Headline Surfer photos / TOP: Henry Frederick, the online publisher of Headline Surfer in Central Florida, recipient of multiple awards in the 2021 Florida Press Club journalism Competition. Frederick is the lone Florida journalist to win multiple awards in the FPC contest every year for the past 10 years. Below: Line-up of 2021 award-winning stories in Headline Surfer.
By SERA KING / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Headline Surfer's award-winning journalist racked up 9 more byline stories and top online news site in the 2021 Florida Press Club contest for some of the biggest stories in the Sunshine State and with national implications.
Henry Frederick had more byline-winning stories in 2021 than any other award contest winner in Florida's only journalism competition open to all media outlets.
Florida's only statewide competition showcases the best in daily journalism coverage in breaking news, investigative reporting, politics, sports, the arts, and the ongoing global pandemic.
Frederick won three overall news writing awards - each listing three byline stories -- and a fourth overall award for the website.
Two of the individual writing awards were recognized in two different categories - Breaking News and Sports Writing -- a rarity, considering the high volume of nominated entries by literally dozens of media organizations throughout the Sunshine State.
Here are the three overall writing awards won by Frederick:
• 2021 Florida Press Club, Breaking News, First Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
• 2021 Florida Press Club, Sports Writing, First Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
-- Upstart Michael McDowell wins 2021 Daytona 500 in last-lap multi-car crash
-- BREAKING NEWS: LA Lakers defeat Miami Heat for league championship in the NBA Bubble in Orlando
• 2021 Florida Press Club, Online Independent News Site, Second Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
• 2021 Florida Press Club, Public Safety, Third Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
Henry Frederick was the lone reporter in 2021 to win for Joel Greenberg's guilty plea in federal court in Orlando, with his admission to having sex for money with a 17-year-old female escort, in addition to five other felonies involving close to $2 million in taxpayer money.
Henry Frederick was the lone reporter in 2021 to win for Joel Greenberg's guilty plea in federal court in Orlando, with his admission to having sex for money with a 17-year-old female escort, in addition to five other felonies involving close to $2 million in taxpayer money.
While Frederick was the lone reporter to win for coverage of Greenberg's guilty pleas, the Sentinel did win an award in a different journalism contest for a series of podcasts on Greenberg.
Frederick also was the only reporter in the Sunshine State to win an award for the arrest of a Sanford firefighter, who was a participant in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol where he was shown on videos mockingly high-fiving a large sign above the entrance to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.
This was the sixth consecutive year that Frederick has won for coverage of the Daytona 500. No other reporter has won even once for coverage of the Great American Race.
Frederick has amassed 115 award-winning stories in his journalism career in print newspapers and online since 1996 here in Central Florida with the Daytona Beach News-Journal and with Headline Surfer.
During his near-decade tenure with the Daytona Beach News-Journal, 1996-2004, covering cops and courts, Frederick has received awards from the Florida Press Club, the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, and Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, including its James K. Batten Award for Outstanding Public Service for his week-long series in 1998 on life in Spring Hill, an impoverished and crime-ridden enclave on the outskirts of DeLand. Among his biggest crime-related award-winning breaking news stories was witnessing the execution of serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, in Florida's Death Chamber in 2002.
Frederick has won multiple awards every year for the past 10 years from the Florida Press Club, the only reporter in the Sunshine State with that consistent commitment to award-winning coverage over the past decade with his news coverage along the I-4 tourism corridor, from Disney and the Attractions in Orlando to the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona, as well as surrounding cities in Orange, Seminole and Volusia counties, with a combined population of 2.48 million residents.
