WriteLane: Recent Episodes
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Lane DeGregory, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at the Tampa Bay Times, is a masterful storyteller. Each episode of WriteLane is a discussion of craft, using prime examples of narrative journalism. DeGregory joined the Times in 2000 after working for two papers in Virginia. She has won dozens of national awards, including twice winning Scripps Howard’s Ernie Pyle Award for human interest writing, eight National Headliner Awards and eight awards from the American Society of Newspaper Editors. She teaches at the University of South Florida, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and journalism conferences across the world.
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The Society for Features Journalism hosted a conversation between Lane DeGregory and New York Times writer Eli Saslow to discuss what makes a feature story. Read the article about it here: https://featuresjournalism.org/tag/pulitzer/
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Students at the PACE center for girls come from difficult backgrounds. Some have been homeless, in jail, or are teen moms. Lane DeGregory followed them for months, trying to see whether learning to be “ladies” would change their lives.
You can read the story here: THE SWAN PROJECT
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A reader called the newspaper: He’d found a note in an ancient Pepsi bottle behind his house. Lane DeGregory set out to find whoever wrote it. And helped make a heart-breaking connection.
You can read the story here: A MESSAGE FROM ROGER | Poynter
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While city leaders around Tampa Bay were debating whether to outlaw panhandling, Lane DeGregory spent two days on the streets, learning how to convince drivers to give you money.
You can read the story here: THE TRUTH IS FLEXIBLE
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Lane DeGregory of the Tampa Bay Times talks about taking a walk with an ailing, elderly man, his amazing pet, and the good dogs can do.
You can read the story here: Time is short, but Zeke the Labrador lives to keep his owner alive
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Lane and her mom discuss their writing lives and how they each were drawn to words.
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Lane and her mom discuss their writing lives and how they each were drawn to words.
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Find stakeholders, explore other perspectives, follow someone through a vigil.
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Make a connection, build trust, have a conversation: Dogs, kids, cars.
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Hang out at bars, eavesdrop on conversations, bribe with beers, find: Character. Action. Setting. Theme.
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On this episode of WriteLane: follow your instincts and it might lead to the beach. Lane shares how keeping your "story radar" on, and being willing to follow it, can lead to touching stories in unexpected places.
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On this episode of WriteLane, Lane uncovers a simple lie that changes the course of her entire story. How a seemingly boring travel story turned into her first ever second-person narrative.
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On this episode of WriteLane, we take you into the heart of a Covid ICU unit. Lane shares the challenges of reporting from a hospital in a pandemic and how she had to adapt her own reporting process to get the story.
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On this episode of WriteLane, we sit down with Ben Riggs, a senior communications specialist at Kettering Health. He asked us for tips on how to get his team to think and write like storytellers.
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Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow recounts the process of collecting and writing a series of first person narratives during the COVID-19 pandemic. These stories are published in his new book, Voices of the Pandemic.
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After a reckoning over policing in America, 30 recruits enroll at the academy. We reflect on how our eight-part series, with an epilogue, came together.
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After three years and 159 episodes, time for a break.
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Take risks. Ignore naysayers. Trust your instincts. That advice and more.
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The conversation continues with Kelly McBride, NPR’s public editor and chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at the Poynter Institute.
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Kelly McBride, NPR’s public editor and chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at the Poynter Institute, discusses the ethical issues journalists face today.
Listen for a case study in how to pull together a story that’s changing as you report it.
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How to reveal deeper truths about someone you’re writing about.
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A California college journalist discusses the industry's elitism.
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The details of a 2005 Tampa Bay Times series will be highlighted on a new, true-crime TV show.
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This episode features Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
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The conversation centers on a story about depression in the era of COVID-19. Read it here: This Florida woman wants you to know you’re not alone
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Nonfiction writers can find inspiration from those who make up stories in their brilliant brains.
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Investigative reporter Delia D’Ambra discusses her hit podcast, CounterClock.
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Andrew Huse, a librarian who specializes in archives at the University of South Florida Tampa Library’s Special Collections, offers advice on how to research for storytelling.
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How do you keep coming up with ideas when the whole world is covering the same story?
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Steve Contorno, the political editor at the Tampa Bay Times, shares his thoughts about politics in 2020.
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Aiyana Ishmael, a senior at Florida A&M University, talks about the challenges facing Black and Hispanic journalists in an industry that is not as diverse as it should be.
