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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:

Old holiday, new ideas Dec 11, 2018

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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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Code Switch Dec 04, 2018

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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.

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Sharpening the story Nov 27, 2018

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Hear pointers about editing your work - or someone else's.

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Taking notes Nov 20, 2018

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How do you take notes? There may be a better way. Listen up.

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Getting personal Nov 13, 2018

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The conversation is about writing first-person essays and interjecting yourself as a character in stories.

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Storm stories Nov 06, 2018

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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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A ghost story Oct 30, 2018

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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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Changing the narrative Oct 23, 2018

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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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War Stories Oct 16, 2018

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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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Follow your bliss Oct 09, 2018

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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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