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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.
 

Philip Morgan's Latest Articles

A ceremony in late August commemorates the placement of a historical marker in memory of Robert Johnson, a wrongly arrested Black man who was a lynching victim in 1934.
In Tampa a historical marker memorializes victims of lynching and racial violence

A group led by Tampa City Councilman Luis Viera worked with the Peace and Justice Center to put a historical marker on the Tampa Riverwalk memorializing Robert Johnson, a Black man killed by a white mob in 1934, and other lynching victims. 

The Florida Cabinet recently purchased a conservation easement on nearly 1,900 acres of the Buck Island Ranch in Highlands County, a key property for the Florida Wildlife Corridor.
Tampa nonprofit Live Wildly wants you to fall in love with Florida Wildlife Corridor

Tampa businessman and philanthropist Arnie Bellini founded Live Wildly to spread the word about the importance and natural beauty of the Florida Wildlife Corridor. 

Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Chief Conservation Officer Jason Lauritsen
How Hurricane Ian can affect Florida Wildlife Corridor

Conservation expert talks about the impact Hurricane Ian will have on the Florida Wildlife Corridor. 

Tampa plant nursery owner Anita Camacho is on a mission to save the endangered monarch butterfly.
Tampa advocate on mission to save the endangered monarch butterfly

Fascinated with butterflies since she was a child, Anita Camacho is on a mission to save the endangered monarch. 

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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