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First Amendment Foundation President Wins Susan Spencer-Wendel Lifetime Achievement Award

October 30, 2019 - 6:00am
Barbara Petersen

Barbara Petersen, founding president of Florida’s First Amendment Foundation who is retiring after 25 years leading the organization, received the Susan Spencer-Wendel Award for Lifetime Achievement Monday for her contributions in support of a free press and Floridians’ right to have access to their government.

Spencer-Wendel was a longtime Palm Beach Post courts reporter who died in 2014 from ALS. She received a lifetime achievement award from The Florida Bar in 2012 and numerous media awards throughout her career.

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