Here is a breakdown of Henry Frederick's journalism-industry awards by year:
Listing of Frederick's awards:
• 2020 Florida Press Club, Class C, First Place, COVID-19, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Volusia County School Board's Ruben Colon posts coronavirus meme on Facebook denigrating women then deletes it when confronted
- Daytona Beach finally revoking Bike Week event permits as of 9 am today in response to the coronavirus pandemic
- Mexican luchador, the Black Demon, becomes first pro wrestler to succumb to the global coronavirus pandemic
• 2020 Florida Press Club, Sports Writing, Class C, First Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
-Denny Hamlin avoids carnage to win his 2nd Daytona 500 in the longest race in nearly a decade
-Roman Reigns skipping WrestleMania in Orlando due to concerns over coronavirus pandemic & his own 'immuno-compromised' health
-Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry on Toronto Raptors winning NBA title: 'Will, determination, and teamwork demanded that you be champions'
• 2020 Florida Press Club, Online, Independent News Site, Class A-C, Third Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
-Investigative Reporting project puts ex-deputy turned politician Heather Post in The Sunshine: She blatantly lied to voters about past illegal narcotics use to win 2016 election
- Special Report: How Safe Are We In East Central Florida?
- BREAKING NEWS: Political blogger & substitute teacher David Lee Davis sentenced in Daytona Beach courtroom to 12 years in state prison for sexual battery of boy 15
• 2019 Florida Press Club, Third Place Sports Writing, Classes A-D, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Denny Hamlin avoids carnage to win his 2nd Daytona 500 in the longest race in nearly a decade
Post Date: Jan 7, 2019
- Headline Surfer Hall of Fame: Vince Carter returning to NBA for record 22nd season
Post Date: May 2, 2019
- With the likes of Jacob deGrom & Corey Kluber making it big in MLB, Stetson Univ. has built its own field of dreams
Post Date: May 21, 2019
• 2018 Florida Press Club, First Place, Online News Web Site, Classes A-D, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
• 2018 Florida Press Club, Sports Writing, Class D, First Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer, Daytona Beach, FL
- Austin Dillon wins Daytona 500 in last-lap bump and wreck of race leader Aric Almirola
Post Date: Feb. 19, 2018
- Pierson's Chipper Jones: MLB first-ballot Hall of Famer
Post Date: Jan. 25, 2018
- NBA ring not a priority: Daytona's Vince Carter signs with Sac Kings where he can play as opposed to sitting with a contender
Post Date: Sept. 27, 2017
• 2018 Florida Press Club, Third Place, Education Writing, Class D, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- More than 3,400 Daytona State College grads encouraged to seek advanced degrees or certifications for career growth put money aside for the long haul
Post Date: May 15, 2018
- Seminole County School Board Chairwoman Amy Lockhart: 'We're going to do all we can for Puerto Ricans who need to relocate here'
Post Date: Sept. 27, 2017
- Lake Mary HS student & relief aid volunteer Christina Cardona: No quick fix for Puerto Rico
Post Date: Oct. 13, 2017
• 2017 Florida Press Club, Second Place, Online News Web Site, Classes A-D, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
• 2017 Florida Press Club, First Place, General News Writing, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Southern rocker Gregg Allman, who spent part of his childhood in Daytona, has died at age 69
Post Date: May 28, 2017
- BREAKING NEWS: New Smyrna Beach's Bob Tolley grieving for NYC firefighter-son who fell off roof of 5-story building to his death during fire in Queens
Post Date: April 21, 2017
- Mini horse attacked by loose dogs in Lake Helen succumbs to injuries; owner seeks help via GoFundMe page to defray medical costs
Post Date: Dec. 29, 2016
• 2017 Florida Press Club, Second Place, Public Safety Reporting, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- INVESTIGATIVE: Nearly 4 months have passed and South Daytona cops have no solid leads as to who gunned down a man in cold blood
Post Date: Dec. 27, 2016
- BREAKING NEWS: New Smyrna Beach's Bob Tolley grieving for NYC firefighter-son who fell off roof of 5-story building to his death during fire in Queens
Post Date: April 21, 2017
- Sanford Cops: 8-year-old boy dies from gunshot wounds inflicted allegedly by boyfriend of mother, also killed; kid brother, grandfather remain critical
Post Date: March 28, 2017
• 2016, Florida Press Club, First Place, Sports Writing, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- BREAKING NEWS: Several fans injured when debris from race car rips through catch fence at finish of Coke Zero 400 at Daytona
Post Date: July 6, 2015
