Podcast appearances and mentions of lane degregory

On this episode, we're joined by Bennet Goldstein. Bennet covers agriculture and the environment in the heartland for Wisconsin Watch as part of Report for America. He works on the Mississippi River Basin Agriculture and Water Desk – a collaborative reporting group. He previously worked for newspapers in Iowa and Nebraska.Bennett talked about the purpose of the Ag and Water Desk, which covers 31 states, and the 10 command-prompts that help guide the desk's mission of covering important, impactful stories. He explained the desk's collaborative approachHe gave examples of stories he worked on, including- Opposition to the starting of a pig farm in a small Wisconsin town- The pollution in Lake Superior, whose water is important to the fishing industry for the Ojibwe Native American tribe.- LGBTQ farmers in the Midwest and how that challenges the traditional husband and wife own the farm, son inherits it stereotype. He also wrote about how doing the story changed his perception about being gay and covering what he covers. And he shared the important (and humorous) role that gossip has played in his career path.We hope you're inspired by this episode and others we've done recently to learn more about Report for America.Report for America is a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.They are accepting applications to be part of their next reporter class through January 31st.If you're interested, I recommend visiting their website at reportforamerica.org. And check out the video promoting the Ag and Water Desk.Bennett's salute: Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay TimesThank you as always for listening. Please send us feedback to journalismsalute@gmail.com,Visit our website: thejournalismsalute.org Mark's website (MarkSimonmedia.com)Tweet us at @journalismpod.Subscribe to our newsletter- journalismsalute.substack.comAnd find us on TikTok at @journalismsalute.

Lane DeGregory of the Tampa Bay Times talks about taking a walk with an ailing, elderly man, his amazing pet, and the good dogs can do.You can read the story here: Time is short, but Zeke the Labrador lives to keep his owner alive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While city leaders around Tampa Bay were debating whether to outlaw panhandling, Lane DeGregory spent two days on the streets, learning how to convince drivers to give you money.You can read the story here: THE TRUTH IS FLEXIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A reader called the newspaper: He'd found a note in an ancient Pepsi bottle behind his house. Lane DeGregory set out to find whoever wrote it. And helped make a heart-breaking connection.You can read the story here: A MESSAGE FROM ROGER | Poynter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 113 Notes and Links to Nicole Santa Cruz's Work        Nicole Santa Cruz is a reporter covering issues of inequality in the Southwest. She joined ProPublica from the Los Angeles Times, where she spent nearly 12 years as a staff writer. As lead reporter on the Times' Homicide Report, a groundbreaking public service project that documents every homicide victim in Los Angeles County, she reported on the lives of hundreds of people, highlighting neighborhoods that were disproportionately affected by violence and uncovering trends, including an increase in women being killed even as officials hailed a decline in murders. Santa Cruz also assembled a first-of-its-kind database of county prosecutor memos detailing fatal police encounters. She began her career on the Times' national desk, from which she was dispatched to the swamps of Louisiana to cover the BP oil spill and to her hometown of Tucson, Arizona, to write about the 2011 mass shooting at an event held by then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Santa Cruz's work at ProPublica focuses on investigating the impact of inequities on marginalized communities. She is based in Phoenix.       On Episode 113 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Nicole Santa Cruz, and the two talk about her bookworm childhood, her decision to take up journalism, as well as her early days of reporting on Orange County and some sensational stories in SoCal. Much of the discussion focuses on her time at the extremely important Los Angeles Times “Homicide Report,” as well as her current work covering ideas of inequality in the Southwest.  A Selection of Nicole's Articles through MuckRack   The Los Angeles Times “Homicide Report”   "What covering hundreds of homicides taught me" from 2021 Los Angeles Times At about 2:30, Nicole gives background on her reading life as a child and adolescent   At about 4:50, Nicole talks about the formative experience of working in journalism at the University of Arizona   At about 7:40, Nicole talks about her early reading interests   At about 8:45, Nicole shouts out Lane DeGregory, Thomas French, and George Sánchez as some of the many journalists who inspired and inspire her    At about 12:25, Nicole responds to Pete's question about accurate portrayals of newsrooms and Nicole's experience with journalism   At about 13:15, Nicole answers Pete's question about representation in what she read, especially in journalism    At about 14:40, Nicole details early days in her career, including covering Michael Jackson's death   At about 16:30, Pete asks Nicole about her early experiences with being an empathetic and sympathetic listener as a journalist; Nicole also talks about seeing mental health care for journalists perspectives changing    At about 18:55, Pete wonders about the Gabriele Giffords shooting as emblematic and foreshadowing   At about 23:00, Nicole chronicles her work on the BP oil spill   At about 26:00, Nicole provides background on the earliest iterations of The Homicide Report and how she became involved in 2013   At about 27:45, Pete wonders about The Homicide Report's philosophy/mission, and Nicole talks about the idea of “humanizing   At about 30:40, Pete gives an example of a Homicide Report post, and asks Nicole about the paper's rationale on including the race of the victim, and the fraught term “gang-related”   At about 34:50, Pete wonders about sensationalizing certain murders   At about 39:10, Pete refers to the retrospective Nicole wrote about her time at The Homicide Report, as the two discuss some heartbreaking stories Nicole chronicled and revisited    At about 40:30, Pete references Roberto Saviano's quote about “dying twice” and The Holocaust Museum in making the point about the power of individual stories   At about 42:00, Nicole gives perspective on why some felt it a “point of pride” to know people from The Homicide Report    At about 44:30, Nicole discusses relationships with police connected to the report   At about 45:45, Nicole reflects on the common question she was asked in the homicide reporting field   At about 48:30, Nicole repeats what she's been told about a “before and after” for loved ones of homicide victims   At about 50:00, Nicole sums up her work with ProPublica, including a desire to use data in new and efficient ways    At about 53:30, Nicole responds to Pete's question about how ideas of objectivity in journalism have changed in recent years in the “Age of Trump”    At about 56:00, Pete asks Nicole about a “dream project”   At about 57:00, Pete talks about his admiration for the “public service” done by Nicole Santa Cruz     You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 114 with Reyna Grande. Reyna is an award-winning novelist and memoirist. She has received an American Book Award, the El Premio Aztlan Literary Award, and the Latino Book Award, among many honors and awards. I have known Reyna for about 10 years now, as she visited my classes in LA a few times to speak to students. I look forward to talking with her about her highly-anticipated March 15 release of A Ballad of Love & Glory. The episode will air on March 22.     This episode is the last of five this week. On Monday, March 21, there will be a drawing for a $100 gift card to bookshop.org. In order to enter the drawing: DM Pete on Twitter by Monday at 8am PST with the five code words that are contained (one per episode) within each day's podcast.  Retweet any five tweets that have episode links for Episodes 109-113, with Ben Guest, Bryce Hedstrom, Taylor Byas, James Tate Hill, and Nicole Santa Cruz, respectively.  

