Stet News is finalist for best website

Our digital newsletter is also a finalist in Florida Press Club contest.

Stet News has been nominated in five categories in the Florida Press Club’s 2025 Excellence in Journalism competition, including best independent website and best newsletter.

Additionally, Stet’s Jane Musgrave and Joel Engelhardt are finalists for best election reporting. Their entry included coverage of Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s heart health,text messages from Port of Palm Beach Commissioner Varisa Dass directing a tenant to support her campaign and the troubled background of a candidate for Palm Beach Gardens City Council.

Engelhardt is also a finalist for best political reporting for his work on the port commissioner’s texts, the Palm Beach Gardens council candidate and Riviera Beach activist Fane Lozman’s property dispute with the city. Friend of Stet, Joe Capozzi, is also a finalist in the political reporting category.

Stet reporters Erik Kvarnberg, Janis Fontaine and Carolyn DiPaolo are finalists for best arts reporting. Their stories covered the Norton Museum’s jewelry exhibition, CreativeMornings monthly gatherings and artist Ben Leone, who created the “Orchid City” sculpture in downtown West Palm Beach. Stet contributor Sharon Geltner is also a finalist for her stories in The Palm Beach Arts Paper.

The news website category is judged based on general excellence, including content, design, local emphasis and ease of navigation. The other finalists are Key Biscayne Independent and Talk Media, the parent company of news sites Coral Springs Talk, Parkland Talk, Coconut Creek Talk, Tamarac Talk, Margate Talk and Sunrise Talk.

Stet’s Holly Baltz and Musgrave are finalists for the Press Club’s highest honor, the Frances DeVore Award for Public Service. Their work with Hannah Phillips and Kristina Webb for The Palm Beach Post on the Jeffrey Epstein case has been nominated.

Last year, Stet News took home first place for best newsletter, and Engelhardt won first place for community news coverage.
The winners will be announced Jan. 31 in West Palm Beach.