The Society for Features Journalism hosted a conversation between Lane DeGregory and New York Times writer Eli Saslow to discuss what makes a feature story. Read the article about it here: https://featuresjournalism.org/tag/pulitzer/ Hosted on

The Swan Project

Mar 31st, 2023 25m 51s

Students at the PACE center for girls come from difficult backgrounds. Some have been homeless, in jail, or are teen moms. Lane DeGregory followed them for months, trying to see whether learning to be “ladies” would change their lives.You can r

A Message from Roger

Mar 31st, 2023 22m 7s

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 | Poynt

The Truth is Flexible

Mar 31st, 2023 21m 8s

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

Zeke the Labrador

Mar 31st, 2023 21m 2s

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 Aca

Raising Writers

Sep 26th, 2022 15m 41s

Lane and her mom discuss their writing lives and how they each were drawn to words. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pulse Nightclub Shooting Tests Youth’s Courage

Jul 29th, 2022 25m 3s

Find stakeholders, explore other perspectives, follow someone through a vigil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Brother’s Bond

Jul 29th, 2022 19m 11s

Make a connection, build trust, have a conversation: Dogs, kids, cars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gone in a Flash

Jul 29th, 2022 18m 49s

Hang out at bars, eavesdrop on conversations, bribe with beers, find: Character. Action. Setting. Theme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Driving Headlong into Sunny Eden

Apr 10th, 2022 19m 4s

On this episode of WriteLane: follow your instincts and it might lead to the beach. Lane shares how keeping your "story radar" on, and being willing to follow it, can lead to touching stories in unexpected places. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co

The "THE" Guy

Apr 10th, 2022 16m 37s

On this episode of WriteLane, Lane uncovers a simple lie that changes the course of her entire story. How a seemingly boring travel story turned into her first ever second-person narrative. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info

12 Hours in a COVID ICU Unit

Mar 24th, 2022 24m 15s

On this episode of WriteLane, we take you into the heart of a Covid ICU unit. Lane shares the challenges of reporting from a hospital in a pandemic and how she had to adapt her own reporting process to get the story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.

Turning PR People into Storytellers

Mar 24th, 2022 19m 25s

On this episode of WriteLane, we sit down with Ben Riggs, a senior communications specialist at Kettering Health. He asked us for tips on how to get his team to think and write like storytellers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

Voices of the Pandemic: A Conversation with Eli Saslow

Nov 19th, 2021 19m 56s

Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow recounts the process of collecting and writing a series of first person narratives during the COVID-19 pandemic. These stories are published in his new book, Voices of the Pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast

Wants to be a cop?

Oct 20th, 2021 22m 12s

After a reckoning over policing in America, 30 recruits enroll at the academy. We reflect on how our eight-part series, with an epilogue, came together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looking back

Dec 30th, 2020 21m 37s

After three years and 159 episodes, time for a break. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finding new story forms

Dec 23rd, 2020 29m 59s

Take risks. Ignore naysayers. Trust your instincts. That advice and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Examining ethics, part two

Dec 16th, 2020 28m

The conversation continues with Kelly McBride, NPR’s public editor and chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at the Poynter Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Examining ethics

Dec 9th, 2020 32m 9s

Kelly McBride, NPR’s public editor and chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at the Poynter Institute, discusses the ethical issues journalists face today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to heal?

Dec 2nd, 2020 22m 48s

Listen for a case study in how to pull together a story that’s changing as you report it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The bruise on the apple

Nov 25th, 2020 24m 50s

How to reveal deeper truths about someone you’re writing about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does it matter where you go to school?

Nov 18th, 2020 24m 34s

A California college journalist discusses the industry's elitism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The saint and the sacrifice

Nov 11th, 2020 20m 35s

The details of a 2005 Tampa Bay Times series will be highlighted on a new, true-crime TV show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

International investigative reporting

Nov 4th, 2020 27m 5s

This episode features Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hurting right now?

Oct 28th, 2020 23m 12s

The conversation centers on a story about depression in the era of COVID-19. Read it here: This Florida woman wants you to know you’re not alone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.