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Tampa Bay Times food critic Helen Freund talks about what it’s like having to redefine your beat in the face of a crisis.
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We discuss three recent articles to illustrate how to take BIG topics and turn them into quick-turn stories.
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Austin Fast, a graduate student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and recent Tampa Bay Times intern, shares advice on how to capture great audio.
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Sharon Wynne, who covers things to do at the Tampa Bay Times, explains the challenges of writing about theme parks as they reopen during a pandemic.
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Listen for advice on how to consider the possibilities.
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Not all writers and editors like to outline, but it works for us. We'll tell you why.
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The discussion centers around a story about a food pantry in Gulfport, Fla.
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Journalists, as a rule, are a funny bunch, but not many of us know how to write humor. Listen to someone who has a deft touch.
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How to find the facts that will stand out and elevate your story.
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Listen for advice on how to gather information from events you didn't witness.
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Roy Peter Clark, a longtime faculty member at the Poynter Institute, discusses his favorite writing tools. That’s also the title of one of his books.
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Three journalists discuss working from home, struggling to avoid distractions and trying to find a quiet place to write.
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The Times' Josh Solomon shares his experiences reporting on the protests in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Tampa Bay Times reporter Claire McNeill and the subject of one of her recent stories, Marin Fehl, join the podcast. Read the story here: Senior year derailed, a high school journalist pushes toward one last deadline
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Photojournalist Douglas Clifford of the Tampa Bay Times talks about working through March and fighting the coronavirus in April.
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Follow the back and forth between editor and reporter as they outline a story together. To read the story, click here: Without a job, endless days of waiting and worry
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The story of Josephine Valenty, a 96-year-old still going to work during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tampa Bay Times photojournalist John Pendygraft discusses a series called The Helpers. The effort was inspired by a quote from Fred Rogers, who once said: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' ”
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What the last few weeks have been like at the Tampa Bay Times.
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The Society for Features Journalism arranged a training session with Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute. Here it is.
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Jennifer Berry Hawes of The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., discusses the project that was honored recently by the Scripps Howard Awards in the First Amendment category. (Thumbnail photo by Andrew Whitaker)
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Kainaz Amaria and Eliza Barclay of Vox, winners in the Scripps Howard Awards multimedia category, join us to discuss their project: Supertrees.
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Kyle Hopkins of the Anchorage Daily News talks about a two-year investigation with ProPublica into sexual violence and Alaska’s criminal justice system.
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A shared vocabulary helps when you’re looking to tell narratives.
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Peter Copeland, author of a new book, Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter, joins the podcast.
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Maud Beelman, the executive editor of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and a professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, and Meghan Louttit, a metro editor at The New York Times, join the podcast this week.
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Ever wondered what goes on during contest judging?
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Roy Peter Clark, a longtime faculty member at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, talks about how he pulled together writing advice from a range of experts.
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Inside the newsroom, featuring Mark Katches
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A story about a coach who spent decades inspiring young athletes.
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Ileana Najarro and Martha Asencio-Rhine of the Times discuss a recent project.
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This episode features a conversation about a story that was recognized by the Scripps Howard Awards, a new sponsor of the podcast.
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Ellen Clarke, the Tampa Bay Times’ deputy editor for print, joins the podcast as we talk about motherhood and journalism.
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Listen in for some advice on how to pitch stories. What’s the secret to getting an editor on board?
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Female journalists, young and old, gather to watch Lou Grant episodes from 1977 and talk about how life in the newsroom now compares to art about it back then.
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Children’s books can have profound and lasting impacts on people. At the recent Tampa Bay Times’ Festival of Reading, we asked passersby to tell us about their favorite kids’ stories and how they have stuck with them.
Beth Macy, an award-winning author and former reporter at The Roanoke Times, was recently at the Tampa Bay Times’ Festival of Reading and her session was recorded - before a live audience - for this episode.
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Media guru Tom Jones of the Poynter Institute shares his top 25 films about journalists.
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Want do improve your newsroom, make things more fun, work better together, try new things? Listen to this episode of WriteLane.
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Jan Winburn, a former editor at CNN and the Baltimore Sun, talks about when to put yourself into a story.
