Henry Frederick

Biography

Henry Frederick is an award-winning journalist who has covered news in Volusia County since 1995. Among his biggest stories were witnessing and reporting on the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos and covering the Trull brothers murder trial.

Frederick was a reporter for eight years with the Daytona Beach News-Journal before serving as a city editor for nearly two years with the Taunton (Mass.) Daily Gazette. He was briefly managing editor of the Port Orange and New Smyrna Beach weekly editions of Hometown News, editor for 7 months of the former daily New Smyrna Beach Observer and was the city reporter for the Palatka Daily News. Frederick has written literally thousands of stories for daily newspapers in Florida, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Frederick created and launched NSBNEWS.net on April 7, 2008, with assistance from friend, Peter Mallory.

NSBNEWS.net has grown from a small Web site with a couple hundred hits daily to a continuously updated media source for Southeast Volusia with 1,200 hits daily and several thousand page views. Frederick has amassed a
small army of volunteer bloggers. He writes most of the Web site's stories, sells advertising to support the Web site and works tirelessly every day to ensure round the clock media coverage for greater New Smyrna Beach.

Frederick and his wife, Sera, are fixtures at New Smyrna Beach City Commission meetings where they videotape highlights and they have amassed a video catalogue with more than 300 videos of community events and
breaking news. Frederick was instrumental in organizing three successful candidate debates. He posted the Top 100 stories of 2008, and recently established a new investigative series: Show Me The Money."

Frederick's Web site has grown to the point where its Web traffic is recognized and monitored by Google. NSBNEWS.net also has more than 2,500 e-mail subscribers who receive breaking news alerts.

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People, Places and Things

Freedom of the press should never be abridged when taxpayer money is in play
Working on open letter to NSB mayor & city manager
Remember to reach out on Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day!
Video camera & tripod stolen outside county admin. center
24/7 internet newspaper serving Greater Daytona, New Smyrna Beach, Deltona & all points in between comes of age
Is the Daytona paper protecting NSB Mayor Adam Barringer?
Daytona Beach News-Journal pushing CRA for cities
Daytona International Speedway true economic driver
Show Me the Money: County government spending $1 million on trails?
CRA blight: Holly Hill Rum Festival gives way to Ormond Beach Celtic Festival
Coming of age with new media in greater Daytona Beach
50,000 not comin or NSB Ba
It's time for Adam Barringer to do the right thing and resign
Go to HeadlineSurfer.com for all content
Moving to HeadlineSurfer.com as 24/7 Internet domain
Daytona's Bike Week far from geriatric get-together
Larger server being readied to handle increased traffic
Struggling to fix database
Internet newspaper: Blessings and curses
Safety of fans at Daytona International Speedway paramount
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Settled in at Daytona International Speedway
Riding out the cold
Swamped with special projects
My newest
America America
Superbowl lived up to its billing; Daytona 500 next
Ugly truth will emerge: CRAs and ad authorities root cause of strife
Busy Superbowl Sunday with lots of local news
Municipal powerbrokers in DeLand for CRA workshop
Slowly, but surely counting down top 100 stories; investigative reporting on Chitwood, Barringer
On the verge of busting network wide open
Plenty of NFL playoff excitement
Inadequate press releases on breaking news hamstring media and shortchange public
Henry new
Taking care of family and living American dream
Keeping Daytona's editor on his toes with competition
Fresh crop of stories to deal with today
Database problems caused by overflow of visitors
Addressing several major stories as the day unfolds
Big line-up of stories today
Our photos are not there for the taking by big media outlets
Internet newspaper lone media outlet with photos of Edgewater PD chief in uniform
song
Hypocrisy of government: It's all about the booze
Our countdown of Volusia, Florida, USA and world stories under way
Merrry Christmas to all accessing 24/7 Internet newspaper
Headline Surfer putting emphasis on Daytona, Volusia County gov't in new year
Changes
Daytona Beach News-Journal Editor Pat Rice should resign for attack story on County Chair-elect Jason Davis
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Henry's newest
Kudos to VCSO for doin' right by a frightened little NSB girl
Never-ending battle for tiny Internet newspaper to generate ads with print giant's connections
Musical chairs game in Volusia County dizzying
Wrestling with journalism ethics part of the equation
Beautiful Christmas parade in NSB among stories we're working on today
NSB mayor's blog scrapped by 24/7 Internet newspaper amid questions of public and private business interests
Public's right to know vital in ensuring transparency in NSB governance

Media Memberships

Florida Press Club
IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors)
National Society of Professional Journalists
North-Central Florida chapter Society of Professional Journalists

Journalism Awards

Journalism Awards / Henry Frederick
Taunton (Mass.) Daily Gazette/City Editor/nearly 2 years
* 5-day series with entire newsroom staff, "Safety in our schools." 1st place enterprise reporting/public service, 2006 New England Press Assn.
* 3-day investigative series "Pipeline Hell" with reporter on a shady developer. 1st place environmental reporting, 2005 New England Press Assn.
* Series "Pipeline Hell" investigative journalism award, small dailies, 2005 Suburban Newspapers of America. Daytona Beach News-Journal/Staff Writer/8 years
* Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, 2004, 2nd place/large newspapers, Investigative Reporting, "Silent Cries" (3-day series on child homicides).
* Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, 2004, honorable mention, investigative "Silent Cries."
* Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, 2004, breaking news, hon. mention/large newspapers, "Community mourns death of longtime area educator."
* Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, 2003, 1st place/large newspapers, Front Page Sports Reporting "Lawsuit monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR."
* Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, 2003, 2nd place/large newspapers, breaking news "The execution of Aileen Wuornos."
* Florida Press Club, 2003, 2nd place, excellence in general news writing, "Property takeover may change boardwalk," "Unusual cases re-ignite legal arguments on Miranda rights," and "Word on the street: Few police."
* Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, 2003, 3rd place, sports, "Lawsuit: Monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR."
* Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, 2002, 3rd place/large newspapers, breaking news, "(Trull) Brothers on trial."
* Florida Press Club, 2002, 3rd place, excellence in general news writing, "Spring Break: Collision Course," "Lawsuit: Monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR," and "Behavior nets police chief two-week unpaid suspension."
* Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, 1998, 2nd place/large newspapers, breaking news "Little boy: He shot and killed my friend."
* Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Chapter, 2004, honorable mention/large newspapers, James K. Batten Award for public service project: "Spring Hill."
The (Nyack, N.Y.) Rockland Journal News/Staff Writer/8 years
* New York State Associated Press, 1992, Spot News honorable mention, "Two charged in gas station slaying.
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