A Dedicated Life: Journalism, Justice and a Chance for Every Child
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What are you going to do for the rest of your life? For Dave Lawrence, a brilliant newspaper editor and publisher with a distinguished, three-decade-long journalism career who retired in 1999 at the age of 56, the answer in his words was to dedicate his life to a “newly energized purposefulness: that every child have a real chance to succeed.”
The Children’s Movement of Florida: Dave Lawrence, a life-long champion of children, became a leading national advocate for children and was instrumental in founding The Children’s Movement of Florida. Dave Lawrence's Movement is focused on making Florida’s children, especially in their early years, the No. 1 priority for state investment.
Jeb Bush, Florida’s 43rd governor from 1999 to 2007 and 2016 presidential candidate: “This special book is the story of a good man who has lived an impressive, fascinating, full life dedicated to his family, his profession, his faith and his service to others, especially the youngest and most vulnerable among us. How he describes the passion, persistence and skills of civic engagement to accomplish these building blocks to success is worth the price of the book.”
Bob Graham, Florida’s 38th governor from 1979 to 1987, U.S. senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005, and presidential candidate in 2003: "For more than 40 years, Dave was a journalist, rising from co-editor of his high school newspaper to editor or publisher of several of America’s most distinguished newspapers. At each, he inspired the highest standards of journalism built upon a deep immersion into the communities these newspapers served. But the most lasting impression you’ll have will be of a highly principled man applying his talents and values in a transitioning America."
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Book details
- Author
- David Lawrence, Jr.
- Imprint
- TMA Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 236
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography › Editors, Journalists, Publishers
Biography & Autobiography › Educators
Biography & Autobiography › Social Activists
Social Science › Children's Studies - Topics
- journalism memoir · child advocacy · social justice · early childhood education · newspaper publisher · children's rights · autobiography
- ISBN-13
- 9781633538184
About the author
DAVID LAWRENCE JR. retired in 1999 as publisher of The Miami Herald, where during his tenure the paper won five Pulitzer Prizes, to devote his career to early childhood development and readiness.
Lawrence chairs The Children’s Movement of Florida and is the founding chair of both The Children’s Trust and the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade and Monroe. His honors include the John S. Knight Gold Medal, the Ida B. Wells Award, the Lewis Hine Award for Children and Youth, the Fred Rogers Leadership Award, and induction into the Florida Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2010. He holds 13 honorary doctorates, including one from the University of Florida.
When not writing, Lawrence serves on the national boards of the Everglades Foundation and Americans for Immigrant Justice and previously served as 1991–92 president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
David lives in Coral Gables with Roberta and they have three daughters, two sons, and seven grandchildren.