{{Short description|Daily newspaper in Florida, US}} {{redirect|St. Petersburg Times|the weekly newspaper in Russia|The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)}} {{distinguish|Tampa Times}} {{use mdy dates|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Tampa Bay Times | image = St. Petersburg Times May 10, 1980 front page.jpg | caption = Front page of the ''St. Petersburg Times'' from May 10, 1980, covering the [[Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster]] | type = Daily [[newspaper]] | format = [[Broadsheet]] | founded = {{start date and age|1884}} | owners = [[Times Publishing Company]] | circulation = 42,200 Average print circulation<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brooker |first1=Alice |title=US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/us-newspaper-circulations-2025-washington-post-print-declines-21-in-a-year/ |access-date=24 March 2026 |publisher=Press Gazette |date=March 24, 2026}}</ref> <br /> 30,000 Digital Subscribers <ref>{{cite news |last1=Majid |first1=Aisha |title=Paying for local news online: Paywalled US local news titles ranked. |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/us-local-news-subscribers-ranking/ |access-date=November 21, 2025 |publisher=Press Gazette |date=February 29, 2024}}</ref> | headquarters = 490 First Avenue South<br />[[St. Petersburg, Florida]] 33701<br /> United States | language = English | editor = | website = {{URL|tampabay.com}} | eissn = 2641-4643 | ISSN = 2327-9052 | oclc = 5920090 }}
The '''''Tampa Bay Times''''', called the '''''St. Petersburg Times''''' until 2011, is an American [[newspaper]] published in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], United States. It is published by the [[Times Publishing Company]], which is owned by [[Poynter Institute|The Poynter Institute for Media Studies]], a nonprofit [[journalism school]] directly adjacent to the [[University of South Florida St. Petersburg]] campus.
It has won fourteen [[Pulitzer Prize]]s since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single year for the first time in its history, one of which was for its [[PolitiFact]] project.
==History== [[File:St. Petersburg Times (2009-08-27).svg|thumb|left|Logo of the ''St. Petersburg Times'' in 2009]] The newspaper traces its origin to the ''West Hillsborough Times'', a weekly newspaper established in [[Dunedin, Florida]], on the [[Pinellas]] Peninsula in 1884. At the time, neither St. Petersburg nor [[Pinellas County, Florida|Pinellas County]] existed; the peninsula was part of [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough County]]. The paper was published weekly in the back of a pharmacy and had a circulation of 480. It subsequently changed ownership six times in seventeen years.<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=Times History |url=http://company.tampabay.com:2052/company/about-us/times-history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112103529/http://company.tampabay.com:2052/company/about-us/times-history |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2017 |publisher=Times Publishing Company |access-date=June 13, 2018 |date=2015}}</ref> In December 1884, it was bought by A. C. Turner,<ref name="history2" /> who moved it to [[Clear Water Harbor]] (modern [[Clearwater, Florida]]).<ref name="History" /> In 1892, it moved to St. Petersburg,<ref name="History" /> and by 1898 it was officially renamed the ''St. Petersburg Times''.<ref name=Deggans>{{cite news |title= The St. Petersburg Times will become the Tampa Bay Times on Jan. 1 |author= Deggans, Eric |url= http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/content/st-petersburg-times-will-become-tampa-bay-times-jan-1 |work= St. Petersburg Times |date= November 1, 2011 |access-date= April 3, 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120208201000/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/content/st-petersburg-times-will-become-tampa-bay-times-jan-1 |archive-date= February 8, 2012 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> [[File:Tampa Bay Times.jpg|thumb|upright=.65|left|Tampa Bay Times newspaper rack]] The ''Times'' became [[Bi-weekly newspaper|bi-weekly]] in 1907, and began publication six days a week in 1912. Paul Poynter, a publisher originally from Indiana, bought the paper in September 1912 and converted to a seven-day paper, though it was rarely financially stable. Paul's son, [[Nelson Poynter]], became editor in 1939 and took majority control of the paper in 1947, and set about improving the paper's finances and prestige. Nelson Poynter controlled the paper until his death in 1978, when he willed the majority of the stock to the non-profit [[Poynter Institute]].<ref name="History" /> In November 1986, the ''[[Evening Independent]]'' was merged into the ''Times''.