I'm not going to say a whole lot about the content of the recent Sun-Sentinel investigative series on police officers speeding in South Florida except that it's a serious problem that needs to be attended to from the top down in order for behaviors to change at the bottom.
I do want to say that I can't remember the last time that a South Florida newspaper did such a great in-depth job on a story like this one. Bravo to the Sun-Sentinel's Sally Kestin, John Maines and Dana Williams who collaborated on this excellent three-part series that included interactive maps, videos, photos and comprehensive analysis of records and reports. What would be nice to see is a followup story in another 6-12 months to determine if anything has changed.
Journalism still has a heartbeat in South Florida and, kind of surprisingly, you can hear it loudest these days north of the Golden Glades.
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Agree with you 100% on this one. The Sun Sentinel has been far and away better on reporting than their cousin to the south.
Depends on what they're covering. Their arts coverage is the pits.
I agree that it's spotty, CLJ, but I can't remember the last time I read a story so thoroughly researched and documented. And how cool was the method of investigation that they used? Pulled the transponder records...excellent.
The sad thing is that Miami-Dade is a target rich environment but the Herald doesn't really appear to have the personnel or motivation to do the same thing.
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