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In this episode, we discuss how Lincoln DeLuna is now. Lincoln, a boy living with a terminal illness, was the focus of a multi-part series last fall called Lincoln’s Shot.
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Former Tampa Bay Times photographer Monica Herndon shares her experiences as a female photojournalist who covers male sports. Herndon, who also was a producer on this podcast for nearly a year, now works at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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The discussion this week centers on a recent story about a Clearwater family. Read it here: She wanted to become a citizen; now, she can’t come back
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Esmeralda Bermudez of the Los Angeles Times talks about how to report on communities that aren’t used to getting attention.
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Chip Scanlan, a freelance magazine writer and past faculty member of the Poynter Institute, helps debate the question.
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This episode focuses on a story that ran after Hurricane Charley struck Florida in 2004.
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Andy Mills, a producer and reporter with The New York Times who helped create The Daily, talks about how they put together that podcast and what their goals are.
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Andy Mills, a producer and reporter with The New York Times who helped create The Daily podcast, shares thoughts about doing narrative work in a new/old medium.
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Jina Moore, who has reported from more than 30 countries, was a featured speaker at a 2019 conference in Norway. Here, she talks about finding ways to tell great stories even on deadline. Moore’s stories have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Newsweek, among others.
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Tara McCarty, director of design for the Tampa Bay Times, talks about a project that ran last year in which she analyzed Taylor Swift’s music and broke down its parts. Here's why and how.
Mario Garcia, an internationally renowned designer and consultant, talks about his message to journalists in the digital age.
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This podcast was recorded at a narrative conference in Bergen, Norway. It features tips on how to capture compelling details in the reporting process. Photo by Adrian Nielsen
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Two volunteers answer Lane DeGregory's favorite question while on stage, in Norway, before a live audience.
Christopher Goffard of the Los Angeles Times talks about his early inspirations and how he uses the techniques of moviemakers.
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Kat McGrory, the Tampa Bay Times’ deputy investigations editor, talks about the steps she takes to make sure everything in a story is accurate.
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A conversation with Natasha Kondrashova, a Russian journalist who visited the Tampa Bay Times’ newsroom as part of a program of the International Center for Journalists. She discusses the challenges and limitations of working as a journalist in her country.
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Here are tips for how to get a job in journalism, starting with internships. Roy LeBlanc, an assistant metro editor at the Tampa Bay Times, explains what he’s looking for and how he "thins the herd.”
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The conversation continues over the best ways to begin stories.
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Tampa Bay Times reporter Claire McNeill joins the podcast to discuss her recent story on the battle over abortion in Florida.
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For the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we revisit a story told on the 70th anniversary.
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Jacqui Banaszynski, editor of the Nieman Storyboard, discusses story forms and how they can help focus your reporting.
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Jacqui Banaszynski, editor of the Nieman Storyboard, joins the podcast this week. Banaszynski is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a former assistant managing editor of The Seattle Times and a longtime professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. She also lectures around the world.
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Journalists spend a lot of time writing about politicians, athletes and others who live in the spotlight, but people who don’t generally make headlines sometimes are the most fascinating stories.
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The story behind the story of a woman just doing her job, dressed as the Statue of Liberty.
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Recently on the podcast, we tackled a question from a college journalism student who asked for five reasons to go into our profession. After that podcast, friends and colleagues provided their own reasons.
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On this week’s episode, we discuss coverage of the murder trial of John Jonchuck, the man who dropped his 5-year-old daughter, Phoebe, off a bridge one January night in 2015. Tampa Bay Times reporters Josh Solomon and Zachary Sampson, who covered the incident and have been in court for weeks, discuss the process and the challenges. Amy Hollyfield, the Times’ senior deputy editor for news, has been editing the daily coverage, and she hosts this week’s episode.
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A college student asked recently whether journalism was still worth it as a career. The student wanted reasons to go into the business, so here they are.
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Here’s a conversation about a recent week, where one story was inspired by a holiday and another by serendipity.
Click here to read the stories: Jewelers in love and A father’s footsteps.
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This podcast features a recent conversation with Janet Keeler’s journalism students at the University of South Florida. The focus is on a story reported at the state fair. Read it here: Couple falls for the biggest game at the fair.
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Dick Weiss, a former editor and writing coach at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, joins the podcast to talk about working with reporters and how to get the best out of that relationship.
