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Malena Carollo - Former Transportation, Energy & Insurance Reporter
Malena Carollo

Former Transportation, Energy & Insurance Reporter

I'm passionate about writing stories that expose broken systems and wrongdoing. My work brought to light an auto lender taking advantage of Floridians, highlighted burgeoning neighborhood surveillance and prompted an investigation by the Florida Attorney General's Office. Help me learn what's going on in your part of Tampa Bay. Contact me more securely on Signal at (813) 591-0688. I earned my master’s degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where I studied investigative and data reporting and practical digital security. Before the Times, I covered cybersecurity for the Christian Science Monitor’s Passcode section.

  1. Florida insurer Gulfstream agrees to liquidate
    Jul. 23• Business
    Pictured is the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation's building. | [Courtesy of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation]
  2. What’s going on with gas prices? AAA’s Mark Jenkins explains
    Jul. 21• Business
    Pictured is Mark Jenkins, spokesperson for AAA, the Auto Club Group. | [Courtesy of Mark Jenkins]
  3. A company asked to ship gas through Tampa’s port. Then it ‘disappeared.’
    Jul. 20• Business
    Strom Inc. previously listed an Ybor City building as its physical location, which it no longer occupies. Pictured is the building.
  5. Tampa International shops are hiring for 150 positions
    Jul. 12• Business
    Tampa International Airport's shops and restaurants are hiring for more than 100 positions. Pictured is the Columbia Restaurant Cafe in Tampa International Airport. | [Times (2012)]
  6. Duke Energy customer bills will go up to cover 2020 hurricane costs
    Jul. 8• Business
    A downed tree along 38th Avenue in St. Petersburg affected the power lines following Tropical Storm Eta last year. | [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times (2020)]
  7. More than 5,000 without power in Tampa Bay
    Jul. 7• Hurricane
    Power outages were reported in both Hillsborough and Pinellas counties as Tropical Storm Elsa passed early Wednesday morning.
  8. Apertura del aeropuerto internacional de Tampa después de la tormenta tropical Elsa
    Jul. 7• CENTRO
    Cancelaciones de vuelos en un tablero en el lote de espera del Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampa el martes 6 de julio de 2021.
  9. Miles de hogares sin luz en Tampa Bay
    Jul. 7• CENTRO
    SIn luz en varios hogares de Pinellas y Hillsborough tras el paso de la tormenta tropical Elsa.[ TECO and Duke Energy ]
  10. Tampa International Airport opening after Tropical Storm Elsa
    Jul. 7• Hurricane
    Flight cancellations seen on a board at Tampa International Airport's cell phone waiting lot on Tuesday.
  11. It’s a quiet day after Elsa in Tampa Bay
    Jul. 7• Hurricane
    John Pack, 52, fishes from the Dunedin Causeway following Tropical Storm Elsa Wednesday.
  12. Tropical Storm Elsa causes power outages but no major flooding so far
    Jul. 7• Hurricane
    A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite captured this view of Tropical Storm Elsa churning off the coast of west Florida early Wednesday.
  13. Tampa Bay’s power companies prepare for Tropical Storm Elsa
    Jul. 6• Hurricane
    A lineman with Service Electric Co., a subcontractor with Duke Energy, works on a project at Duke's substation on Jan. 7, 2020, at 5400 Ulmerton Road in Largo.
  14. Peoples Gas sued after gas explosion killed USF student
    Jun. 29• Business
    A home exploded following a nearby gas leak late last year, killing a University of South Florida student who was visiting his parents. Pictured is the home in a photo included in a lawsuit. | [Courtesy of Frank Melton]
  15. Florida insurance regulator places Sarasota insurer under its supervision
    Jun. 28• Business
    The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has placed a Sarasota-based property insurer under its supervision to “wind down” the company. Pictured is Florida Office of Insurance Regulation insurance commissioner David Altmaier. | [Courtesy of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation]
  16. What’s going on with construction at Tampa International Airport?
    Jun. 23• Business
    What's going on with construction at Tampa International Airport? Pictured is part of the construction in June. | [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
  17. Tampa International will have few American Airlines cancellations
    Jun. 21• Business
    American Airlines canceled dozens of flights nationally, but few cancellations are expected at Tampa International Airport. Pictured is an American Airlines flight in January. | [Chris Urso | Times]
  18. More people have died around Florida Power & Light’s lines than any other Florida utility
    Jun. 17• Business
    Magaly Terry-Gonzalez shows pictures of her husband, Eliseo De La Guardia, who died in 2013 when he was electrocuted by a power line while picking avocados. | [MARTHA ASENCIO-RHINE | Times]
  19. The Sunshine Skyway wasn’t lit for Pride. Could that change?
    Jun. 10• Business
    The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is seen lit up on Oct. 20, 2019 in St. Petersburg. The Florida Department of Transportation installed about 1,800 colored LED light fixtures on the Sunshine Skyway bridge. St. Petersburg asked the state in 2020 and 2021 to light the bridge up with rainbow colors for Pride month, but the state said that was not one of the Skyway's pre-existing light patterns.
  20. Hurricane season is here. What’s different for insurance this year?
    Jun. 5• Business
    What do you need to know about your insurance now that hurricane season has arrived? The Tampa Bay Times talked with Jake Holehouse, president of HH Insurance Group. | [Courtesy of Jake Holehouse]
  21. La temporada de huracanes está aquí. ¿Qué diferencias en términos de pólizas y seguros hay este año?
    Jun. 2• CENTRO
    En Florida, a menudo es necesario realizar una inspección de cuatro puntos y una inspección de mitigación del viento.
  22. Nueva aerolínea despega desde el Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampa
    Jun. 1• CENTRO
    Un avión de Breeze Airways tomó su primer vuelo desde el Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampa el jueves 27 de mayo de 2021.
  23. New Breeze Airways takes off from Tampa International Airport
    May 27• Business
    Breeze Airways CEO David Neeleman celebrates with champagne before the new airline took its first flight from Tampa International Airport on Thursday. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
  24. Tres aseguradoras de Florida eliminarán un total de 50,000 pólizas
    May 20• CENTRO
    El destino de las pólizas canceladas aún está en el aire. El candidato más probable para absorberlos es Citizens Property Insurance Co., la aseguradora de propiedad estatal de último recurso.