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WHO WE ARE Broward Bulldog is an independent, not for profit online-only newspaper created to provide authoritative local reporting in the public interest. We are Florida’s first non-profit regional news site staffed by veteran, professional journalists. Our reporters will provide issue-oriented and investigative coverage of government, politics, the courts, education, business, the environment, health and public safety. OUR FUNDING Broward Bulldog Inc. is a federally tax exempt 501(c) (3) organization. We operate through the financial support of concerned individuals, foundations and businesses that value local news and watchdog journalism.
Our Mission
Staff
Dan Christensen, editor and founder Dan is an award-winning former investigative reporter for The Miami Herald and Daily Business Review, and one of South Florida’s most experienced reporters. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in political science from the University of Miami. Dan’s stories about Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne’s private business dealings sparked a federal corruption investigation that landed Jenne in prison in 2007. His stories for The Miami Herald in 2006 about hidden court cases in Broward and elsewhere, and falsified official court records in Miami-Dade, resulted in unanimous Florida Supreme Court decisions in 2007 and 2010 to outlaw those practices. Similar stories for the Daily Business Review in 2003-2004 exposed excessive secrecy in the federal courts. The executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press later called Dan “the nation’s leading journalist on an issue of tremendous First Amendment importance: the increasing trend toward secrecy in our nation’s courts.” In 2000-2001, Dan’s reporting about a deadly gun-planting conspiracy and cover-up by Miami police resulted in the indictment of more than a dozen officers and significant governmental reform, including the establishment of Miami’s long sought civilian review panel. Alan Cherry, deputy editor Alan is a veteran South Florida journalist with…
Contact
Editor and founder Dan Christensen at
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or 954-603-1351 Director of development Kitty Barran at
[email protected]
or 954-817-3434 Our mailing address is: Broward Bulldog P.O. Box 23763 Fort Lauderdale, Fl. 33307
Board of Directors
Jay Alexander – Chairman, InTown Publishing & Intown411.com. Alexander is a South Florida businessman who founded InTownUSA Publishing in 2006. Intown411 is a totally integrated, interactive and pro-active medium designed by and for people who love attractions, restaurants, night life and shopping. Alexander also owns and operates pedicab companies in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami, Washington, D.C., Boston, Newport R.I. and New York City. Kevin P. Boyd – Owner of Boyd Public Relations and former managing editor, Hollywood Sun-Tattler. Boyd enjoyed a 17-year, award-winning career as a newspaper reporter and editor for such major news providers as the Chicago Tribune Co., Knight-Ridder, Scripps Howard and United Press International. For the past 19 years, he has worked as a senior account executive and partner/owner at three prominent Florida public relations firms. During his public relations career, Boyd has represented companies and organizations regionally, statewide and nationally, for both privately-owned and publicly-traded companies, as well as educational and non-profit organizations. Boyd has served on Broward’s Charter Review Commission and is an elected officer and member of the board of directors of the nonprofit, nonpartisan legislative advocacy group Broward Days. He has done pro bono work, including fundraising, for a number of charities including…
Board of Advisors
Michael Connelly, author Gene Cryer, former editor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Tom Fiedler, dean of the College of Communication, Boston University; former executive editor, The Miami Herald Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; former executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors. Tom Julin, chair of the Florida Bar Media and Communications Law Committee; law partner at Hunton & Williams in Miami. James Savage, former investigations editor, The Miami Herald Ellen Soeteber, former editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; former managing editor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Sam Terilli, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Miami; law partner at Ford & Harrison in Miami; former general counsel for The Miami Herald Publishing Company Mark Young, former Broward bureau manager for WFOR/CBS4 News
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Broward Bulldog a nonprofit, independent and nonpartisan news organization that seeks to provide authoritative reporting in the public interest while upholding high standards of fairness and accuracy. We endorse the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists. You can see the code here: http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp Broward Bulldog’s board of directors also has approved a financial conflict of interest policy (below) regarding its directors, principal officers and other “interested persons.” BROWARD BULLDOG, INC. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY I. Purpose The purpose of the conflicts of interest policy is to protect the interest of Broward Bulldog, Inc. (the “Company”) when it is contemplating entering into a transaction or arrangement that might benefit the private interest of an officer or director of the Company. This policy is intended to supplement but not replace any applicable state laws governing conflicts of interest applicable to nonprofit and charitable corporations. Accordingly, in addition to the requirements of Section 617.0832 of the Florida Not For Profit Corporation Act, the following shall be complied with. II. Definitions “Interested Person” means any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with board-delegated powers who has a direct or indirect Financial Interest, as defined below, is an Interested Person. “Financial Interest” means…
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All material on this site is copyright protected. ©2009 Broward Bulldog Inc. All rights reserved. Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice: Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 512 (c), Broward Bulldog Inc. has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed infringements and for processing such claims in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. All claims of infringement must be submitted to Broward Bulldog Inc. in a written complaint that complies with the requirements below and delivered to our designated agent to receive notification of claimed infringement by email:
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To be effective, a notification of claimed infringement must be a written communication provided to the designated agent that includes substantially the following: (i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. (ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site. (iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access…
Press Releases
News from Broward Bulldog For immediate release Date: July 9, 2010 Contact: Kitty Barran, Director of Business Development, 954-817-3434 or
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Re: Broward Bulldog accepted into Investigative News Network FORT LAUDERDALE – Broward Bulldog has been accepted into the Investigative News Network. The Investigative News Network is a national collaboration of nonprofit journalism organizations that conducts investigative reporting in the public interest. Only 40 organizations have been offered membership by the Investigative News Network. Membership requires meeting rigorous operational and reporting standards and solidifies Bulldog’s position as a credible source of hard-hitting local news. The decline of the for-profit print newspaper industry has sparked a burgeoning not-for-profit model which recognizes the changing landscape of news delivery and consumption. Successful news organizations are moving away from the labor-intense and high-overhead printing process to one of 2.0-based efficiency, around-the-clock access and mobility. However, instant news gratification must have checks and balances to ensure the integrity of the source and the content. Voluntary membership in The Investigative News Network is one way on-line, non-profit news organizations can be held accountable for their business practices and the information they gather and release. “To be recognized by our peers for our contributions to this emerging…
Blog
South Florida blogs: Browardbeat – http://www.browardbeat.com/ JAABLOG — http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/ ChangeHallandale.com – http://web.me.com/mike.butler/Change_Hallandale/Updates/Updates.html John DeGroot.com — http://john-degroot.com/ MAOS – http://www.myactsofsedition.com/ Rumpole — http://justicebuilding.blogspot.com/ Southern District of Florida Blog – http://sdfla.blogspot.com/ South Florida Daily Blog – http://southfloridadailyblog.blogspot.com/ Tim Smith’s Fort Lauderdale: http://blog.timsmith.com/ Watchdog Report – http://www.watchdogreport.net/ State news blogs: Florida Tribune – http://fltrib.com/ Health News Florida – http://www.healthnewsflorida.org/ Public records/accountability blogs: Open Records – http://openrecords.wordpress.com/ Sunshine Review – http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Main_Page
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BrowardBulldog.org will soon offer a variety of advertising and sponsorship packages so that local businesses can reach our ever-growing audience. Your message will hit nearly 10,000 unique users every month in a way not available in other local online media. We are developing a competitive rate sheet now and will post it as soon as it’s ready. If you’d like to discuss the opportunities we’re putting together, please call Kitty Barran, director of development, at 954-817-3434 or
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Donors
Broward Bulldog is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that relies on the generous support of our donors and sponsors. We publish the following list because we believe it is important to be as transparent as possible about our sources of revenue. We thank you for your support. Contributions to Broward Bulldog help support our mission to provide reporting in the public interest. It also makes you a member of one of our special clubs. The first 100 individuals or corporations to give $1,000 or more are also recognized as members of Broward Bulldog’s Founders’ Club. 2011-2012 LAS OLAS CLUB – $10,000 and up Michael Connelly RIVERWALK CLUB – $1000 to $9999 Keith Donner Jacqueline Egan NEW RIVER CLUB – $500-$999 Frank Congemi Thomas Julin SAWGRASS CLUB – $100 to $499 Michael Butler Kendall Coffey Oline Cogdill Timothy Dodson Willie Fernandez Mary Jo Francis and Ellis Berger Donna Gehrke Lisa Gibbs William Gjebre Joseph Goldstein Charlotte Greenbarg Jean Mignolet Lucy Chabot Reed Ellen Soeteber Judith Stern Todd Templin Richard Ward Gaylord Wood EVERGLADES CLUB — $99 or less Rich Bard Paul Barter Harriet Brackey Veronica DePadro Bob Knotts Deirda Funcheon Bob LaMendola Lori Gold D.P. Hughes Larry Lebowitz and Amy Driscoll David Lyons Bernie McCormick Donna…
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LAS OLAS CLUB – $10,000 and up Michael Connelly RIVERWALK CLUB – $1000 to $9999 Fred Schulte Ellis Berger NEW RIVER CLUB – $500-$999 Jacqueline Egan Thomas Julin Pamela Scoglio Benedict Kuehne Judith Stern SAWGRASS CLUB – $100 to $499 James Savage Myatt Law Center Lisa Gibbs Lida Rodriguez-Taseff Jean Mignolet Gaylord Wood John Hopkins Lucy Chabot Reed Ellen Soeteber and Richard Martins Gene Cryer Don Silver Keith Donner Sergio Bustos Dan Lynch Kathleen Pellegrino Heather Moraitis Richard Jaffee Richard Ward Andrew Behrman EVERGLADES CLUB — up to $99 Club — $99 or less Oline Cogdill and Bill Hirschman Bernie and Peggy McCormick William Gjebre Alysa Plummer Noreen Marcus and Joe Modzelewski Mitch Ceasar Rebekah Monson Mike Miller and Ruth Courtney Linda Streitfeld Timothy Dodson Melanie Bell Beth Reinhard Cindy Goodman David Lyons Elizabeth G. Daughtery Lori Gold David Anesta Harriet Brackey Ann W. Shumpert Lesleen Bolt Cherie Souci Ezra Krieg Craig Stanke Ken Kohl Joanne Jurgle Paul J. Citro Deidre Funcheon Steve Ellman Stephen Kelley Bob Lamendola Kathryn Husby Bob LaMendola Tom Francis Elle Maha John Dolan Albert Niels David Blasco Mark Sell Diana Moskovitz
9/11 Articles
9/11 Litigation
On September 5, 2012, Broward Bulldog filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in federal court in Fort Lauderdale against the Department of Justice and the FBI. The 25-page complaint seeks records of an investigation involving a Saudi family, former residents of Sarasota, who may have provided aid or assistance to the 9/11 hijackers. You can read the FOIA complaint here
Declaration of Thomas R. Julin
Declaration of Thomas R. Julin
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