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Dick Weiss, a former editor and writing coach at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, joins the podcast to talk about a nonprofit called Forward Through Ferguson and his role as a “story catalyst.”
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Kathleen McGrory, deputy investigations editor at the Tampa Bay Times, joins the podcast to talk about the reporting that she and Neil Bedi undertook last year. They brought to light problems at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.
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On this episode, we discuss the reporting behind Blood and Truth, Leonora LaPeter Anton’s six-part serial narrative and nine-part podcast. Find the series at tampabay.com/bloodandtruth.
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Maggie Hoyle-Germann and Anthony DeLuna allowed reporters from the Tampa Bay Times to chronicle their journey toward a miracle cure for their son, Lincoln, who has a hereditary disease that proves fatal to most boys by the age of 2. Here, they discuss what it was like to be the subject of such intense coverage.
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This podcast features a discussion around the eighth - and final - chapter of a multi-part series, which was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 23, 2018.
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This podcast features a discussion around the seventh chapter of a multi-part series, which was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 22, 2018.
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This podcast features a discussion around the sixth chapter of a multi-part series, which was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 21, 2018.
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This podcast features a discussion around the fifth chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 20, 2018.
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This podcast features a discussion around the fourth chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 19, 2018.
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This podcast features a discussion around the third chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Timeson Dec. 18, 2018.
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This podcast features a discussion around the second chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Timeson Dec. 17, 2018.
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This podcast features a discussion around the first chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 16, 2018.
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Lane DeGregory and Tampa Bay Times photographer John Pendygraft talk about a project they started working on in early 2016. The story involves a dying boy, a desperate mom and some floppy dogs. You can find the series at tampabay.com/lincolnsshot.
This week, Christopher Spata joins the podcast.
Spata, a features writer for the Tampa Bay Times, is particularly adept at finding stories that others might never think about or overlook, and particularly at the holidays.
Read the stories mentioned in the podcast: How to rent a reindeer? Want to be Santa? The Santa census.
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Lane DeGregory was recently featured on NPR’s Code Switch discussing The House on the Corner, a story published in the Tampa Bay Times in December 2017. NPR graciously agreed to let us use it on WriteLane. “The House On The Corner” was originally broadcast on NPR’s Code Switch on Nov. 14, 2018. Please be advised that some of the language may be offensive.
Hear pointers about editing your work - or someone else's.
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How do you take notes? There may be a better way. Listen up.
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The conversation is about writing first-person essays and interjecting yourself as a character in stories.
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Tampa Bay Times reporter Zack Sampson joins the podcast to talk about covering hurricanes. Sampson went to report from Florida’s Panhandle as Hurricane Michael closed in. To read some of his stories, go to: "We're broken here," Banding together and "We're just waiting."
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In honor of Halloween, revisit the story of Ma Barker’s house. And read the story referenced in the podcast: https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/ghostly-warning-dead-gangster-ma-barker-doesnt-want-her-house-moved/2300286
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Check out recent projects from the nola.com newsroom:
https://projects.nola.com/the-children-of-central-city/ https://www.nola.com/health/index.ssf/page/a_fragile_state.html.