When Detective Scott Apple entered room 348 of the MCM Elegante Hotel, he didn't think he had a mystery on his hands. A man named Greg Fleniken lay dead on the floor. The hotel room showed no signs of a struggle. Greg's wallet contained more than $1,000. His body showed no obvious signs of trauma. Clearly, he hadn't been the victim of a robbery or foul play. It seemed a lifetime of smoking had caught up with him. But an autopsy revealed otherwise. Then Brandi tells us about a love triangle. Rachel Wade and Sarah Ludemann were in love with the same guy -- Josh Camacho. But rather than turn their anger toward the guy who was playing them both, Rachel and Sarah battled one another. Sarah showed up at Rachel's work to harass her. They left each other nasty voicemails. Then, on the evening of April 14, 2009, Rachel headed over to an ex-boyfriend's house. But before she left, she tucked a knife into her purse.  And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “The Body in Room 348” by Mark Bowden for Vanity Fair “I know what you did,” episode of 20/20 “Trial nixed in civil suit over notorious death at MCM Elegante Hotel,” by David Yates for the Southeast Texas Record “Wife of man found dead at MCM Elegante proceeds with lawsuit,” by Sarah Moore for the Beaumont Enterprise “Update: Lance Mueller gets 10 year prison sentence for shooting,” The Chippewa Herald In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “One teen boy, two teen girls and homicide” by Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay Times “Rachel Wade Sentenced: Teenage Love Triangle Murderer Gets 27 Years for Death of Sarah Ludemann” by Kevin Hayes, CBS News “Teen love triangle: Street fight over boyfriend ends in death” True Crime Daily “Rachel Wade” episode Snapped “Woman found guilty in death of love rival” by Mark Douglas, The Tampa Tribune “Rachel Wade” wikipedia.org YOU'RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We'd offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you'll get 25+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90's style chat room!  

