The Florida Bar recently recognized the winners of the 2024 Parker Thomson Awards for Outstanding Legal Journalism in Florida. The 2024 award recipients are represented in two categories, print and television. Award recipients receive $500 for first place; second-place honorees receive $250. The Bar also recognized a winner for the Susan Spencer-Wendel Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recipient receives a cash prize of $500 and travel reimbursement to attend the awards ceremony. All honorees and their media outlets receive plaques.

The winners are recognized during the 2024 Florida Media Conference in July sponsored by the Florida Press Association and Foundation. The awards are presented by The Florida Bar’s Media & Communications Law Committee for outstanding journalism highlighting the system of law and justice as it affects Floridians. Judges for both The Parker Thomson Awards and The Susan Spencer-Wendel Lifetime Achievement Award are composed of out-of-state journalists, media lawyers and media educators.

THE WINNERS:

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