Talk Media was named a finalist for four Florida Press Club awards in the Community Writing, Education Writing, Election Coverage, and Independent Website categories.
Started in 2011, Talk Media is the parent company behind hyperlocal news sites Coral Springs Talk, Parkland Talk, Coconut Creek Talk, Tamarac Talk, Margate Talk, and Sunrise Talk.
In the Election News category, Talk Media writer Kevin Deutsch was nominated for his story “F–k With Me:” Former Tamarac Commissioner Mike Gelin Involved in Physical Altercation Caught on Video Outside Polling Place.” The story revealed a Tamarac city commissioner’s allegations that a former colleague, Elberg Mike Gelin, had grabbed him around his neck during an altercation captured partially on video.
In the Community News category, Deutsch was named a finalist for his story about a 9-year-old Coral Springs Girl who wowed the Coral Springs City Commission with an impassioned speech.
Deutsch was also named a finalist in Education News for “Coral Springs Students Shocked by Anti-Israel Material Taught in FIU Class,” a story that revealed how an adjunct professor at Florida International University gave students a quiz containing anti-Israel content based on an anti-Israel textbook.
In the Independent Website category, Talk Media writer Martin Lenkowsky was named a finalist for his story “Coral Springs Middle School Inventors heading to D.C. Competition,” which chronicled how students invented a nifty straw that, when dipped into any beverage, turns colors if it detects any substances added to the drink before an unsuspecting patron imbibes it.
The other finalists in the Independent Website category are Stet, which covers Palm Beach County, and the Key Biscayne Independent.
The competition’s judges reviewed entries for news coverage from around the state from June 2024 through May 2025. The first, second, and third-place award winners in each category will be revealed at the Club’s annual gala, scheduled for January 31, 2026, in West Palm Beach.
Led by President Anne Geggis, the Florida Press Club is a volunteer, nonprofit organization of writers, editors, photographers, graphic artists, researchers, librarians, and support technicians who work at Florida’s numerous news organizations. They are celebrating their 75th year.
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