Writelane

This podcast features a discussion around the first chapter of a multi-part series that was published by the Tampa Bay Times on Dec. 16, 2018.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lane DeGregory and Tampa Bay Times photographer John Pendygraft talk about a project they started working on in early 2016. The story involves a dying boy, a desperate mom and some floppy dogs. You can find the series at tampabay.com/lincolnsshot.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Christopher Spata joins the podcast.Spata, a features writer for the Tampa Bay Times, is particularly adept at finding stories that others might never think about or overlook, and particularly at the holidays.Read the stories mentioned in the podcast: How to rent a reindeer? Want to be Santa? The Santa census.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lane DeGregory was recently featured on NPR’s Code Switch discussing The House on the Corner, a story published in the Tampa Bay Times in December 2017. NPR graciously agreed to let us use it on WriteLane. “The House On The Corner” was originally broadcast on NPR’s Code Switch on Nov. 14, 2018. Please be advised that some of the language may be offensive.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hear pointers about editing your work - or someone else's.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you take notes? There may be a better way. Listen up.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The conversation is about writing first-person essays and interjecting yourself as a character in stories.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tampa Bay Times reporter Zack Sampson joins the podcast to talk about covering hurricanes. Sampson went to report from Florida’s Panhandle as Hurricane Michael closed in. To read some of his stories, go to: "We're broken here," Banding together and "We're just waiting."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In honor of Halloween, revisit the story of Ma Barker’s house. And read the story referenced in the podcast: https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/ghostly-warning-dead-gangster-ma-barker-doesnt-want-her-house-moved/2300286  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Check out recent projects from the nola.com newsroom: https://projects.nola.com/the-children-of-central-city/ https://www.nola.com/health/index.ssf/page/a_fragile_state.html.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Check out the video for one of the projects that Vicki Cronis-Nohe and Denise Watson worked on together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkdVMNMw0NA&feature=youtu.be  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To see the series referenced in the podcast, go to: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/10/10/episode-43-follow-your-bliss/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To see the story referenced in the podcast, go to: https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/in-pahokee-football-serves-as-a-way-out/2209006  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Managing projects by Tampa Bay Times  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paying it forward, featuring Tom Huang by Tampa Bay Times  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To read the story discussed in this podcast, go to: https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/-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_171055137  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The future of journalism by Tampa Bay Times  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the list of questions, go to: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/08/29/episode-37-thirty-questions/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carving out character by Tampa Bay Times  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Young Lane by Tampa Bay Times  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.