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Philip Morgan

Philip Morgan

Philip Morgan is a freelance writer living in St. Petersburg. He is an award-winning reporter who has covered news in the Tampa Bay area for more than 50 years. Phil grew up in Miami and graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in journalism. He joined the Lakeland Ledger, where he covered police and city government. He spent 36 years as a reporter for the former Tampa Tribune. During his time at the Tribune, he covered welfare and courts and did investigative reporting before spending 30 years as a feature writer. He worked as a reporter for the Tampa Bay Times for 12 years. He loves writing stories about interesting people, places and issues.
 

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The scrub jay living in Golden Aster Nature Preserve near Gibsonton is believed to be the last one of the endangered birds in Hillsborough County.
The last scrub jay in Hillsborough County?

The Florida scrub jay living in Golden Aster Nature Preserve near Gibsonton is believed to be the last of the endangered birds left in Hillsborough County.

Brothers Charles Coney Sr. and Rev. Ernest Rev. Ernest Coney at the Dobyville reunion.
Dobyville neighborhood reunion celebrates memories of tight-knit Tampa African American community

Former neighborhood residents and students from Dobyville Elementary hold a reunion for the first time since COVID and share memories of the tight-knit Tampa African American community that once stood in West Hyde Park.

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