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**WriteLane**

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:

Writing spaces Apr 30, 2019

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Writing spaces

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Five more reasons Apr 23, 2019

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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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Insane or evil? Apr 16, 2019

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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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Five reasons to go into journalism Apr 09, 2019

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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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Diamonds and handcuffs Apr 02, 2019

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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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Don't be afraid Mar 26, 2019

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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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Coaching writers Mar 19, 2019

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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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Change through stories Mar 12, 2019

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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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Heartbroken Mar 06, 2019

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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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Blood and Truth Feb 26, 2019

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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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