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St. Petersburg, Florida
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    One day after our investigation showing LLCs tied to Scientology bought almost all the retail property downtown, the church distributed this magazine No mention of the land grab Residents complained about 4am deliveries. Some called the cops

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    Oct 24

    If you're curious about what a data journalist does, check out this episode of Post where and get into the nuts and bolts of how programming is used in reporting. I come on at the end to talk about how we did

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    Oct 24

    Donate to the Tampa Bay Times Investigative Fund

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    Oct 24

    Thank you, !!!! It is so appreciated.

    I just donated to the Tampa Bay Times Investigative Fund. You can support this reporting too! Never more important than now!!
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    Oct 21

    Really nice use of in this story about the Church of Scientology's slow real estate takeover of Clearwater, FL. The right amount of text on scroll The progress bar is useful The 'walk' down Cleveland Street is 👀 h/t

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  6. Oct 22

    Most hitters can’t pull a ball as far as Soto just hit a ball to the opposite field.

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    Oct 22

    Thousands of guns have been confiscated under Florida's new red flag law. So spent weeks in a Florida court room to find out who are the people having their firearms taken away and why. The entire country should read what she saw.

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    Oct 22

    Here is the link to join our Reddit AMA:

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  9. Oct 20

    This project was driven by the extraordinary efforts of and others. But without the support of our readers, work like this isn't possible.

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  10. Oct 20

    I hope you'll consider supporting this important by donating to the Investigative Fund.

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  11. Oct 20

    This remarkable project took months of meticulous work from a reporter who put all the puzzle pieces together, shedding light on a subject that had been enshrined in shadows.

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    Oct 20

    But it needs your help. If you live in Tampa Bay, you should subscribe. If you don’t, you should donate to their investigative fund. A dollar, or five, or whatever you can spare.

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    Oct 20

    Pound for pound, the investigative desk is the best in America. Just last year, and were Pulitzer finalists for this devastating look at a children’s heart unit.

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    Oct 20

    This is an important story for our area, with international implications. But it was a hard story to report. And an expensive one. At the bottom, there's an opportunity to donate to the investigative fund to support this kind of work. Please consider contributing.

    In 3 years, Scientology & its followers engaged in an unprecedented takeover of land near its HQ in Clearwater using parishioners and LLCs to covertly acquire much of downtown. traced $99 million in cash buys across 100 acres. It’s astounding.
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    Oct 20

    What a fascinating story by and ! In complete awe for the data collected and the visual storytelling that brought it to life. This is truly a capstone of years of dedicated reporting by the on Scientology!

    It took one of our reporters six months to discover and unravel a series of mysterious land deals that could reshape downtown Clearwater. She found a common thread: They all linked back to . Full story:
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  16. Oct 20

    Flat-out extraordinary reporting here by .

    It took one of our reporters six months to discover and unravel a series of mysterious land deals that could reshape downtown Clearwater. She found a common thread: They all linked back to . Full story:
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    Oct 19

    Huge win for Robert Morris. But a brutal loss for Robert Morris.

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    Oct 19

    Seeing storm damage this morning? Tweet your photos at us. Here's a photo from our of a camper on top of a house in Polk County. The other photos are of a downed light pole and flooding in Shore Acres in St. Pete from reporter

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    Oct 18

    Jane Castor searches for climate change czar as activists watch

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    Oct 18

    Great work by for the revealing photos.

    BREAKING: We found more photos of Ron DeSantis on election night with the two arrested Giuliani associates. This time, they're hugging. Florida’s governor has shrugged off past donor controversies. This time, there were photos. Now it’s not going away.
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