WriteLane

A conversation with Natasha Kondrashova, a Russian journalist who visited the Tampa Bay Times’ newsroom as part of a program of the International Center for Journalists. She discusses the challenges and limitations of working as a journalist in her country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here are tips for how to get a job in journalism, starting with internships. Roy LeBlanc, an assistant metro editor at the Tampa Bay Times , explains what he’s looking for and how he "thins the herd.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The conversation continues over the best ways to begin stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Tampa Bay Times reporter Claire McNeill joins the podcast to discuss her recent story on the battle over abortion in Florida. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we revisit a story told on the 70th anniversary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacqui Banaszynski, editor of the Nieman Storyboard , discusses story forms and how they can help focus your reporting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacqui Banaszynski, editor of the Nieman Storyboard , joins the podcast this week. Banaszynski is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a former assistant managing editor of The Seattle Times and a longtime professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. She also lectures around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalists spend a lot of time writing about politicians, athletes and others who live in the spotlight, but people who don’t generally make headlines sometimes are the most fascinating stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The story behind the story of a woman just doing her job, dressed as the Statue of Liberty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Recently on the podcast, we tackled a question from a college journalism student who asked for five reasons to go into our profession. After that podcast, friends and colleagues provided their own reasons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode, we discuss coverage of the murder trial of John Jonchuck, the man who dropped his 5-year-old daughter, Phoebe, off a bridge one January night in 2015. Tampa Bay Times reporters Josh Solomon and Zachary Sampson, who covered the incident and have been in court for weeks, discuss the process and the challenges. Amy Hollyfield, the Times’ senior deputy editor for news, has been...

A college student asked recently whether journalism was still worth it as a career. The student wanted reasons to go into the business, so here they are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here’s a conversation about a recent week, where one story was inspired by a holiday and another by serendipity. Click here to read the stories: Jewelers in love and A father’s footsteps . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast features a recent conversation with Janet Keeler’s journalism students at the University of South Florida. The focus is on a story reported at the state fair. Read it here: Couple falls for the biggest game at the fair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dick Weiss, a former editor and writing coach at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , joins the podcast to talk about working with reporters and how to get the best out of that relationship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dick Weiss, a former editor and writing coach at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , joins the podcast to talk about a nonprofit called Forward Through Ferguson and his role as a “story catalyst.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathleen McGrory, deputy investigations editor at the Tampa Bay Times , joins the podcast to talk about the reporting that she and Neil Bedi undertook last year. They brought to light problems at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we discuss the reporting behind Blood and Truth, Leonora LaPeter Anton’s six-part serial narrative and nine-part podcast. Find the series at tampabay.com/bloodandtruth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maggie Hoyle-Germann and Anthony DeLuna allowed reporters from the Tampa Bay Times to chronicle their journey toward a miracle cure for their son, Lincoln, who has a hereditary disease that proves fatal to most boys by the age of 2. Here, they discuss what it was like to be the subject of such intense coverage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast features a discussion around the eighth - and final - chapter of a multi-part series, which was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 23, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast features a discussion around the seventh chapter of a multi-part series, which was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 22, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast features a discussion around the sixth chapter of a multi-part series, which was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 21, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast features a discussion around the fifth chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 20, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.