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  1. St. Pete Pride grand marshal invites a special plus-one: Dad
    June 27• Narratives
    Alex Quinto spots a friend of his with a sign bearing his drag name along the St. Pete Pride parade route on June 24, 2023 in St. Petersburg. Alex was nominated to be one of the three grand marshals for his work with LGBTQ+ youth.
  2. Beneath a Fort Myers bridge, a captain longs to return to sea
    March 8• Narratives
    John "Capt. Jay" Burki has a smoke at his camp underneath the Matanzas Pass Bridge on a mid-February day in Fort Myers Beach. After Hurricane Ian smashed his boat, he woke tangled in trees, scratched and battered. A Coast Guard helicopter flew him to a shelter. “Which I walked right out of,” he says. “I can’t live with all those people.”
  3. In Gulfport, Ukrainian girls find sunshine — and refuge from war
    Dec. 21, 2022• Narratives
    Sisters Yulia Hamota, 12, and Alina Hamota, 10, chat while playing on a Gulfport playground in July. The sisters arrived in Florida with their mother to live with their aunt and uncle, fleeing the Russian invasion in their native Ukraine.
  5. From her courthouse perch, she watches the world go by
    Dec. 2, 2022• Narratives
    Carlena Ward shares a moment with a coworker from a desk at the Pat Collier Frank Courthouse in Tampa on Monday, October 24, 2022.
  6. Facing leukemia, a St. Petersburg dad hoped for a stranger’s help
    Nov. 23, 2022• Narratives
    Emily Croslin watches as her father, Bob Croslin, cuts into a pumpkin for carving in Emily's kitchen in October.
  7. Memory Mornings at the Chihuly Collection offer an escape into art
    Sept. 14, 2022• Narratives
    Susan Allen, 71, brings her husband, Richard Rolfes, 88, to the Chihuly Collection’s Mille Fiori piece at the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg. They joined the Memory Mornings tour, which gives caregivers such as Susan, and her husband, Richard, who lives with Alzheimer's and dementia, the opportunity to tour the arts center and complete an art activity.
  8. Onstage for the first time, amateur actors put hardships on hold
    June 2, 2022• Narratives
    Sharika Reeves, 35, performs “Ireland” while playing the part of Paulette during rehearsal for a production of the musical "Legally Blonde, Jr." the musical. She is part of a collaboration between Destination Theatre and Boley Centers in which professional actors are paired with differently abled actors.
  9. Looking back: WriteLane podcast
    Dec. 30, 2020• WriteLane
    From left, Maria Carrillo, Lane DeGregory and Christopher Goffard discuss his approach to storytelling during a WriteLane episode recorded at a Norwegian conference.
  10. Finding new story forms: WriteLane podcast
    Dec. 23, 2020• WriteLane
    Assistant Manager Shak Siddiquee talked to the Times about life in March, as he worked to keep the Gulfport Shell open and safe.
  11. Examining ethics, part two: WriteLane podcast
    Dec. 16, 2020• Narratives
    Kelly McBride
  12. Examining ethics: WriteLane podcast
    Dec. 9, 2020• WriteLane
    Kelly McBride has taught reporting, writing, editing and ethics at the Poynter Institute.
  13. How to heal? WriteLane podcast
    Dec. 2, 2020• WriteLane
    Billy Overcast talks about the recent presidential election while at home in St. Petersburg.
  14. The bruise on the apple: WriteLane podcast
    Nov. 25, 2020• WriteLane
    Linda Clark taught band and directed the choirs at Tyrone Middle School before retiring. Here, she chats with student Leonard Carter.
  15. Does it matter where you go to school? WriteLane podcast
    Nov. 18, 2020• WriteLane
    Omar Rashad
  16. The saint and the sacrifice: WriteLane podcast
    Nov. 11, 2020• WriteLane
    Barbara Burns, pictured at home in October.
  17. International investigative reporting: WriteLane podcast
    Nov. 4, 2020• WriteLane
    Fentanyl victim Joseph Williams' mother, Susan, and sister, Emily Spell.
  18. Hurting right now? WriteLane podcast
    Oct. 28, 2020• WriteLane
    Jennifer Jones with a Furby that belonged to her late brother.
  19. Drawing from fiction: WriteLane podcast
    Oct. 21, 2020• WriteLane
    A hunting trophy sits on a bookshelf at Finca Vigia, the Havana home of Ernest Hemingway. [Associated Press]
  20. Digging up old murders - CounterClock: WriteLane podcast
    Oct. 14, 2020• WriteLane
    Delia D’Ambra produces CounterClock, a true crime podcast.
  21. Finding stories from the past - From Saloons to Steakhouses: WriteLane podcast
    Oct. 7, 2020• WriteLane
    Andrew T. Huse is an author and librarian, who specializes in archives at the University of South Florida Tampa Library's Special Collections.
  22. Finding inspiration: WriteLane podcast
    Sept. 30, 2020• WriteLane
    One editor has been spending time on the water, and it's been a great escape.
  23. Politics in a pandemic: WriteLane podcast
    Sept. 23, 2020• WriteLane
    The Times' Steve Contorno addresses questions to Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at USF Health's Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation on July 2 in Tampa.
  24. Love in the time of coronavirus: WriteLane podcast
    Sept. 16, 2020• WriteLane
    Dorothy and James Hair got married because they feared he would be sent overseas to Korea. Instead, they landed at Fort Dix, N.J. where they are photographed here in May 1951.
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