NEW: The Florida DEP News employee who was fired over leaked state park info tells me it was secrecy and likely enviro destruction that led him to speak out “This was going to be a complete bulldozing of all of that habitat," he told me today More Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/environme…

Look at the tiny difference in track between last night and this morning, and the enormous difference in projected flooding. It’s going to be so hard to communicate this effectively.

Zillow will now show climate risk data on home listings /The information is meant to help home buyers assess potential damage from extreme weather. wapo.st/4dEugct

Why newspaper presidential endorsements have become an endangered species poynter.org/commentary/202…

“In New York, a mother with no history of drug use lost custody of her toddler & newborn for 5 months after she tested positive for fentanyl that the hospital had given her in her epidural.” This state-sanctioned violence inflicts a very specific form of trauma that people don’t

Six years ago, ⁦⁦⁦Tampa Bay Times⁩ told the story of how Florida had denied DNA testing to death row inmates like Tommy Zeigler. ⁦Leonora LaPeter Anton⁩ drew renewed attention to this case, and finally, here we are. tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

ICYMI: Here's some big news on an old death row case, via Tampa Bay Times and Leonora LaPeter Anton tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

And read the original series or listen to the podcast that told the story of a quadruple murder on Christmas Eve 1975: projects.tampabay.com/projects/2018/…

Our live fact-checking coverage of today's confirmation hearings for Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert Kennedy Jr. >> politifact.com/article/2025/j…

Lots of interesting stories about the media in here. buff.ly/lMJhZLm

A story that rises above true crime. Learned a lot in this one. texasmonthly.com/true-crime/jas…

Dozens of Teens Who Spent Time at Abusive Florida Reform School Ended Up on Death Row. themarshallproject.org/2025/07/14/flo… The Marshall Project Leonora LaPeter Anton Tracking Florida's Death Penalty FADP #MichaelBell #deathpenalty

Leonora LaPeter Anton examines the reform school connection in death row cases in Florida. "Dozier helped make these boys killers." themarshallproject.org/2025/07/14/flo…

Prosecutor says DNA results do not exonerate Florida's longest-held death row inmate. His lawyers say they'll ask a judge to decide. Leonora LaPeter Anton with the latest, in Tampa Bay Times: tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

From the outside, Camp HOPE looks like any other. That’s by design. But woven into days of horseback riding and scavenger hunts and hours at the campground pool, small-group activities help kids make sense of their most difficult experiences. Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/2025/08/0…

Tommy Zeigler will get his day (actually five days) in court to present his case for innocence following DNA testing of the evidence. The judge will actually look at his entire case.

Some drama surrounding the drum circle on TI. Via Christopher Spata Luis Santana tampabay.com/life-culture/2…

HEY TAMPA! Come see me Friday yapping in Ybor at the Salud & Happy Days improv show. I'll highlight stories from my new book WELCOME TO #FLORIDA. It's a ticketed event but it's casual, so you can wear your everyday flip-flops, not your Sunday ones. facebook.com/events/811-e-7…

Congratulations on this incredibly meticulous story Langston Taylor and Emily L. Mahoney!