A Herald-Tribune reporter and editor were awarded a Green Eyeshade award for investigative reporting last week. Presented by the Society of Professional Journalists, the annual Green Eyeshade Awards recognize the best journalism in the southeastern United States.
A series of stories from reporter Zac Anderson and editor Josh Salman focused on favoritism in COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Florida took first place in the Investigative Reporting / Small Dailies category. The 2021 series exposed the special treatment that certain wealthy, politically connected communities received when doses of COVID-19 vaccines were scarce and rationed by the state.
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“While local governments established systems to ensure fair and equal access to vaccines, Gov. Ron DeSantis authorized vaccine pop-up clinics that allowed certain communities to cut in line, sparking favoritism concerns,” said Zac Anderson, in his award submission. “Our reporting helped draw national attention to Florida’s vaccine distribution efforts, and put a spotlight on some of the potential political considerations involved.”
The Green Eyeshade Awards are open to newspaper, magazine, radio and television journalists in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
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