Lane DeGregory, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, podcaster, and journalist is “On The Record With Sarina Fazan.” A prolific writer, Lane has written more than 3,000 stories for newspapers and magazines over the past 30 years. Her love for writing began as a child and remains her passion today. On this podcast, she shares her own inspirational story with Sarina! For more discussions like this one, make sure to subscribe to the podcast “On The Record With Sarina Fazan." Sarina Fazan's wardrobe provided by Triage Consignment Boutique (www.Facebook.com/triageconsignment). Sarina Fazan's dry cleaning and laundry provided by ZIPS Dry Cleaners (www.321zips.com/tampa). Sarina Fazan's hair styling is courtesy of Blow Bar Express (www.blowbarexpress.com). Marc Marino, a financial advisor with Edward Jones, sponsors the “Let's Spread Kindness” initiative and the “On The Record With Sarina Fazan” podcast. CLICK HERE to learn more about Marc Marino. Find out how you can help spread kindness at www.LetsSpreadKindness.com, and follow the “Let's Spread Kindness” initiative on Facebook and Instagram @startspreadingkindness. #SarinaFazanMedia #SFM #TampaNews #ShareYourStory #Podcast #Community #News #TampaBay #Tampa #Florida #OnTheRecord #Journalist #LaneDeGregory #PulitzerPrizeWinner #Author #Podcaster

Rita Crundwell had just about everything. She owned multiple properties. A kick ass RV. 400 horses. A freezer full of horse semen. How did she support herself? Well, that depended on who you asked. Some people thought her parents had been early investors in Campbell’s Soup. Other people thought her side hustle brought in good money. One thing was certain -- Rita’s salary as the treasurer of Dixon, Illinois, wasn’t enough to cover her lavish lifestyle. Then Brandi tells us a terrible story that begins in a doublewide trailer in Florida. The bank had recently foreclosed on the trailer. Neighbors said that the two sisters who occupied it hadn’t been there in months. But when a father and son crew arrived to clean it out, they discovered a horrible stench. The body of Debbie Burns had been wrapped in several blankets and a shower curtain. Her sister, Barbara, was nowhere to be found.   And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: The documentary “All the Queen’s Horses”  “Rita Crundwell” entry on Wikipedia In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “The Saint: Barbara Burns was devoted to her disabled sister” by Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay Times “The Sacrifice: Barbara Burns wanted her life back, so she took another” by Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay Times “She cared for her sister her whole life. Then she killed her.” by Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay Times

This is a rebroadcast of the talk that Matt Tullis had with Mike Wilson in May 2015. Wilson was just named a deputy editor for enterprise in Sports at the New York Times. When we did this interview, Wilson had just been named editor of the Dallas Morning News. Wilson has a long track record of supporting journalists who write narratives. When he was at the Tampa Bay Times, he worked with a number of reporters who have been on this show: Ben Montgomery, Lane DeGregory, Michael Kruse, Kelley Benham French, Leonora LaPeter Anton, John Woodrow Cox, and more. They’re all excellent storytellers. That, in Wilson’s mind, is important, especially in news organizations. “Stories are how we understand the world, or how we share our experiences,” he said in the show. “They're how we communicate with loved ones. So it's very elemental stuff for human beings. So it's only natural that telling stories as journalists would also be really important.” When Wilson was a top editor at the Tampa Bay Times, the newspaper started publishing Encounters. The front page series consisted of short, interesting stories that one would not define traditionally as news. “It was supposed to be a really enjoyable five to six minute read for readers,” he said. “The Michael Kruse story about the guy teaching his daughter to ride a bike, there was absolutely nothing special about that story and then everything was special about it. It described this moment that probably just about every parent has been through of setting up your child on two wheels for the first time and letting go and watching them take those first few kind of halting pedaling steps forward and it was just this absolutely beautiful capturing of a universal moment."

On this crossover episode, enterprise editor Maria Carrillo, enterprise reporter Lane DeGregory and audio producer Allison Graves discuss the ways the Tampa Bay Times newsroom is covering the coronavirus pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two volunteers answer Lane DeGregory's favorite question while on stage, in Norway, before a live audience. 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.

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.

On spending a night with Stormy Daniels at Thee Doll House in Tampa; on her remarkable piece about the trials, nightmares and slow growth of a feral child; on knocking on strange doors and sleeping side by side beneath a bridge with sex offenders.

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

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

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

The Girl in the Window by Floridian Magazine. And The Girl in the Window read by Lane DeGregory. And for the description, could we just say: Remember the story that broke your heart?