- Stetson University's Brianti Saunders nets record 40 Points in Hatters' win
Post Date: Dec. 21, 2015
- Deltona's Paxton Lynch 26th pick in 1st round of NFL draft by quarterback-starved Denver Broncos
Post Date: April 28, 2016
• 2016, Florida Press Club, First Place, Public Safety Reporting, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- VCSO: 15-year-old ex-New Smyrna Beach HS student arrested on charges of threatening mass school shooting
Post Date: Oct. 6, 2015
- VCSO: Daytona jail inmate's death by hanging with bed sheet result of apparent suicide
Post Date: Oct. 31, 2015
- Feds: Former Longwood top cop Thomas Jackson sentenced to 4 years in prison for bribery conviction
Post Date: March 9, 2016
• 2015, Florida Press Club, First Place, Breaking News, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Bail set at $1.2 million for pregnant mom who drove van into Daytona Beach surf with 3 kids inside
Post Date: March 8, 2014
- VCSO: Port Orange father guns down his 3 kids then kills himself after wife runs next door
Post Date: Oct. 17, 2014
- Edgewater cops shoot and kill confrontational man wielding butcher knife after tasering him has no impact
Post Date: Oct. 24, 2014
• 2015, Florida Press Club, Second Place, Feature Sports Writing, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Shaq inducted into Magic Hall of Fame; regrets leaving 'City Beautiful' for Hollywood glitz & glamour
Post Date: March 28, 2015
- Remembering ESPN anchor Stuart Scott: Personality resonates in storytelling
Post Date: Jan. 4, 2015
• 2014 Florida Press Club, Third Place, General News Reporting, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer raised taxes while not paying his own tax bills
Post Date: May 4, 2014
- SE Volusia ad authority's $70,000 exec. director, operations manager & board chair chow down on public dime
Post Date: Dec. 16, 2013
- No April Fool's Joke: Daytona Beach City Commissioner Carl Lentz shows how to get a bang for his buck
Post Date: April 1, 2014
• 2014 Florida Press Club, Third Place, Religion Reporting, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Mayor Adam Barringer invisible after KKK furor, but takes center stage in MLK celebration
Post Date: Jan. 20, 2014
- Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry pays homage to poet Maya Angelou
Post Date: May 29, 2014
- Remembering MLK: Keeping the Dream alive in Daytona
Post Date: Jan. 23, 2014
• 2013, Florida Press Club, Third Place, General News Reporting, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Federal court awards $444,000 to woman fired from New Smyrna Beach Fire Department
Post Date: March 7, 2013
- Florida Commission on Ethics moving forward with first of two complaints against NSB Mayor Adam Barringer
Post Date: April 29, 2013
- 500 strong tell New Smyrna Beach they're not sold on annexation
Post Date: May 17, 2013
• 2013 Contest Florida Press Club, Third Place, Religion Reporting, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- New Smyrna Beach residents celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with song, speech and prayer
Post Date: Jan. 16, 2012
- Florida Baptist Convention elevates Daytona Beach Pastor L. Ronald Durham
Post Date: April 29, 2013
- Ormond Beach minister and Boston Marathon runner shares message of love
Post Date: April 22, 2013
• 2013 Contest Florida Press Club, Public Safety Reporting, Third Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Ex-wrestler Mike Graham dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound in Daytona visit for Biketoberfest
Post Date: Oct. 20, 2012
- Zimmerman's $1M bail means the defense doesn't have to force the state's hand with 'speedy trial' provisions
Post Date: July 12, 2012
- BREAKING NEWS: NSB cops: Woman killed, man airlifted after both ejected in rollover on S. Causeway Bridge
Post Date: May 6, 2013
• 2012 Florida Press Club, First Place, Blog Writing, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- NASCAR Hall of Fame announcement fuels memories of 1979 Daytona 500
Post Date: June 15, 2011
- Memorial Day: The lessons of the Berlin Wall
Post Date: May 28, 2012
- Father knows best even if it takes half a lifetime to see that
Post Date: June 17, 2012
• 2012 Florida Press Club, Third Place, Public Safety Reporting, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Daytona police chief promotes patrol supervisor who taunted female cop for more than a year
Post Date: May 14, 2012
- Ex-Oak Hill Mayor: Embattled Police Chief Diane Young not only snorted coke and smoked pot, but also popped ludes
Post Date: May 6, 2011
- Daytona Beach's Bike Week 2012 road fatalities stretch out to Pierson and Orlando
Post Date: March 12, 2012
• 2012 Florida Press Club, Third Place, General News Writing, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
- Daytona police chief promotes patrol supervisor who taunted female cop for more than a year.
