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A Tampa boy was born with a rare disease. His parents refuse to give up hope.
Lincoln’s Shot
A Tampa boy was born with a rare disease. His parents refuse to give up hope.
The lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and other men on Florida’s Death Row.
Blood & Truth
The lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and other men on Florida’s Death Row.
Forty-eight years after being attacked, a St. Petersburg woman searches for a way to cope.
Gang raped at 17. Therapy at 65.
Forty-eight years after being attacked, a St. Petersburg woman searches for a way to cope.
Anthony Roy felt threatened in his own back yard. So he got a gun. What would you do? Could this happen in your neighborhood?
The House on the Corner
Anthony Roy felt threatened in his own back yard. So he got a gun. What would you do? Could this happen in your neighborhood?
The lawyer. The priests. The cops. Strangers. So many people saw Phoebe on her last day alive, skipping beside her dad as he unraveled, holding his hand.
The Long Fall of Phoebe Jonchuck
The lawyer. The priests. The cops. Strangers. So many people saw Phoebe on her last day alive, skipping beside her dad as he unraveled, holding his hand.
At Tampa Bay farm-to-table restaurants, you’re being fed fiction.
Farm to Fable
At Tampa Bay farm-to-table restaurants, you’re being fed fiction.
She was found curled up in a filthy room, unable to speak or make eye contact. They called her a feral child. Could nurturing make up for a lifetime of neglect?
Girl in the Window
She was found curled up in a filthy room, unable to speak or make eye contact. They called her a feral child. Could nurturing make up for a lifetime of neglect?
He was accused of a crime he swore he never committed; she believed her 4-year-old.
'What the hell did you do to my daughter?'
He was accused of a crime he swore he never committed; she believed her 4-year-old.
She had taught at the Parkland high school for 14 years when a shooter changed everything.
Can she go back?
She had taught at the Parkland high school for 14 years when a shooter changed everything.
One in three families can’t afford diapers. Why are they so expensive?
The Bottom Line
One in three families can’t afford diapers. Why are they so expensive?
He's pretty sure we've all moved on.
Do you remember the student who was shot at FSU?
He's pretty sure we've all moved on.

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    May 27• WriteLane
    Douglas Clifford settles into his bedroom with a mask and sweater on the evening of March 30, after developing a low-grade fever. Six days later, he received confirmation he was positive for COVID-19. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]
    Despite precautions, a journalist came down with the coronavirus.
  2. A St. Pete sailor dreamed of an epic adventure. Then, he disappeared.
    May 27• Pinellas
    Jim Slauson stands next to his Core Sound Mark 3 sailboat on the beach at Fort DeSoto on March 6. The next day, the 75-year-old St. Petersburg resident launched from the beach as a competitor in the WaterTribe Everglades Challenge, a 300-mile race from Fort DeSoto to Key Largo. He went missing that Monday, and though his boat was recovered in the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles west of Marco Island, Slauson hasn't been found. [Courtesy David Humpel]
    Jim Slauson shoved off for the Everglades Challenge, a race from Fort DeSoto to Key Largo, excited but alone.
  5. Comforting the dying and their families — from a distance
    May 23• Narratives
    At Suncoast, Victoria Long talks with a hospice resident. She misses smiling at patients and holding their hands. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
    Hospice chaplains have become surrogates for loved ones and counselors to the caregivers.
  6. Before we write: WriteLane podcast
    May 20• WriteLane
    Allison Harris waits on customers at Baba on May 8, the day the restaurant reopened. [JAMES BORCHUCK | Times]
    Listen in on a coaching conversation as we discuss how to structure a story.
  7. Without a job, endless days of waiting and worry
    May 17• Narratives
    Allison Harris spent weeks waiting for "normal" to return. She missed her job at Baba restaurant in St. Petersburg. [JAMES BORCHUCK | Times]
    St. Petersburg waitress wondered how she’d make do after her restaurant closed. Then she wondered if she could return.
  8. Skyway bridge disaster coverage from 1980: Death rode in on early morning storm
    May 8• Narratives
    Front page of the St. Petersburg Times May 10, 1980. Features coverage of the Sunshine Skyway disaster. [St. Petersburg Times]
    This story from the Tampa Bay Times archives was written on May 9, 1980 for the next day’s newspaper.
  9. The little box that keeps on giving
    May 7• Narratives
    Pamela Taylor, who is diabetic, takes a nutritional drink from the Little Free Pantry. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
    Traffic at a Gulfport neighborhood pantry has tripled during the coronavirus pandemic.
  10. I can’t be with my mom on Mother’s Day. So I interviewed her.
    May 7• Narratives
    Family photos of reporter Gabrielle Calise and her mom, Lena Georges. [GABRIELLE CALISE | Times]
    Coronavirus keeps us physically distant, but I can still be close to my mom through her memories.
  11. 40 years after the Skyway bridge disaster, divers can’t forget what they saw underwater
    May 6• Narratives
    Former FDOT underwater bridge inspectors Robert Raiola, 73, and Michael Betz, 66, pose near the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge Wednesday, April 29, 2020. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
    Two bridge inspectors helped retrieve victims after the Sunshine Skyway collapsed. Now they tell their story.
  12. Searching for the bright side during a pandemic: WriteLane podcast
    May 6• WriteLane
    John Riesebeck, owner of Smokin' J's BBQ, poses in front of his smokehouse in Gulfport. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
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