Today's Guest: Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay Times journalist, reporter, 2009 winner of Pulitzer Prize Feature Writing Lane DeGregory, St. Petersburg Times, Winner, 2009 Pulitzer Prize Feature Writing The story you’re about to hear is true, even if it sounds implausible even for fiction. It’s about a little girl named Danielle, “The Girl in the Window” described in Lane DeGregory’s story in the St. Petersburg Times that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. I remember the day that Lane’s story first appeared in the paper. My wife, who is an editor in the Times newsfeatures department, came home that night talking about the crazy traffic at the newspaper’s website, all drawn to the incredible tale of the feral child. Within days, there were 1,284 comments posted to the paper’s website about just this story. I can tell you that Lane DeGregory is one of the most admired reporters at the St. Petersburg Times, a newspaper that has won its shared of Pulitzers over the last quarter century. But she is also one of the best-liked journalists at the paper. Lane DeGregory Website • Facebook • Twitter • Tampa Bay Times Profile Order a daily subscription to the Tampa Bay Times, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the newspaper above! Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!   The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

This week's episode looks at “The Long Fall of Phoebe Jonchuck,” by Lane DeGregory for the Tampa Bay Times in January 2016. The story looks at the life and tragic death of Phoebe Jonchuck, a five-year-old girl, murdered by her father, who dropped her from the side of a bridge. I talk with Lane about the challenges of exploring this difficult story. Lane Degregory is a feature writer for the Tampa Bay Times. She has won dozens of national awards, including the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for her story "The Girl in the Window."     Some other great examples of Lane's storytelling: A Message from Roger At 99, a St. Petersburg man finds meaning in the working life Driving headlong into a sunny paradise Couple falls for the biggest game at the fair   For next week: A Million Little Boxes by Oliver Roeder

This week's episode looks at “The Wreck of Amtrak 188,” written by Matt Shaer for the New York Times Magazine in January 2016. The story examines one of the worst rail disasters in American history, which occurred just north of Philadelphia in May of 2015. It looks at the accident, the victims, and Brandon Bostian, the man who was driving the train that night. Matthew Shaer is an author and award-winning magazine journalist based in Atlanta. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, GQ, New York, Harper's, Fast Company, Wired, Men's Journal, Popular Science, and Smithsonian Magazine.   For next week, check out "The Long Fall of Phoebe Jonchuck" by Lane DeGregory.

Lane DeGregory is a Pulitzer Prize-winning feature writer at the Tampa Bay Times. In early January, the Times published a long story by DeGregory, told in three chapters, about a five-year-old girl whose father killed her by dropping her off a bridge into the ocean. “The Long Fall of Phoebe Jonchuck” is a brutal yet powerful piece that shows how a sweet little girl was the victim of a child protective services system that let far too many children fall through the cracks. The editor on this story was Kelley Benham French, now a professor of practice at the Indiana University Media School. We featured French on the podcast after she wrote the three-part series, “Never Let Go.” DeGregory won a Pulitzer in 2009 for feature writing for her story, “The Girl in the Window.” Her work has appeared in Best Newspaper Writing in four times. She has taught journalism at the University of South Florida – St. Petersburg, been a speaker at the Nieman Narrative Conference at Harvard University, and won dozens of national awards. She’s also known for finding wonderful stories among everyday lives, including a piece on a flag-toting rodeo rider, and a boy buying a Valentine card for his first girlfriend.

Kelley Benham French of the Tampa Bay Times wrote the three-part series “Never let go.” The story focuses on the birth of Juniper French, the daughter of Kelley and husband Tom French (as in Pulitzer Prize-winning Tom French). Juniper was born at 23 weeks, six days and weighed just one pound, four ounces at birth. While written in the first-person, this story is not your typical piece of memoir. Benham reported the hell out of this story, starting with more than 7,000 pages of medical records and continuing on with extensive interviews with ever doctor, nurse and social worker involved in her daughter’s life. French is now a professor of practice at the Indiana University Media School. She recently worked as the editor on Lane DeGregory's piece, "The Long Fall of Phoebe Jonchuck."

Mike Wilson is finishing up his first few months as the new editor of the Dallas Morning News. Wilson came to Dallas from ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight website, where he was managing editor. Before that, he was the editor of the St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay Times. While in St. Petersburg, Wilson oversaw a staff of incredibly talented writers and reporters, many of whom have been featured on this podcast, reporters like Ben Montgomery, Michael Kruse and Kelley Benham French. During the podcast, we talk about a series of stories that ran in the St. Petersburg Times called Encounters. One by Kruse was about a dad teaching his young daughter how to ride a bike. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the writers Wilson cultivated in Florida. He was the primary editor on Lane DeGregory’s story, “The Girl in the Window,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2009. During our discussion, we also talk about a story Wilson said he recently read, titled “The Root of All Things,” by Nathan Thornburgh. The piece ran on the website roadsandkingdoms.com, an independent journal of food, politics, travel and culture. It’s a story well worth checking out.

Gena Asher speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lane DeGregory, who writes for writes for the Tampa Bay Times – St. Petersburg Times.