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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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The story behind the story of a woman just doing her job, dressed as the Statue of Liberty.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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 editing the daily coverage, and she hosts this week’s episode.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.”  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This podcast features a discussion around the fourth chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 19, 2018.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This podcast features a discussion around the third chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 18, 2018.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This podcast features a discussion around the second chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 17, 2018.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.