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Diane Egner

Diane Egner is a community leader and award-winning journalist with more than four decades of experience reporting and writing about the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. She serves on the boards of the University of South Florida Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications Advisory Council, The Institute for Research in Art (Graphicstudio, the Contemporary Art Museum, and USF’s Public Art Program) Community Advisory Council, Sing Out and Read, and StageWorks Theatre Advisory Council. She also is a member of Leadership Florida and the Athena Society. A graduate of the University of Minnesota with a BA in journalism, she won the top statewide award for editorial writing from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors while at The Tampa Tribune and received special recognition by the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists for creative work as Content Director at WUSF Public Media. Past accomplishments and community service include leadership positions with Tampa Tiger Bay Club, USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy (WLP), Alpha House of Tampa Bay, Awesome Tampa Bay, Florida Kinship Center, AIA Tampa Bay, Powerstories, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, and the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. Diane and her husband, Sandy Rief, live in Tampa.
 

Diane Egner's Latest Articles

Tampa's Elio Peguero, 20, sported his custom haircolor to celebrate the Super Bowl LV Champion Tampa Bay Bucs' win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Fans rush Tampa waterfront for Super Bucs boat parade

Hundreds of boaters take to the Hillsborough River and Garrison Channel while thousands of fans flock to downtown Tampa Wednesday afternoon to cheer on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winners of Super Bowl LV. 

Video stories: The Art of Women Tampa Bay — Art Chat

Painter and Animator Kayla Moon is the latest featured female artist on “The Art of Women Tampa Bay -- Art Chat’’ with filmmaker Renee Warmack.

"Love'' artwork by Cuban artist Esterio Segura at Tampa International Airport.
Welcoming a new year with cautious optimism

2021 promises the start of a new year and a new chance to gain perspective, insights, and knowledge while practicing empathy, understanding, and generosity. It promises to encourage innovation, nurture creativity, develop solutions, and at least begin to fix what is broken. 

Masthead images: Pass-A-Grille
Mike Delucia, Kyle Matthews, and Stan Liberatore of Disrupt the Bay.
Disrupt the Bay targets pediatric cancers, childhood diseases

Innovations in healthcare delivery and research plus the acceleration of medical products to market prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic provide the timely context for the 2020 Disrupt the Bay virtual conference live streaming from Tampa in August. 

Ross Fabian, President of MidFlorida Football and Cheerleading
On the ground in North Tampa: What more is needed?

Ross Fabian, a long-time resident of the neighborhood served by the University Area CDC, shares his thoughts and vision for what more is needed to improve the local environment to promote healthy and productive lives for all. 

Tampa Bay Area restaurants open for pickup only.
COVID-19: Advice, best practices for reopening, rebounding, recovery Tampa Bay

As Florida businesses and public service organizations weigh the pros and cons of a gradual reopening in the midst of a global pandemic, words of wisdom and experience are being proffered from several areas of expertise. Learn more.

Cafe con Tampa Online Interview with Duncan McClellan by Bill Carlson April 20, 2020
Cafe con Tampa returns with live virtual interviews, YouTube videos

Cafe con Tampa online Interview with Duncan McClellan by Co-Founder Bill Carlson, a Tampa City Councilman and President of Tucker Hall, recorded on April 20, 2020.

USF Foundation launches Pandemic Research & Response Fund

Tampa philanthropist and USF alumna Mary T. Pipino has made a generous gift of $25,000 to kick off the new USF Health Pandemic Research & Response Fund. Join her and help USF Health to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has affected the lives of millions.

Video: Tampa organist records Brahms, Bach to help promote calm amid coronavirus chaos

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus and the temporary suspending of public gatherings in Florida, including church services, Organist Haig Mardirosian has started recording pieces and posting them to YouTube for the enjoyment of members of the congregation and others looking for a bit of respite from the chaos.

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