fact I brought it from the Obama campaign into my current office. I don’t always agree with the sign, but more often than not, I think twice about fleeting, knee-jerk reactions to articles or press events.
Which brings me to this strident, false, and absurd statemen [...] -
I finally bit the bullet and bought a mult-box.
A what? A mult-box.
Mult-boxes rent for about $250 a day and exist to make it easier for reporters to grab sound from speakers and declutter lecterns. Take a look at the picture to the side from a press conference we did a couple of weeks ago. Notice all the mics?
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The biggest story today out of Tallahassee: the Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi interrupts Governor Rick Scott’s budget announcement press conference by asking the Governor to pee in a cup to prove that he is not on drugs, mocking the Governor’s requirements that welfare recipients pay for and submit a urine sample before collecting benef [...]
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The media loves process stories.
Politicos hate them. A process story for a campaign or administration revolves around inside baseball like staff changes, infighting, fundraising or strategic changes (click here for a recent gem). However, some process stories can be positive, like an upcoming campaign focus, initiative, or for Florida G [...] -
Florida Governor Rick Scott’s “jobs budget,” has officially retired.
Despite from the fact that he has been dubbed the “jobs-killing Governor” by the St. Pete Times, Governor Scott’s press team continues to message his first budget as the “jobs budget.” Obviously, that doesn’t make much sense for a huge g [...] -
Florida has arguably the greatest pool of journalists in the country, and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune wants to keep it that way. Earlier today my friend Paul Kincaid pointed out this blog post, which reposted the following job description. It is epic and I’ve confirmed that it’s authentic:
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It used to be hard to put a number on the value of good press, but not anymore. Thanks to companies like TVeyes and Critical Mention, flacks can generate fairly accurate estimates of exactly what earned media is worth based on the cost of paid media.
Last week, I managed a press conference for the Brain Injury Association of Florida, an [...]
