Florida State poised to select next president. Nine are on short list.
Some high-profile names are among the 22 candidates considered by a search committee.
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The entrance to Ruby Diamond Auditorium on the Florida State University campus, where a search committee is deciding on a successor to president John Thrasher. [ BILL LAX | Bill Lax/FSU Photo Lab ]
Updated May 11
A search committee looking for the next president of Florida State University on Tuesday developed a short list of nine candidates that includes state education commissioner Richard Corcoran.
The committee chose Corcoran and the others from a candidate pool of 22 people. Two other high-profile candidates â Frank Brogan and Jeff Kottkamp, who served terms as Florida lieutenant governor â did not make the list.
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World Press Freedom Day: How the media can get its groove back [opinion]
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By Yinka Adeosun
It’s that time of the year when the significance of a free press is brought to the fore. Globally known as World Press Freedom Day, it is a day set aside to celebrate press freedom by reminding governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom, and as well remind media professionals of issues of press freedom and their respect for ethics.
As announced by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, the theme of this year’s commemoration is Information as a Public Good. This is an auspicious nudge for media professionals to acknowledge their importance in the society and take pleasure in their role as source of news and information in the society. As purveyors of a service that is classified as public good, journalists are obliged to pay serious attention to the veracity and relevance of
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