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} Poynter was succeeded as editor by [[Eugene Patterson]] (1978–1988),<ref name="History" /> Andrew Barnes (1988–2004),<ref name="History" /> [[Paul Tash]] (2004–2010; chair of the Times Publishing Company since 2004 and the Poynter Institute since 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/company/about-us/times-executives/bios/ptash |title=Paul C. Tash |access-date=March 23, 2017 |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330162627/http://www.tampabay.com/company/about-us/times-executives/bios/ptash |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="History" /> Neil Brown (2010–2017),<ref>http://www.tampabay.com/company/about-us/times-executives/bios/nbrown {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021013044/http://www.tampabay.com/company/about-us/times-executives/bios/nbrown |date=October 21, 2017 }}</ref> and Mark Katches (2018–present).<ref>http://company.tampabay.com:2052/company/about-us/times-executives/bios/mkatches {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112175304/http://company.tampabay.com:2052/company/about-us/times-executives/bios/mkatches |date=January 12, 2021 }}</ref>
On January 1, 2012, the '''''St. Petersburg Times''''' was renamed the '''''Tampa Bay Times'''''; this stemmed from a 2006 decision of a lawsuit with [[Media General]], at the time the publishers of the ''Times''{{'}} competing newspaper, ''[[The Tampa Tribune]]'', which allowed that paper to keep its exclusive right to use the name of its defunct sister paper, ''The Tampa Times'', for five years after the decision.<ref name="Deggans" />
As the newly rechristened ''Tampa Bay Times'', the paper's weekday tabloid ''tbt*'', a free daily publication and which used "(* Tampa Bay Times)" as its subtitle, became just ''tbt'' when the name change took place.<ref name=Deggans/> The ''St. Pete Times'' name lives on as the name for the ''Times''{{'}} neighborhood news sections in southern [[Pinellas County, Florida|Pinellas County]] (formerly ''Neighborhood Times''), serving communities from [[Largo, Florida|Largo]] southward.
{{stack begin|clear=yes}} [[File:Tbt (2018-01-24).svg|thumb|Logo of the free [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] ''tbt*'' in 2018]] [[File:Tampa Bay Times tbt (2009-08-27).svg|thumb|Logo of the free tabloid ''tbt*'' in 2009]] {{stack end}}
The ''Times'' has also done significant investigative reporting on the [[Church of Scientology]], since the church's acquisition of the [[Fort Harrison Hotel]] in 1975 and other holdings in [[Clearwater, Florida|Clearwater]]. The ''Times'' has published special reports and series critical of the church and its current leader, [[David Miscavige]].<ref name="TruthRundown"/>
In 2010, the ''Times'' published an investigative report questioning the validity of the [[United States Navy Veterans Association]], leading to significant reaction and official investigations into the group nationwide.<ref name="rt1">{{Cite news | author1 = Casey, Dan | author2 = Sluss, Michael | title = Fla. Contributor to Va. Campaigns Raises Questions – A Man Who Lived in Florida and Gave $67,500 to Virginia Campaigns Is Under Investigation | work = [[The Roanoke Times]] | date = May 16, 2010 | url = http://www.roanoke.com/247014 | access-date = February 11, 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121005050622/http://www.roanoke.com/247014 | archive-date = October 5, 2012 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
On May 3, 2016, the ''Times'' acquired its longtime competitor ''The Tampa Tribune'', with the latter publication immediately ceasing publishing<ref name=WFLA>{{cite news |author1=Sunde Farquhar |title=Tampa Bay Times buys, shutters Tampa Tribune |url=http://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/tampa-bay-times-buys-tampa-tribune/1052099560 |work=WFLA |date=May 3, 2016 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614074432/http://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/tampa-bay-times-buys-tampa-tribune/1052099560 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''Tribune'' features and some writers expected to be merged into the ''Times''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/05/03/tampa-bay-times-buys-ends-rival-tampa-tribune/83888058/ | title='Tampa Bay Times' buys, shuts down rival 'Tampa Tribune' | work=USA Today | date=May 3, 2016 | access-date=May 3, 2016}}</ref> As reported by other local media outlets in the Tampa Bay area at the time of this acquisition, for many years the ''Tampa Tribune'' was considered to be the more [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] newspaper in the region, while the ''Tampa Bay Times'' was thought of as more [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]].<ref name="WFLA" />
