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Adam Playford - Deputy Editor, Investigations
Adam Playford

Deputy Editor, Investigations

I’m the Tampa Bay Times’ deputy editor overseeing investigative reporting. I run our investigations team, which includes both reporters and computer programmers. We do complicated stories that can take months. We aim to reveal cases of regular people in Tampa Bay and across Florida being hurt by powerful forces outside their control. Before I became an editor, I reported on police officers who abused their authority, faulty voting machines and local corruption. Reporters I supervised at the Times have contributed to two projects that won Pulitzer Prizes. Before that, I was part of a reporting team that was a finalist for another Pulitzer at Newsday.

  1. Protests end peacefully Friday night across Tampa Bay
    Jun. 5• News
    Zoey Triplett, 9, left, cuddles with her mother, Amy Triplett, 49, center, of Safety Harbor, while attending a peaceful protest organized by the Bless Up organization, on Friday, June 5, 2020, at Coachman Park in downtown Clearwater. At right is Byron Triplett, 53, Zoey's father and Amy's husband. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]
  2. Bricks, rocks found in SUV during late-night St. Pete protest, police say
    Jun. 2• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg police said they pulled over a red SUV early Tuesday that had bricks, glass bottles, rocks, a plastic gas can and a metal pipe inside. Three people were arrested. [St. Petersburg Police Department]
  3. How Florida slowed coronavirus: Everyone stayed home before they were told to
    May 10• Health
    Aerial view of an empty Clearwater Beach due to COVID-19 closures pictured on April 10. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  5. Florida coronavirus cases are growing fast. Here’s what that means.
    Mar. 28• Health
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  6. 'I'll kill you': Threats and violence from the school workers who may soon carry guns
    Mar. 7, 2018• Florida Politics
    Hundreds of students and community activists marched down North Boulevard to address the inaction of lawmakers when it comes to gun violence, on February 23, 2018 in Tampa, Fla. The group marched from Blake High School to Curtis Hixon park. The protest was held in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla. that killed 17 people. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]
  7. Jacksonville braces for historic storm surge
    Sep. 11, 2017• Local Weather
  8. Chasing a Midtown supermarket, St. Pete mayors missed signs of trouble
    Feb. 7, 2017• News
    A customer surveys the cold drink selection at Three Brothers Groceries in St. Petersburg. Similar markets dot Midtown, where larger chain grocery stores have struggled.