Eaton wins feature writing award for piece on Cuban spy

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (08/14/2013)(readMedia)-- Flagler College Assistant Professor of Communication Tracey Eaton was awarded a first-place award in feature writing by the Florida Society of News Editors for his 2012 story on Cuban spy Juan Pablo Roque.

The piece was published by The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting in both English and in Spanish and took home the prize in the Spanish category.

I'm honored to receive the award from the Florida Society of News Editors," said Eaton. "I am also grateful to the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, the non-profit bilingual news organization that distributed my story to El Nuevo Herald and other media outlets."

Eaton's story on the former spy can be found at fcir.org/2012/10/02/retired-spy-in-brothers-to-the-rescue-case-lives-in-obscurity.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost. A Flagler education is less than half the cost of similar private colleges, and competitive with many state universities. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.

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