The ''Times''{{'}} purchase of the ''Tribune'' also allowed its circulation area to be expanded into [[Polk County, Florida|Polk County]], placing it in competition with other newspapers such as ''[[The Ledger|The Lakeland Ledger]]'' and ''[[The Polk County Democrat]]'', as well as into the south central region of the state known as the [[Florida Heartland]]. In the case of the latter, the ''Times'' published ''[[Highlands Today]]'', which was a daily news supplement of ''The Tribune'' for readers in [[Highlands County, Florida|Highlands County]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highlandstoday.com/hi/local-news/a-note-from-our-publisher-20160504/|work=[[Highlands Today]]|title=A note from our publisher|date=May 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506055720/http://www.highlandstoday.com/hi/local-news/a-note-from-our-publisher-20160504/ |archive-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref> The ''Times'' sold the paper in 2016 to Sun Coast Media Group.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2016 |title=Sun Coast Media Group buys Highlands Today from Tampa Bay Times |url=https://www.theledger.com/story/business/2016/08/22/sun-coast-media-group-buys-highlands-today-from-tampa-bay-times/25602859007/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=[[The Ledger]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
In October 2019, the paper laid off seven newsroom employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Tom |date=2019-10-24 |title=Tampa Bay Times lays off 7 newsroom employees |url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2019/tampa-bay-times-lays-off-7-newsroom-employees/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}</ref>
The ''Times'' received $8.5 million in federal loans from the [[Paycheck Protection Program]] by July 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. By this point, they had reduced delivery to two days per week. They had also cut 11 journalists' jobs through layoffs expected before the pandemic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Izadi |first1=Elahe |last2=Barr |first2=Jeremy |title=Four takeaways from the PPP loans to media companies show the far-reaching toll of the pandemic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/four-takeaways-from-the-ppp-loans-to-media-companies-show-the-far-reaching-toll-of-the-pandemic/2020/07/07/baabe4a2-bfd9-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=7 July 2020}}</ref>
In August 2024, the paper announced it will eliminate 60 jobs, amounting to 20% of total staff.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edmonds |first=Rick |date=2024-08-06 |title=The Tampa Bay Times will cut a fifth of its workforce |url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2024/tampa-bay-times-layoffs-buyouts-60-jobs/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}</ref>
On October 9–10, 2024, the Tampa Bay Times building was severely damaged during [[Hurricane Milton]] by a nearby construction crane that collapsed onto the building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crane collapses into ''Times''{{'}} office building amid thrashing Milton winds |url=https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2024/10/10/crane-collapses-into-times-office-building-amid-thrashing-milton-winds/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref>
==PolitiFact.com== {{main|PolitiFact.com}}
The newspaper created [[PolitiFact.com]], a project in which its reporters and editors "fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups…"<ref>{{cite web| title = PolitiFact.com| work = St. Petersburg Times| url = http://www.politifact.com | access-date = August 27, 2009}}</ref> They publish original statements and their evaluations on the PolitiFact.com website and assign each a "Truth-O-Meter" rating, with ratings ranging from "True" for completely true statements to "Pants on Fire" (from the taunt "Liar, liar, pants on fire") for false and ridiculous statements. The site also includes an "Obameter",<ref>{{cite web |title=The Obameter |publisher=Politifact |url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/ |access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref> tracking [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]]'s performance with regard to his campaign promises. PolitiFact.com was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting]] in 2009 for "its [[fact-checking]] initiative during the 2008 presidential campaign that used probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web to examine more than 750 political claims, separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters."<ref name=Pulitzer2009>{{cite web |title=2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2009 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref> The ''Times'' sold PolitiFact.com to its parent company, the Poynter Institute, in 2018.
