posted 08/02/2019
Two children are born in Tallahassee: one lives in the ZIP code 32304, the other in 32312. They only live 24 miles apart, yet their experiences growing up are as if they were born in separate countries.
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Diversity Finalist - Annual Sunshine State Awards - awarded by Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Pro Chapter
The award honors a journalist of color or sexual minority. Entries:
- An expiring sanctuary: Local Salvadorans face deportation
- Local Indian doctor fears job loss in face of potential Trump rule reversal
- 'This has become our country': Syrian father leads family of 17 to resettle in Tallahassee
- 'I just want them to get him out,' says wife of Gretna man killed during Hurricane Michael
First Place - Enterprise Stories - awarded by Florida Society of News Editors
"Hurricane Michael: Chronicling the Dead" - by Nada Hassanein
- 'Trouble lasts': Gretna church searches for solace after one of its own dies during storm
- 'I just want them to get him out,' says wife of Gretna man killed during Hurricane Michael
- Wife held vigil over husband's body as hurricane roared: 'I had that much longer with him'
- As storm raged, neighbors tried to clear roads for ailing pastor; but help arrived too late
- 'God took her home': Killed by Hurricane Michael, Georgia 11-year-old had a beautiful heart
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posted 08/02/19
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"Our kids aren’t growing up, you know. They’re dying. They’re dying too fast," says Koquisha Cook, who lost her daughter in an August shooting.
A third of Black women in the state's only majority-minority Gadsden County have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to state data.
This zip code has more poor households than anywhere else in Florida. The coronavirus outbreak has only made it worse.