Post Date: May 14, 2012
- Trayvon Martin's parents in exclusive interview after Miami rally: 'We are not alone in this fight for justice'
Post Date: April 3, 2012
- Young biker living life to fullest tragically killed in New Smyrna Beach
Post Date: Nov. 14, 2011
• 2012 Florida Press Club, Third Place, Best Online Presentation (Including Use of Social Media), Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
PRINT NEWSPAPER AWARDS:
• 2004 Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, Second Place / Large Newspapers, Investigative Reporting, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal
- Silent Cries (3-day series on child homicides)
• 2004 Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, Honorable Mention, Investigative, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal
- Silent Cries (3-day series on child homicides)
• 2004 Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, Breaking News, Honorable Mention / Large Newspapers, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal,
- Community mourns death of longtime area educator.
• 2003 Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, First Place / Large Newspapers, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal
- Lawsuit monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR
• 2003 Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, Second Place / Large Newspapers, Breaking News, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal
- The Execution of Aileen Wuornos
• 2003 Florida Press Club, Second Place, Excellence in General News Writing, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal
- Unusual cases re-ignite legal arguments on Miranda rights
- Word on the Street: Few police
- Lawsuit: Monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR
• 2003 Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, Third Place, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal
- Lawsuit: Monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR
• 2002, Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, Third Place / Large News, Breaking News, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal
- Trull Brothers on trial
• 2002 Florida Press Club, Third Place, Excellence in General News Writing, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal
- Spring Break: Collision Course Lawsuit: Monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR
- Behavior nets police chief two-week unpaid suspension.
- Trull Brothers on trial
• 1998 Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, Honorable Mention / Large Newspapers, James K. Batten Award for Outstanding Public Service, Henry Frederick
Daytona Beach, FL
- Spring Hill (week-long series)
• 1998 Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, Second Place / Large Newspapers, Breaking News, Henry Frederick, Daytona Beach News-Journal
- (Stanley Quaggin Case) Little boy: He shot and killed my friend
Back in the Day: Very First Journalism Award
• 1992 New York State Associated Press, Spot News, Honorable Mention, Henry Frederick, The Rockland Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers, West Nyack, NY
- Two charged in gas station slaying
College Education: MA & BA 35 Years Apart
• Henry Frederick, Master of Arts, New Media Journalism, Full Sail University, Winter Garden FL, 2019.
Graduated with 3.5 GPA. Final Capstone Research Project Story: "How Safe Are We in East Central Florida?" Received a perfect score of 100. Graduated February 2019.
• Henry Frederick, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science / Public Administration; Concentration: Writing (Journalism),
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, 1984.
- President's Citation as top student for "Academic Excellence and Community Service."
- In addition to all four years on the college newspaper, the Central Recorder (latter 2 as editor), published two independent newspaper editions of Campus Review, on display in the university library's rare book room to this day 36 years later.
About the Byline Writer: Sera King is associate publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet in Lake Mary, FL serving greater Orlando, Sanford, and Daytona Beach via HeadlineSurfer.com since 2008. She's also a byline writer (business, community & sports features), a videographer, and a cartoonist for the media outlet. King received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Metro Orlando Campus of Ana G. Mendez University in 2008. Headline Surfer is published by Henry Frederick, Central Florida's award-winning journalist.