Dennis JoyceFormer Times staffer
I am a newsman and communicator who pitches his tent at the crossroads of the community, the place you find the greatest number of ideas and the most fruitful debate. I’m a local news editor at the Tampa Bay Times, helping guide colleagues as they tell the stories of our community. It’s a role I’ve been blessed to play in half a dozen states, including two stints each in sunny Arizona and Florida. The approach I bring to the job is rooted in my family – including my wife Emilie and our two grown sons, one a world-traveling diplomat and the other a student in architecture. I’m a bicycle and transit commuter, so look for me on the bus and we’ll bat around a few ideas.
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![The driver of a Mini Cooper turned left into the path of a motorcycle rider on First Ave North, St. Petersburg police said.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E "The driver of a Mini Cooper turned left into the path of a motorcycle rider on First Ave North, St. Petersburg police said.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/OVZA6XP27ZHA5CDY4HCGWEO2EE.jpg "Maleena Valdez, 4, was killed when a vehicle plowed into her day care center in Arcadia, troopers said.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XUMTJEXCRNCTTJKH24WB7XTBDM.jpg "Maj. Eric DeFelice speaks Monday about a shooting at Pin Chasers, 4847 N. Armenia Ave., in Tampa. Three people were injured, including a bystander, in the Sunday night shooting.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/OWBVVEQXBJGHJPJB3RALJ3XTV4.jpg "Bello Bar & Kitchen italian bistro on North Franklin Street was the scene of a fatal shooting Sunday night.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/KQKJAUKXGNGWBFBAULMH2QTKAM.png "A driver lost control and hit a brick wall early Tuesday in downtown St. Petersburg.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/VOHJBGGGPFBQZHJ5FIOBDOFV5I.jpg "An unidentified Navy officer serving as commander of a Virginia-based guided-missile cruiser like this one has prevailed so far in his court battle to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/HGQN6N5QJFHZFBDAFFRZLBTKZM.jpg "At Sligh Middle Magnet School, pro wrestling star Titus O’Neill and eighth grader Kourtney Anderson presented the nominees for best animated feature Tuesday morning.")