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Check out the video for one of the projects that Vicki Cronis-Nohe and Denise Watson worked on together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkdVMNMw0NA&feature=youtu.be
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To see the series referenced in the podcast, go to: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/10/10/episode-43-follow-your-bliss/
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To see the story referenced in the podcast, go to: https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/in-pahokee-football-serves-as-a-way-out/2209006
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Managing projects by Tampa Bay Times
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Paying it forward, featuring Tom Huang by Tampa Bay Times
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To read the story discussed in this podcast, go to:https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/-What-the-hell-did-you-do-to-my-daughter-He-was-accused-of-a-crime-he-swore-he-never-committed-she-believed-her-4-year-old_171055137
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The future of journalism by Tampa Bay Times
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For the list of questions, go to:http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/08/29/episode-37-thirty-questions/
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Carving out character by Tampa Bay Times
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Young Lane by Tampa Bay Times
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To read the story referenced in the podcast, go to:https://assets.stuff.co.nz/interactives/special-features/albert-moss/
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To read the stories mentioned in the podcast, go to:http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/http://www.tampabay.com/news/Stormy-at-the-strip-club-A-porn-star-cashes-in-on-presidential-connection_165590067
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To read the series referenced in the podcast, go to:https://www.tampabay.com/features/angels--demons/2162390https://longform.org/posts/the-exorcist-in-love
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Questions from the audience by Tampa Bay Times
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Narrative in America by Tampa Bay Times
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To read the English translation of the story referenced in this podcast, please go to: http://narrative.ly/five-feet-under/Photo by Anne Jo Lexander
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The last house in Rosewood by Tampa Bay Times
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"We don't suck that bad" by Tampa Bay Times
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The editing process by Tampa Bay Times
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The writing process by Tampa Bay Times
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To read the stories mentioned in this podcast, go to:http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2015/investigations/florida-mental-health-hospitals/http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/the-divorce-from-hell-the-battle-for-alimony-and-emptied-pockets/2112875
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To read the story referenced in this podcast, go to:http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2016/features/the-long-fall-of-phoebe-jonchuck/
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To read the story referenced in the podcast, please go to:http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/at-99-a-st-petersburg-man-finds-meaning-in-the-working-life/2132028
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A family of storytellers by Tampa Bay Times
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To read the stories referenced in this podcast, go to:http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/05/01/episode-20-coaching-your-editor-part-two/
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To read the stories referenced in this podcast, go to:http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/04/24/episode-19-coaching-your-editor-part-one/
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Read the story referenced in this podcast: http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/15/Floridian/Sometimes__every_day_.shtml
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For stories referenced in this podcast:http://www.sptimes.com/2003/06/22/Floridian/The_Dresser.shtmlhttp://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/04/10/episode-17-ingredients-and-the-big-idea/
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Read the story: https://bit.ly/2GuqILm
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To read the series referenced in this podcast, go to:http://www.tampabay.com/news/Today-s-WriteLane-If-I-Die-Young_166770791
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Here are links to the stories referenced in this podcast:http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/a-long-talk-in-the-woods/2129790http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/a-young-mother-tries-to-save-her-sons-and-loses-everything/2131125http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/13/Tampabay/Introducing_Susan_Sta.shtml
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Read the Parkland story here: http://www.tampabay.com/news/She-s-taught-at-the-Parkland-high-school-for-14-years-Can-she-go-back-_165770289
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This podcast continues the conversation about drawing inspiration from songwriters.
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This podcast is about drawing inspiration from songwriters.
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In this week's podcast, DeGregory talks about zigging while others zag and following the ripples.To read the teacher's story, please go: http://www.tampabay.com/news/Today-s-WriteLane-podcast-Narratives-off-the-news_165662386. The story is republished there.Read the Trayvon Martin story here:http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/trayvon-martins-killing-shatters-safety-within-retreat-at-twin-lakes-in/1221799Read the drag queen story here:http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/drag-queen-who-escaped-orlando-shooting-calls-for-the-music-to-play-on/2281843
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In this week’s episode, Lane DeGregory talks about a boy’s quest to find the perfect Valentine's card and another boy's plea for a family.Read the stories here:http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/on-valentines-day-a-boys-rite-of-passage-is-finding-the-right-words/2165429http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/amid-churchgoers-orphan-pleads-for-a-family/2145907
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To read the stories mentioned in the podcast, go to:http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/09/10/episode-8-finding-great-ideas-part-two/
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To read the stories mentioned in the podcast, go to:http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/09/10/episode-7-finding-great-ideas-part-one/
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Today’s podcast is about working with photographers and features a conversation about a terminally ill man trying to come to grips with his mortality. Read the story here:http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2016/features/prince-vinegar-right-to-die-florida-als-gehrig-disease/
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More advice on reporting, with prompts from a recent ask-me-anything on Reddit.
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In today’s episode, Lane DeGregory talks about Anthony Roy and his family.Read their story here: http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2017/features/house-on-the-corner
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In today’s episode, Lane discusses a story she wrote about race car driver Dan Wheldon’s widow. Read the story here: http://www.tampabay.com/sports/autoracing/susie-wheldon-wife-of-late-indycar-champion-dan-wheldon-opens-up-about/2315679
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A feral child was found starving, covered in her own filth, unable to walk or talk. A new family adopted the girl in 2007, called her Dani, and tried to make up for years of neglect.http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/neglect-feral-child-ten-years-later/
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Lane DeGregory talks about reporting and writing her Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a feral child.Read the story here:http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/
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