About

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Sean Rossman

I am a journalist and writer now writing on Substack.

Photo by Jasper Colt

Photo by Jasper Colt

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Awards:

  • Florida Society of News Editors (August 2017) - Features and enterprise writing, first place

    • A five-part series on the problems plaguing rural, cash-strapped Calhoun-Liberty Hospital in the Florida Panhandle. Read here

  • Florida Society of News Editors (August 2017) - Investigative reporting, third place

    • Part of a team of reporters covering the murder of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel. Read here

  • The Green Eyeshade Awards (June 2018) - Investigative reporting, second place

    • For my part in the Tallahassee Democrat’s investigation into an FBI public corruption probe of city government in Tallahassee, Florida. Read here

  • Gannett Awards (April 2016) - Writing, first place

    • For Living and Dying in Calhoun County. Read here

  • Tallahassee Democrat 2015 Employee of the Year (February 2016)

  • Florida Society of News Editors (July 2014) - Daily deadline, third place

    • Coverage of the sexual battery allegations against then-Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston. Award shared with Tallahassee Democrat colleagues.

  • Florida Society of News Editors (July 2014) - Investigative reporting, first place

    • For my part in the Tallahassee Democrat’s coverage of problems at the Tallahassee Police Department.