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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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USF College of Public Health associate professor Benjamin Jacob has developed a smartphone app that quickly locates and identifies mosquito breeding habitats so they can be targeted, treated, and destroyed.
USF prof’s app targets mosquito habitat, fights tropical diseases

USF College of Public Health associate professor Benjamin Jacob has developed a potential game-changer in the fight against tropical diseases - a smartphone app that quickly locates and identifies mosquito breeding habitats so they can be targeted, treated, and destroyed.

With funding from the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa's Wealth Builders program offers parents living in poverty training and guidance to get better-paying jobs.
Wealth Builders offers route from poverty to prosperity

With funding from the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa's Wealth Builders program offers parents living in poverty training and guidance to get better-paying jobs.

This Lamar Sparkman painting depicts tarpon fishing off Gasparilla Island with the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse in the background. Tampa Bay History Center Collection
Get hooked on Florida fishing history with new Tampa Bay History Center exhibit

The Tampa Bay History Center's new exhibit "The Lure of Florida Fishing" explores the state's long history with fishing and Tampa Bay's role in the story. 

United Food Bank and Services of Plant City's innovative F.E.E.D. program educates parents on the connection between nutrition and early learning
Plant City nonprofit’s innovative F.E.E.D. program connects nutrition, early learning

United Food Bank and Services of Plant City's innovative F.E.E.D. program educates parents on the connection between nutrition and early learning.

Fourth-generation J.C. Newman Cigar Co. owner Drew Newman leads a tour of the 115-year-old Sanchez y Haya building in Ybor City during Tampa Archives Awareness Week
Restoring Ybor City history at Sanchez y Haya, Centro Asturiano

Two fixtures of Ybor City history -- the 1910 Sanchez y Haya building and the statue of Queen Isabella of Spain commissioned by Vicente Martinez-Ybor in the late 19th century -- are returning to their former glory.

When it comes to setting up sandbags for flood defense, the first step is determining if you really need them.
Hillsborough County experts share tips for hurricane preparation, clean up

As we approach the point in hurricane season when hotter ocean temperatures fuel more powerful storms, experts from Hillsborough County government and the UF/IFAS Extension in Hillsborough share tips on preparedness and clean up.

The exhibit “Dressed for Success: Fashioning Manhood at the Tampa Bay Hotel" at the Henry B. Plant Museum is part of Tampa's Archives Awareness Week
Get immersed in Tampa history with Archives Awareness Week

Archives Awareness Week, the annual deep dive into Tampa history, returns July 13th through 19th with a slew of events around town. 

Suncoast Community Health Centers’ Mobile Dental Program brings dental care to the community
Coalition works to break down barriers to dental care access in Hillsborough, across Florida

Florida faces a dental care access crisis. Suncoast Community Health Centers’ innovative Mobile Dental Program and the coalition Floridians for Dental Access are part of the effort to solve it.

Barbershop Conversations trains neighborhood barbers to be mental health advocates in communities of color
Barbers become mental health advocates in Black communities

An innovative national program that trains barbers to be mental health advocates in Black communities launches in Hillsborough County this month.

The Community Maternity Clinic is adjacent to St. Joseph's Women's Hospital in Tampa
St Joseph’s Community Maternity Clinic fills a gap in care

With funding from the Children's Board of Hillsborough County, St Joseph's Women's Hospital's Community Maternity Clinic fills a gap in care for uninsured and underinsured women with high-risk pregnancies.

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