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- style="text-align:center;" ! Year ! Award ! Work ! Recipients ! Category ! Result |- |2022 |[[Pulitzer Prize]] |For a compelling exposé of highly toxic hazards inside Florida’s only battery recycling plant that forced the implementation of safety measures to adequately protect workers and nearby residents. |Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington and Eli Murray |Investigative Reporting | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/corey-g-johnson-rebecca-woolington-and-eli-murray-tampa-bay-times|title=Winner: Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington and Eli Murray of the Tampa Bay Times |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |language=en |access-date=2022-05-09}}</ref> |- |2021 |[[Pulitzer Prize]] |For resourceful, creative reporting that exposed how a powerful and politically connected sheriff built a secretive intelligence operation that harassed residents and used grades and child welfare records to profile schoolchildren. |Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi |Local Reporting | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/kathleen-mcgrory-and-neil-bedi-tampa-bay-times|title=Winner: Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi of the Tampa Bay Times |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |language=en |access-date=2021-06-11}}</ref> |- |2019 |[[Pulitzer Prize]] |For impactful reporting, based on sophisticated data analysis, that revealed an alarming rate of patient fatalities following Johns Hopkins' takeover of a pediatric heart treatment facility. |Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi |Investigative Reporting | style="background:#fdd;"|Finalist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/kathleen-mcgrory-and-neil-bedi-tampa-bay-times|title=Finalist: Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi of the Tampa Bay Times |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |language=en |access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2016 |rowspan="2"|[[Pulitzer Prize]] |"For exposing a local school board's culpability in turning some county schools into failure factories, with tragic consequences for the community. (Moved by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was also entered.)" |Michael LaForgia, [[Cara Fitzpatrick]] and Lisa Gartner |Local Reporting | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/208|title=Local Reporting|website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> |- |"For a stellar example of collaborative reporting by two news organizations that revealed escalating violence and neglect in Florida mental hospitals and laid the blame at the door of state officials." |[[Leonora LaPeter Anton]] and [[Anthony Cormier]] of the Tampa Bay Times and Michael Braga of the [[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |Investigative Reporting | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/206|title=Investigative Reporting|website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> |- |2014 |[[Pulitzer Prize]] |"For relentlessly investigating the squalid conditions that marked housing for Hillsborough County's substantial homeless population, leading to swift reforms." |[[Will Hobson]] and Michael LaForgia |Local Reporting | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2014-Local-Reporting|title=JOURNALISM|website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> |- |2013 |[[Pulitzer Prize]] |"For helping reverse the decision to end fluoridation of water in Pinellas County." |Tim Nickens and Daniel Ruth |Editorial Writing | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2013-Editorial-Writing|title=2013 Pulitzer Prizes - Editorial Writing |website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> |- |2012 |[[Pulitzer Prize]] | |Tim Nickens, Joni James, John Hill and [[Robyn Blumner]] |Editorial Writing | style="background:#fdd;"|Finalist<ref>{{cite news | author = Staff | title =Times writer's stories earn her 2003 Ernie Pyle Award | work =St. Petersburg Times | page =3B | date =March 13, 2004}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"|2010 |National Headliner Awards | rowspan="2"|"Inside Scientology" | rowspan="2"|Thomas C. Tobin and Joe Childs |Investigative reporting | style="background:#fdd;"|Finalist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2012-Editorial-Writing|title=2012 Pulitzer Prizes - JOURNALISM|website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> |- |Florida Society of News Editors |Gold Medal for Public Service | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{cite news| last = Sentinel Staff Report | title = Orlando Sentinel wins 17 awards from Florida Society of News Editors | work = [[Orlando Sentinel]] | date = June 18, 2010| url = http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-orlando-sentinel-fsne-awards-20100618,0,3887288.story | access-date = June 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = Staff | title = FSNE Gold Medal for Public Service | publisher = [[Florida Society of News Editors]] | date = June 18, 2010 | url = http://fsne.org/2010awards/ | access-date = June 18, 2010 | quote = Inside Scientology – The St. Petersburg Times reporting on the Church of Scientology is in the finest traditions of American journalism. The reporting by Joseph Childs and Thomas Tobin stands out for the ways in which it held accountable the powerful. | archive-date = June 24, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100624185654/http://fsne.org/2010awards/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> |- |[[2010 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |"For Their Own Good" |Ben Montgomery, Waveney Ann Moore, and photographer Edmund D. Fountain |Local Reporting | style="background:#fdd;"|Finalist<ref name="pulitzer10">{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/2010 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists 2010 |publisher= [[Columbia University]] |access-date= April 12, 2010}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4"|2009 | rowspan="4"|[[2009 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] | rowspan="2"|PolitiFact.com | rowspan="2"|Times staff, represented by Bill Adair, Washington bureau chief |National Reporting | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="nohlgren">{{cite news |title=St. Petersburg Times wins two Pulitzer Prizes |url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/article993724.ece |date=April 20, 2009 |work=St. Petersburg Times |first=Stephen |last=Nohlgren |access-date=April 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422143521/http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/article993724.ece |archive-date=April 22, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =McElroy | first =Jack | title = Paperless project claims a Pulitzer | work =[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] | page =60 | date =April 26, 2009}}</ref> |- |Public Service | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref name="Pulitzer2009" /> |- |"The Girl in the Window" |[[Lane DeGregory]] |Feature Writing | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="nohlgren" /><ref>{{cite news | last =Young | first =Charles William | title = St. Petersburg Times earns two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism | work =[[Congressional Record]] | page =E950–E951 | date =April 23, 2009}}</ref> |- |"Winter's Tale" |John Barry |Feature Writing | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref name="Pulitzer2009" /> |- | rowspan="3"|2007 | rowspan="2"|[[Scripps Howard Foundation]] |Human Interest Writing |[[Lane DeGregory]] |Ernie Pyle Award | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="scripps">{{cite news | last = Staff | title =Scripps winners named | work =[[The Kentucky Post]] | page =A5 | date =March 10, 2007}}</ref> |- |"A Republican vs. Republican Cellular Division" |Wes Allison |Raymond Clapper Award | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="scripps" /> |- |[[2007 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |"In His Own Defense" |[[Christopher Goffard]] |Feature Writing | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/2007 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists 2007 |publisher= [[Columbia University]] |access-date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> |- |2003 |[[Scripps Howard Foundation]] |Human Interest Writing |Kelley Benham |Ernie Pyle Award | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{cite news | last =St. Petersburg Times staff | title =Times writer's stories earn her 2003 Ernie Pyle Award | work =St. Petersburg Times | page =3B | date =March 13, 2004}}</ref> |- |2002 |[[Scripps Howard Foundation]] |"The Poison in Your Back Yard" |Julie Hauserman |[[Edward J. Meeman]] Award | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref>{{cite news | author = Staff | title =Two Times reporters earn national awards | work =St. Petersburg Times | page =3B | date =March 2, 2002}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|2000 | rowspan="2"|[[2000 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] | rowspan="2"|"Una Vida Mejor" | rowspan="2"|[[Anne Hull]] |Feature Writing | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref name="pulitzer00">{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/2000 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists 2000 |publisher= [[Columbia University]] |access-date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> |- |National Reporting | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref name="pulitzer00"/> |- | rowspan="2"|1999 | rowspan="2"|[[Society of Professional Journalists|Sigma Delta Chi]] |"Deadly Rampage" |Times staff |Excellence in deadline reporting | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="sigma">{{cite news | author = Staff | title =Times earns national reporting awards | work =St. Petersburg Times | page =3B | date =April 18, 1999}}</ref> |- |Investigative report of [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Rep.]] [[Corrine Brown]] |[[Bill