Ben Smith tells the story of the strange controversy over a journalism award that’s been going down in a Florida courthouse.

Ben is Editor-in-Chief of Semafor and co-host of the Mixed Signals podcast. He used to be The New York Times media columnist and was founding editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News.

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