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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:

A Message from Roger Mar 31, 2023

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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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The Truth is Flexible Mar 31, 2023

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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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Zeke the Labrador Mar 31, 2023

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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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Raising Writers Sep 26, 2022

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Lane and her mom discuss their writing lives and how they each were drawn to words.

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Pulse Nightclub Shooting Tests Youth’s Courage Jul 29, 2022

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Find stakeholders, explore other perspectives, follow someone through a vigil.

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A Brother’s Bond Jul 29, 2022

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Make a connection, build trust, have a conversation: Dogs, kids, cars.

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Gone in a Flash Jul 29, 2022

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Hang out at bars, eavesdrop on conversations, bribe with beers, find: Character. Action. Setting. Theme.

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Driving Headlong into Sunny Eden Apr 10, 2022

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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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The "THE" Guy Apr 10, 2022

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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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12 Hours in a COVID ICU Unit Mar 24, 2022

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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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