Adair (journalist)|Bill Adair]] and David Dahl |Washington correspondence | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="sigma" /><ref name="history2">{{cite news|title=St. Petersburg Times History – From 1884 to present|work=St. Petersburg Times|year=2007|url=http://www.sptimes.com/connect/corporate/history|access-date = November 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818022843/http://www.sptimes.com/connect/corporate/history|archive-date=August 18, 2009}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"|1998 | rowspan="3"|[[1998 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |"Angels & Demons" |[[Thomas French]] |Feature Writing | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="nohlgren" /><ref>{{cite news | last =Leisner | first = Pat | title =Indianapolis native wins Pulitzer Prize | agency = Associated Press |newspaper=[[Post-Tribune (Indiana newspaper)|Post-Tribune]] | page =B5 | date =April 16, 1998}}</ref> |- |Investigative report of The [[Reverend|Rev.]] [[Henry Lyons]] |Times staff |Investigative Reporting | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref name="pulitzer98">{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1998 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists 1998 |publisher= [[Columbia University]] |access-date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> |- |The "Tobacco" series |[[David Barstow]] |Explanatory Reporting | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref name="pulitzer98"/> |- |1997 |[[1997 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |Coverage of the [[St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996|1996 St. Petersburg riot]] |Times staff |Spot News Reporting | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1997 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists 1997 |publisher= [[Columbia University]] |access-date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|1995 | rowspan="2"|[[1995 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |"Final Indignities" |Jeffrey Good |Editorial Writing | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="nohlgren" /><ref>{{cite news | author = <!--Staff--> | title =Prizes honor wide range of stories; Winners of the 1995 Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism included stories of natural disaster, human tragedy and courage | agency = Associated Press |newspaper=[[Portland Press Herald]] | page =7A | date =April 19, 1995}}</ref> |- |"A Secret Life" |Anne Hull |Feature Writing | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1995 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists 1995 |publisher= [[Columbia University]] |access-date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> |- |1992 |[[1992 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |"Life From Death" |[[Sheryl James]] |Feature Writing | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1992 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists 1992 |publisher= [[Columbia University]] |access-date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> |- |1991 |[[1991 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |"A Gift Abandoned" |Sheryl James |Feature Writing | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="nohlgren" /><ref>{{cite news | author = <!-- Staff --> | title =Barberton native wins a Pulitzer | agency = Associated Press |newspaper=[[Akron Beacon Journal]] | page =A1 | date =April 10, 1991}}</ref> |- |1985 |[[1985 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |Corruption in [[Pasco County Sheriff's Office]] |[[Lucy Morgan]] and Jack Reed |Investigative Reporting | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="nohlgren" /><ref>{{cite news | last =Marx | first =Gary | title =Pulitzer winners: UCF student, St. Pete Times | work =[[Orlando Sentinel]] | page =A1 | date =April 25, 1985}}</ref> |- |1982 |[[1982 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |Coverage of drug smuggling in [[Dixie County, Florida]] |Lucy Morgan |Local General or Spot News Reporting | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1982 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists 1982 |publisher= [[Columbia University]] |access-date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|1980 | rowspan="2"|[[1980 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] | rowspan="2"|Investigation of [[Church of Scientology]] operations in [[Florida]] |[[Bette Swenson Orsini]] and Charles Stafford |National Reporting | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="nohlgren" /><ref>{{cite news | author = Staff | title =Pulitzer Prize board, for first time, names finalists in all categories | work =[[The Boston Globe]] | date =April 16, 1980}}</ref>{{r|sptimes1979}} |- |Times staff |Public Service | style="background:#fdd;"| Finalist<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1980 |title= The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists 1980 |publisher= [[Columbia University]] |access-date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> |- |1969 |[[Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards|Penney-Missouri Award]] |[[Women's section]] |[[Marjorie Paxson]] |General Excellence | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="vossMHM2007">{{cite journal |last1=Voss |first1=Kimberly Wilmot |last2=Speere |first2=Lance |title=Marjorie Paxson: From Women's Editor to Publisher |journal=Media History Monographs |date=2007–2008 |volume=10 |issue=1 |url=http://blogs.elon.edu/mhm/files/2017/03/mhmjour10-1.pdf |access-date=17 March 2019}}</ref> |- |1964 |[[1964 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] |Investigation of [[Florida's Turnpike Enterprise|Florida Turnpike Authority]] |[[Martin Waldron]] and Times staff<ref>Staff (May 28, 1981). [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/28/obituaries/martin-o-waldron-is-dead-at-56-reporting-led-to-a-pulitzer-prize.html "Martin O. Waldron Is Dead at 56; Reporting Led to a Pulitzer Prize"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved July 13, 2010.</ref> |Meritorious Public Service | style="background:#dfd;"|Won<ref name="nohlgren" /><ref>{{cite news | last =Garloch | first =Karen | title =Observer wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of PTL, Bakkers | work =[[The Charlotte Observer]] | page =1A | date =April 1, 1988}}</ref> |}
==See also== {{Portal|Florida|Journalism}} * [[List of newspapers in Florida]] * [[Media in the Tampa Bay Area]] {{clear}}
==Notes==
{{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="sptimes1979">{{cite web |url=http://sptimes.com/2006/webspecials06/scientology/Scientology_Special_Report.pdf |title=Scientology: An in-depth profile of a new force in Clearwater |date=1979 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809193839/http://sptimes.com/2006/webspecials06/scientology/Scientology_Special_Report.pdf |archive-date=August 9, 2007 |first=Charles |last=Stafford |publisher=[[St Petersburg Times]] }} {{cite web |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/bette-swenson-orsini-and-charles-stafford |title=The 1980 Pulitzer Prize Winner in National Reporting |website=[[Pulitzer Prize|The Pulitzer Prizes]]}}</ref> <ref name="TruthRundown">{{multiref |1=The Truth Rundown, a three-part series by Thomas C. Tobin and Joe Childs, [[St Petersburg Times]] |2= {{cite web |url=https://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/scientology-the-truth-rundown/ |title=Part 1 — Scientology: The Truth Rundown |date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209040134/http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1012148.ece |archive-date=9 February 2013}} |3= {{cite web |url=https://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/the-truth-rundown-part-2-of-3-death-in-slow-motion/ |title=The Truth Rundown, Part 2 — Death in slow motion |date=June 22, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024004252/https://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/the-truth-rundown-part-2-of-3-death-in-slow-motion/ |archive-date=October 24, 2019}} |4= {{cite web |url=https://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/the-truth-rundown-part-3-of-3-ecclesiastical-justice/ |title=The Truth Rundown, Part 3 — Ecclesiastical justice |date=June 23, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809103436/http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1012575.ece |archive-date=August 9, 2009}} }}</ref> }}
==Further reading== * {{cite journal |title= Strikebusting in St. Petersburg: Nelson Poynter's Postwar Assault on Union Printers |author=James F. Tracy |author-link=James Tracy (communication scholar) |journal= [[American Journalism (journal)|American Journalism]] |volume= 25 |year=2008 }} * {{cite journal |journal=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |volume=53 |number=6 |year=2015 |title=What will happen to the Tampa Bay Times? |author=T. R. Goldman |url= https://www.cjr.org/analysis/what_will_happen_to_tampa_bay_times.php }}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Tampa Bay Times}} {{wikisource-multi |The St. Petersburg Times celebrates 125 years of publishing excellence|t1=The ''St. Petersburg Times'' celebrates 125 years of publishing excellence |St. Petersburg Times earns two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism|t2=''St. Petersburg Times'' earns two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism }} * {{official website|1=https://www.tampabay.com/}} * {{Newseum front page|FL_TIMES}} * [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/ PolitiFact.com website]
{{PulitzerPrize National Reporting}} {{PulitzerPrize PublicService 1951–1975|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Tampa Bay Times| ]] [[Category:1884 establishments in Florida]] [[Category:Mass media in St. Petersburg, Florida]] [[Category:Newspapers published in Florida]] [[Category:Publications established in 1884]] [[Category:Pulitzer Prize–winning newspapers]] [[Category:Daily newspapers published in the United States]] [[Category:Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting winners]] [[Category:Nonprofit newspapers]]