Fraudulent house flipping in Florida just became a little harder. Chris Davis and his colleagues at the Sarasota-Herald Tribune spent the last year talking to property appraisers and collecting documents relevant to suspicious house flipping in Florida. “We…rely almost exclusively on public records,” said Davis. After perusing over 19 million Florida real estate transactions, searching… Continue reading Flippin’ Crazy

If the University of South Florida’s library wasn’t a cut above the rest, they wouldn’t have a wealth of public documents online. Luckily, USF is taking steps to enable the journalists of tomorrow. With the help of Coordinator for General Records and Government Documents Cheryl McCoy,  web sites for Florida’s public records networks are neatly… Continue reading Tools of the Future

Tim Nickens dropped a bombshell on University of South Florida public affairs reporting students– Florida lawmakers are texting important info via cell phones, thus avoiding the Florida Sunshine laws. “Texts and emails have sent a lot of government underground,” said Nickens. While technology has certainly made it easier to communicate between local and state governments,… Continue reading Texting in the dark to avoid the Florida sunshine

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