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Al Neuharth
Al Neuharth is the founder of USA Today and Florida Today and makes his home in Cocoa Beach. The former chairman and CEO of Gannett Co. Inc. also is the founder and former chairman of the international Freedom Forum, a foundation which promotes free press, free speech and free spirit around the world.
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Doug Lang
Doug Lang is a problem-solver who will provide HELP! to readers along the Space Coast. You write and ask the questions. He’ll do everything humanly possible to come up with straight and, hopefully, helpful answers. Lang, a resident of Viera, has a journalism degree from Eastern New Mexico University and was a writer for United Press International.
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Terry Eberle
Terry Eberle is the executive editor of Florida Today.
In his 32 years as a journalist, he was honored twice as one of the top 10 editors of the Gannett Co., Inc., which owns Florida Today, USA
Today and 97 other newspapers nationwide. He writes a twice-monthly editorial page column that appears on
Sundays to talk to readers about the newspaper and what's going on in the newsroom.
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John Glisch
John J. Glisch is Florida Today's editorial page editor.
He has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Glisch is responsible for all content on the opinion pages, writes editorials and
also writes a twice-monthly column that appears on Sunday.
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Bart Lipofsky
Bart Lipofsky's weekly column appears every Wednesday and takes a look at what can be found in the night sky. Lipofksy is an astronomer at the Brevard Community College's planetarium in Cocoa.
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Mike Cherry
Mike Cherry came to FLORIDA TODAY in July 2005 and is covering high school sports. A Marshall University graduate, Cherry has spent 20 years as a sports reporter and arrived from the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail. An Ohio native who grew up in New Jersey, he is the possessor of one of the ugliest serves in tennis. He writes a weekly high school sports column.
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Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes is likely to spend as much time outdoors as in the newsroom. There's hardly a stream he hasn't paddled in Florida, and he's hiked trails from Alaska to Bolivia, including
the whole Appalachian Trail. The North Carolina native shares experiences he's had in the wild, including some that readers may seek and many they'll surely want to avoid. |
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Mark DeCotis on NASCAR
Mark DeCotis is a 30-year veteran of the newspaper business and has lived in Florida since 1985. He has been attending and covering NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway since 1986 and also has covered races at Homestead and Atlanta. He was part of a team recognized by its peers for its coverage of the death of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt and for its preview of the 2004 NASCAR season. |
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NBA coverage by John Denton
John has covered the NFL in both Tennessee and Florida and has covered the NBA and Orlando Magic for Florida Today the last four seasons. A native of Milan, Tenn., Denton played football at the University of Tennessee-Martin. But it's basketball that has always been his first love. When not at a game he can usually be found playing pick-up basketball anywhere there's a game going on. |
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Peter Kerasotis
Sports columnist Pete Kerasotis is a native of Merritt Island and a graduate of Merritt Island High and the University of Florida. His cutting-edge columns focus on nation, state and local issues.
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Carl Kotala
Carl Kotala covers the NFL, local colleges and baseball for Florida Today. He was born and raised in California and worked for the Marin Independent Journal for 13 years, after which he was honored with an induction into the Marin Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame. He enjoys traveling, movies, sports video games and spending time with his wife and dog.
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Bill Sargent
Bill Sargent is a life member of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association, twice serving as president of the state writers group, and he also is an active member of other writers organizations including the Outdoor Writers Association of America. Over the years, Sargent has won numerous state and national awards for his writing and photography. Sargent enjoys inshore, river and freshwater fishing with light tackle and fly fishing gear. He also likes to play a round of golf on occasion.
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Norris Burkes on Spirituality
Norris Burkes' column takes a spiritual, often comical look at everyday life. He has served as a chaplain in the active duty and reserve Air Force. He came to the Space Coast in 1999 and finished his final active duty assignment at Patrick Air Force Base in March 2002. He is a husband and father of four.
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Annette Clifford on Parenting
Annette Clifford explores modern parenting. She was born in North Carolina, graduated from North Carolina State University and earned a masters degree in English from The College of William and Mary. She moved here from Baltimore. An accomplished journalist and author of travel books, Annette has also taught English at William and Mary, and Florida Institute of Technology.
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Pam Harbaugh on The Arts
Pam Harbaugh is the arts writer for Florida Today. She has lived in Brevard County since 1977. She studied theater in New York, and has a theater degree from University of Central Florida. Pam has worked in children's theater in New York City and Brevard for more than 25 years. She is the mother of two and lives in Satellite Beach. Her husband plays with the Brevard Symphony Orchestra and teaches at Satellite High School and Brevard Community College.
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Breuse Hickman: "Airwaves"
Breuse Hickman has been a reporter for more than 15 years at Florida Today
newspaper where he has covered everything from interesting local humans to
national celebrity specimens. His weekly "Airwaves" column covers and
discusses issues that relate to local and national media.
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Chris Kridler on Technology
A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chris has also worked at The Charlotte Observer and The Baltimore Sun. Her writing, includes articles, humor, poetry and reviews. She's also had cartoons and photographs published, and her storm video has appeared on "National Geographic Explorer" and other shows.
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Donna Skattum On the Town
Donna Skattum is our new go-to gal when it comes to information about Brevard society, charitable activities and all those people and activities that help make the area so livable. Raised near Princeton, N.J., Skattum began her career in journalism as a TV intern for the CBS affiliate in Harrisburg, Pa. She has been a television news director, anchor, reporter and producer.
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Dee Gordon - Dee's Desk
Dee Gordon is assistant managing editor of features and editor of About Me. She has more than 20 years experience with Gannett Co. Inc., including editing positions at USA TODAY.
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Lee Nessel - Get Fit
Lee Nessel won state awards for her sports writing and investigative reporting before becoming assistant news editor. She has been a competitive swimmer for more than 20 years and attended the University of Miami on a swimming scholarship, where she was opinion editor for The Hurricane. She hopes to inspire more people to make healthier lifestyle decisions with her weekly fitness column.
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Wanda Bethea - Ask Dr. Bethea
Dr. Wanda Bethea is a psychologist, public speaker and executive and personal coach. She also is an adjunct professor in the School of Psychology at Florida Tech.
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Kathleen Rich-New - Executive Coach
Kathleen Rich-New, president of The Executive Women's Coach based in Cape Canaveral, specializes in coaching professional businesswomen and consulting with companies.
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Dr. Sally Sange - Confidentially
Sally Harris Sange, MD, is a practicing gynecologist who partners with her patients on Merritt Island. She is former Chief of Staff at Cape Canaveral Hospital. A Diplomate of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, she took her degrees from Georgetown University and the Medical College of Virginia. Her straight talk on women's health issues appears each month in About Me.
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Rosanne Scirotto - Looking Good
Rosanne Scirotto is the owner of All About Hair, a full-service salon for women and men in Cape Canaveral. She most recently did events for Cover Girl Cosmetics and the makeup for a Health First commercial filmed in Melbourne.
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