WriteLane
Summary: Lane DeGregory is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Tampa Bay Times reporter who prefers writing about people in the shadows. Lane graduated from the University of Virginia, where she was editor-in-chief of the Cavalier Daily student newspaper. Later, she earned a master’s degree in rhetoric and communication studies from U.Va. She previously worked for the Daily Progress and The Virginian-Pilot and moved to Florida in 2000 to write for the Times. She has won dozens of national awards, including twice winning Scripps Howard’s Ernie Pyle Award for human interest writing, eight National Headliner Awards and been recognized eight times by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. She teaches at the University of South Florida, the Poynter Institute and journalism conferences across the world. Contact her at writelane@tampabay.com.
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Podcasts:
In this week's podcast, DeGregory talks about zigging while others zag and following the ripples. To read the teacher's story, please go: http://www.tampabay.com/news/Today-s-WriteLane-podcast-Narratives-off-the-news_165662386. The story is republished there. Read the Trayvon Martin story here: http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/trayvon-martins-killing-shatters-safety-within-retreat-at-twin-lakes-in/1221799 Read the drag queen story here: http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/drag-queen-who-escaped-orlando-shooting-calls-for-the-music-to-play-on/2281843
In this week’s episode, Lane DeGregory talks about a boy’s quest to find the perfect Valentine's card and another boy's plea for a family. Read the stories here: http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/on-valentines-day-a-boys-rite-of-passage-is-finding-the-right-words/2165429 http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/amid-churchgoers-orphan-pleads-for-a-family/2145907
To read the stories mentioned in the podcast, go to: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/09/10/episode-8-finding-great-ideas-part-two/
To read the stories mentioned in the podcast, go to: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/writelane/2018/09/10/episode-7-finding-great-ideas-part-one/
Today’s podcast is about working with photographers and features a conversation about a terminally ill man trying to come to grips with his mortality. Read the story here: http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2016/features/prince-vinegar-right-to-die-florida-als-gehrig-disease/
More advice on reporting, with prompts from a recent ask-me-anything on Reddit.
In today’s episode, Lane DeGregory talks about Anthony Roy and his family. Read their story here: http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2017/features/house-on-the-corner
In today’s episode, Lane discusses a story she wrote about race car driver Dan Wheldon’s widow. Read the story here: http://www.tampabay.com/sports/autoracing/susie-wheldon-wife-of-late-indycar-champion-dan-wheldon-opens-up-about/2315679
A feral child was found starving, covered in her own filth, unable to walk or talk. A new family adopted the girl in 2007, called her Dani, and tried to make up for years of neglect. http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/neglect-feral-child-ten-years-later/
Lane DeGregory talks about reporting and writing her Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a feral child. Read the story here: http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/
