{"id":12503,"date":"2012-08-31T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T19:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=12503"},"modified":"2012-08-31T15:36:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T19:36:44","slug":"stateimpact-florida-a-finalist-for-innovative-investigative-journalism-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/08\/31\/stateimpact-florida-a-finalist-for-innovative-investigative-journalism-award\/","title":{"rendered":"StateImpact Florida A Finalist For Innovative, Investigative Journalism Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12604\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/08\/31\/stateimpact-florida-a-finalist-for-innovative-investigative-journalism-award\/tres\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12604\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12604\" title=\"Tres whitlock\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/08\/Tres-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/08\/Tres-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/08\/Tres.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">John O&#39;Connor \/ StateImpact Florida<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">From our investigation: Tres Whitlock types on the DynaVox tablet that serves as his voice. Whitlock, 17, has cerebral palsy and can\u2019t speak on his own. He tried to enroll in a Hillsborough County charter school, but the school had concerns about the therapy and services he needs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>StateImpact Florida is in good company as finalists for two <a href=\"http:\/\/journalists.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=71d2d33b013435ca6e1ed980e&amp;id=bccfe342e7&amp;e=ce5335d380\" target=\"_blank\">Online News Association<\/a> awards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/12\/14\/no-choice-florida-charter-schools-failing-to-serve-students-with-disabilities\/\">No Choice: Florida Charter Schools Failing to Serve Students with Disabilities<\/a> has been nominated for Innovative Investigative Journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Our investigation revealed 86 percent of Florida charter schools don&#8217;t enroll any students with severe disabilities &#8212; like autism and cerebral palsy &#8212; compared to 50 percent of traditional public schools.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/\">our entire StateImpact network<\/a> is a finalist for Explanatory Reporting, along with the New York Times, The Guardian and the Toronto Star.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Explanatory Reporting nomination covers all eight of NPR&#8217;s StateImpact states.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/\">StateImpact Florida<\/a>\u00a0Putting Education Reform to the Test<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/\">StateImpact Idaho<\/a> Bringing the Economy Home<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/indiana\/\">StateImpact Indiana<\/a> Education, From the Capitol to the Classroom<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/\">StateImpact New Hampshire,\u00a0<\/a>Examining Business and the Economy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/ohio\/\">StateImpact Ohio<\/a> Eye on Education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/\">StateImpact Oklahoma<\/a> The Economy at Work: Policy to People<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/pennsylvania\/\">StateImpact\u00a0Pennsylvania<\/a>\u00a0Energy. Environment. Economy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/\">StateImpact Texas<\/a>\u00a0Reporting on Power, Policy and the Planet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Winners will be announced September 22 at ONA12 in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StateImpact Florida is in good company as finalists for two Online News Association awards. No Choice: Florida Charter Schools Failing to Serve Students with Disabilities has been nominated for Innovative Investigative Journalism. Our investigation revealed 86 percent of Florida charter schools don&#8217;t enroll any students with severe disabilities &#8212; like autism and cerebral palsy &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[209],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}