Ellen E. ClarkeAssistant Managing Editor, Features, Visuals and Production
I’ve been at the Times since 2000, arriving straight out of Kent State University in Ohio. I’ve held a gaggle of titles in the newsroom, but dearly loved being the editor of tbt* when it was a daily paper. I grew up in Pittsburgh but married a Florida native. I live in St. Pete and have a young son.
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![Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a framed snowflake that reads "fascist" in Iowa on Friday.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a framed snowflake that reads \"fascist\" in Iowa on Friday.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/G5H3RRRWOJA5TETI4A6NHUEOGY.jpg "This is Bayshore Drive in Tarpon Springs, a residential street with canal access. The fire in the background is on Chesapeake Drive.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/RBI35OQMT5AB7I4PZ4HBOJ6YCI.jpg "Tea service at the Vinoy Resort & Golf Club in St. Petersburg.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/MXIUYWNUXBHKTLIDXZHVKVRGWY.JPG "Legendary crooner Tony Bennett returned to the Tampa Bay area for a spectacular performance at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, singing classic songs from the America songbook and from his album, \"The Art of Romance.\"")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/ZMXBJ735YVH6VDT2LAR76U7RSU.jpg "Ellen Clarke, assistant managing editor at the Tampa Bay Times, uses the exercise bike at St. Pete Strength Club on May 19 in St. Petersburg. The gym played a pivotal role during treatment for rectal cancer.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/VD7TIH7725FILKFWGC5KJB2FN4.JPG "Runners move across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge during the Skyway 10K race in 2019.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/PSCCYHNLKBB6PGHJEYF2WYWW34.jpg "Clockwise from top left: Fairgrounds St. Pete, the Love Letters from St. Pete coloring book, artwork from local writer Steph Post and bread from the Crumb Factory Bakery.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/45BKNT54HVHWXFNG2UDRE6O2GA.JPG "The Rolling Stones perform at the Ice Palace in 1999. Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts. Logan Neill wrote for the Times in 1999: \"Jagger's energized aerobics fed energy into his band mates. Richards, the Stones' grizzled guitarist was all smiles, as was Watts and Wood, as Jagger quickly worked the crowd into a frenzy with familiar favorites such as Respectable and You Got Me Rocking and Honky Tonk Women.\"")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/OFSBRRYSBFBUXCRLIQN4RO4HME.JPG "Members of the Tampa Bay Lightning make their way down the Hillsborough River as they are greeted by fans during their Boat Parade celebrating their 2020 Stanley Cup")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/YDCZR5RT7BDLREMU3FTEVR7RNM.JPG "On-campus classes are suspended Tuesday for Tropical Storm Elsa at the Unversity of South Florida and other schools.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/AUSDCQ7R4FEFRDT3NTR3YK5ZMA.jpg "Model Camille Kostek in the stands at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Jan. 4, 2021.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/7WSWHYLNEFCBNDPYLQFIZFOK6A.jpg "Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) celebrates with offensive tackle Donovan Smith (76) during the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship playoff football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, in Green Bay.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/MA6BXJWHFMI6TBKNIBWI6S7HAY.jpg "Miley Cyrus announced that she'll perform at the Super Bowl in Tampa.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/CHUMIDH7YNB7DPHB3O5ZHNNY5U.jpg "Jayla El-Amin, 7, joins protest in St. Petersburg Sunday, June 14, 2020. \"We wanted them to see what it means to come together and solve problems and speak out against racial injustice, and to learn lessons early so they will be less likely to become victims,\" said her mother, Kyandra Darling, 27.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/CQVBCJSS5NEK5HDXFPVMMNYFL4.JPG "Mychael Latimer Jr., 3, stands in the intersection of N 22nd street at East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd where the road remained closed as protesters demanded justice for George Floyd and other victims of police brutality on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Tampa.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XOCUODOQTVCZLMXXLIKZKJ6SZQ.png "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a framed snowflake that reads \"fascist\" in Iowa on Friday.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/6HQY3D6LRNA2FEX4ZJNCVI2XUI.jpeg "Kenneth Macejka titled his winning image \"Shocking.\" He said the reddish egret was taking a break from feeding in the Gulf of Mexico.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/GAJLLSO2GBDODLO2LRHIAU7GIY.JPG "Raymond Whitehurst, 93, and Vivian Whitehurst ,92, were married September 14, 1947. A Lane DeGregory story about the couple won first place in short features in the Society of Features Journalism contest.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/I76SATH4GJD7DIWYKSB4GKC364.png "Google celebrates the Tampa Bay Bucs with fireworks.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/VFS5GTMN3FHOPEYQH66FE3LW6Q.jpg "Halloween costumes, clockwise from left: Stephanie Hayes as a murder hornet, Christopher Spata as Rays fans and Gabrielle Calise as \"Bending Arc.\"")