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Claire McNeill - Enterprise Reporter
Claire McNeill

Enterprise Reporter

I've been dog-earing magazines since I was little, and I’m still a constant reader. I love reporting deep on complicated ideas and telling intimate stories that reveal the human experience: a forgotten school shooting victim, a Syrian refugee in a Southern fraternity, a mother-turned-drug smuggler for her dying son. I grew up in a small town in South Jersey and made my way here after attending the University of North Carolina. I covered all kinds of news in Pasco and Pinellas counties before leaping into the higher education beat and then onto the enterprise team. Outside of work, I hoard books, stress-bake and balance my soccer/softball/rock climbing routine with a serious Taco Bell habit. I live in St. Pete with my introverted Pomeranian, Wilson.

  1. Life, interrupted: The toll on five local students, from kindergarten through college
    May 21• Health
    Abby McAuley, 10, continues the practice of drawing inspirational quotes using chalk on her driveway on May 19, 2020, in Spring Hill. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]
  2. Out and about in Tampa Bay on the first weekend of reopening
    May 9• Health
    Servers wear face masks as patrons enjoy outdoor dining while crowding Beach Dr. on Friday, May 8, 2020 in St. Petersburg. Restaurants and patrons begin to adapt to the new rules set forth by Governor Ron DeSantis during phase one of re-opening of the state of Florida. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  3. Senior year derailed, a high school journalist pushes toward one last deadline
    May 6• Health
    Marin Fehl, editor-in-chief of the Hillsborough High School newspaper, was recently named the state's Student Journalist of the Year by the Florida Scholastic Press Association. Her unglamorous reality: Escaping to her old Acura to edit stories in peace. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
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  5. The Coronavirus Lonely Hearts Club: A collective poem
    Apr. 17• Health
    A man sits on the sea wall at North Shore Park in St. Petersburg recently. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  6. A tribute to the Floridians taken by the coronavirus
    Apr. 10• Health
    Collage of headshots of Floridians lost to the coronavirus. [ELI ZHANG | Tampa Bay Times]
  7. The last days of Rosemarie Gabriele, Pasco County’s first coronavirus victim
    Apr. 7• Health
    Patricia Scimone with a photo of her older sister, Rosemarie Gabriele. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  8. Florida se acerca a 10,000 casos de coronavirus mientras el estado cuenta 163 muertes
    Apr. 3• CENTRO
    Los trabajadores de la salud evalúan a los residentes que llegan en docenas de vehículos alineados en un sitio de prueba COVID-19 en el sitio del Estadio Raymond James el miércoles 25 de marzo de 2020 en Tampa. Los residentes que deseaban hacerse la prueba tienen que ser aprobados y registrados en línea antes de llegar al sitio. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  9. Florida passes 10,000 coronavirus cases as state counts 170 deaths
    Apr. 3• Health
    Residents pass the time away reading and chatting with others At the emergency homeless shelter setup by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Petersburg and the City of Tampa was completely filled. Pictured on Thursday in Tampa. [LUIS SANTANA | TIMES | Tampa Bay Times]
  10. Florida adds more than 6,500 coronavirus cases in a week, with three new Tampa Bay deaths
    Apr. 2• Health
    Healthcare workers test residents as dozens of vehicles lined up at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium on Wednesday, March 25. The state has done more than 76,700 tests. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  11. Florida coronavirus deaths pass 100 as cases rise by more than a thousand
    Apr. 1• Health
    Children's chalk messages are seen on the sidewalk along Ridge Road near the intersection of Lake St. George Drive Tuesday in Palm Harbor. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
  12. Florida coronavirus cases reach 6,741; with another Hillsborough death
    Mar. 31• Health
    World Central Kitchen volunteer Karla Hoyos hands out meals from the Red Rooster Overtown restaurant to residents in need during the new coronavirus pandemic, in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami on Monday. [LYNNE SLADKY | AP]
  13. Florida coronavirus cases pass 5,700, with 71 deaths statewide
    Mar. 30• Health
    Drive-through testing was available at the Quest Diagnostics lab parking lot on Monday, March 23, 2020 in Tampa. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
  14. Los casos de coronavirus de Florida superan los 5,000, con más de 60 muertes en todo el estado
    Mar. 30• CENTRO
    Las pruebas para detectar si tiene coronavirus estuvieron disponibles en el estacionamiento del laboratorio Quest Diagnostics el lunes 23 de marzo de 2020 en Tampa. Foto: MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | CENTRO Tampa [CENTRO Tampa]
  15. Florida coronavirus deaths now number 46, including second one in Hillsborough County
    Mar. 27• Health
    Baycare health care workers and staff guide vehicles at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Raymond James Stadium site on Wednesday in Tampa. The testing site was due to close Friday after running out of tests. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  16. La primera muerte por coronavirus de Hillsborough y Florida agrega casi 700 nuevos casos en un día
    Mar. 26• CENTRO
    Los trabajadores de la salud evalúan a los residentes como docenas de vehículos alineados en un sitio de prueba COVID-19 en el sitio del Estadio Raymond James el miércoles 25 de marzo de 2020 en Tampa. Los residentes que deseaban hacerse la prueba tenían que ser aprobados y registrados en línea antes de llegar al sitio. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  17. First Hillsborough coronavirus death comes as state nears 2,500 cases
    Mar. 26• Health
    Baycare healthcare workers and staff guide vehicles at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Raymond James Stadium site on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 in Tampa. Residents that wish to be tested had to be approved and registered online before arriving at the site. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  18. Coronavirus Florida: Pasco woman, 71, dies; State total jumps by 500 cases in one day
    Mar. 25• Health
    BayCare health care workers and staff guide vehicles at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Raymond James Stadium site on Wednesday in Tampa. Residents that wish to be tested had to be approved and registered online before arriving at the site. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  19. Tampa Bay has its first coronavirus death. This time, the state says it’s for real.
    Mar. 24• Health
    Coronavirus prevention flyers attached to a fence of the town's community center are shown, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Surfside, Fla. Miami-Dade County's mayor ordered all beaches, parks and "non-essential" commercial and retail businesses closed Thursday because of the new coronavirus pandemic. [WILFREDO LEE | AP]
  20. Coronavirus: Will ‘shelter in place’ happen in Florida? And what does that mean?
    Mar. 23• Health
    A desolate Clearwater Beach on Saturday March 21, 2020- a day after a county wide shutdown of all beaches due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [BOYZELL HOSEY | Times]
  21. En Hillsborough hay 73 casos de coronavirus y Florida cuenta ya con 164 nuevas infecciones
    Mar. 23• CENTRO
    Un letrero electrónico dice "Playas cerradas COVID-19" luego de que los peajes salieran a la playa el sábado 21 de marzo de 2020 en St. Pete Beach. Foto: DIRK SHADD/ CENTRO Tampa [playas. Foto: DIRK SHADD/ CENTRO Tampa]
  22. Hillsborough up to 73 coronavirus cases as Florida counts 164 new infections
    Mar. 23• Health
    An electronic sign reads "Beaches Closed COVID-19" after the tolls heading out to the beach on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at St. Pete Beach. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  23. California moved to have its residents shelter in place. What does that mean?
    Mar. 20• Health
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom, seen here in an earlier picture, last night ordered people in his state to shelter in place, (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool) [RICH PEDRONCELLI | AP]
  24. Our world is shifting into another gear, one that’s slow and surreal and anxious
    Mar. 19• Narratives
    Carmine's Ybor restaurant is among those that closed early due to the coronavirus pandemic. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]