Friday, November 2, 2007

Orlando Sentinel History
In February 2004, Sentinel reporter Doris Bloodsworth resigned after errors and other problems were uncovered in the newspaper's controversial series on the effects of the prescription drug OxyContin.

Recent staff changes

1988: editorial writing, Jane Healy, "for her series of editorials protesting overdevelopment of Florida's Orange County."
1993: investigative reporting, Jeff Brazil and Steve Berry, "for exposing the unjust seizure of millions of dollars from motorists - most of them minorities – by a sheriff's drug squad."
2000: editorial writing, John C. Bersia, "for his passionate editorial campaign attacking predatory lending practices in the state, which prompted changes in local lending regulations."