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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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Latest Episodes:

A Crisis in Baltimore Dec 23, 2025

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Nonprofit newsroom finds a devastating story that was playing out publicly, day to day, but without important context. Explore more.

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Capital B Dec 09, 2025

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Meet one of the co-founders of a nonprofit newsroom focused on reporting on Black communities. Check out Capital B.

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The Deserter Nov 25, 2025

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Sarah Topol, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, talks about the long journey to tell the story of a Russian soldier. Read the award-winning story here.

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In the Dark Nov 12, 2025

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The New Yorker's Parker Yesko discusses a four-year effort to investigate why U.S. Marines weren't held accountable for war crimes in Iraq.

Listen to the award-winning podcast In the Dark at this link.

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History Lessons Oct 28, 2025

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Dana Hedgpeth of The Washington Post talks about the privilege of telling the stories of our elders. To read Dana's award-winning project about sexual abuse in Native American boarding schools, click here.

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Home-Field Advantage Oct 14, 2025

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L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez uses his voice to improve the community where he's lived for a quarter of a century.

Read one of Lopez's award-winning columns here.

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A TikTok Investigation Sep 30, 2025

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Is this shopping mall really open and why can't you make a left turn in New Jersey? Those are some of the topics one reporter has tackled to engage audiences with humor and quick-hit videos.

Watch Sean Sullivan's award-winning TikTok here.

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Life of the Mother Sep 16, 2025

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ProPublica's Kavitha Surana was pregnant and then a young mother as she pursued the story about women who'd died in the wake of restricted abortion access. Read Life of the Mother here.

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A Conversation with Eli Saslow: What Makes a Feature Story? Jan 22, 2024

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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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The Swan Project Mar 31, 2023

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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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