Mark Katches

Editor @TB_Times, a newsroom that won back-to-back Pulitzer Prizes in 2021-2022. Former: @oregonian @cironline @journalsentinel @ocregister

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Review & setlist: AC/DC leaves fans in Tampa thunderstruck

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Mark Katches

“That was real good for us”: the band Angus Young said gave AC/DC their first shotGetting to the top of the rock and roll world often comes from knowing the right people. As much as some artists spend their entire careers playing …
Review & setlist: AC/DC leaves fans in Tampa thunderstruck

3 weeks ago | tampabay.com | Mark Katches

Let there be guitar. And there was guitar. What else would 53,000 fans at a sold-out Raymond James Stadium need? Angus Young. Guitar hero. Legend. Rocking a green school boy outfit at age 70. From the opening riffs of “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got it),” Angus and his band conjured a relentless, hard-core thunder on a balmy Tampa evening. The night ended 2 hours and 16 minutes later in a literal eruption of cannon shots and fireworks. It was Angus Young’s chance to light up the city. And he seized it.
Tampa Bay Times hits $175,000 goal with weeklong fundraiser

3 weeks ago | tampabay.com | Mark Katches

With your help, we did it!Thanks to the amazing generosity of our readers, we’ve hit our $175,000 fundraising goal at the Tampa Bay Times. More than 900 readers and supporters have contributed. Donations have ranged from $5 to $50,000. The total raised so far, including checks that are still arriving, was $187,000 as of 2 p.m. on Friday.
Tampa Bay Times establece una meta de $175,000 para su recaudaciĆ³n anual de una semana

3 weeks ago | centrotampabay.com | Mark Katches

Hace cuatro años, el reportero del Tampa Bay Times Zachary T. Sampson comenzó a investigar por qué los manatíes estaban muriendo en grandes cantidades en las aguas de Florida. El trabajo de reportería fue dolorosamente laborioso. Sampson avanzaba poco a poco mientras cubría otras historias. A mediados de 2022, se le unió la experimentada investigadora Bethany Barnes y, más tarde, Shreya Vuttaluru, una especialista en datos recién salida de la universidad.
Tampa Bay Times sets a $175,000 target for annual weeklong fundraiser

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Mark Katches

Four years ago, Tampa Bay Times reporter Zachary T. Sampson began digging to understand why manatees were dying in droves in Florida waters. The reporting was painstakingly laborious. Sampson chipped away bit by bit while he tackled other stories. In mid-2022, he was joined by seasoned investigator Bethany Barnes and later Shreya Vuttaluru, a data specialist fresh out of college.
Tampa Bay Times sets a $175,000 target for annual weeklong fundraiser

3 weeks ago | tampabay.com | Mark Katches

Four years ago, Tampa Bay Times reporter Zachary T. Sampson began digging to understand why manatees were dying in droves in Florida waters. The reporting was painstakingly laborious. Sampson chipped away bit by bit while he tackled other stories. In mid-2022, he was joined by seasoned investigator Bethany Barnes and later Shreya Vuttaluru, a data specialist fresh out of college.
New Environment Hub underscores commitment to impact journalism

2 months ago | tampabay.com | Mark Katches

Florida is a rich locale for environmental coverage. It is ground zero for climate change, as increasingly destructive and devastating hurricanes wreak havoc up and down the state. The consequences are borne out by rising seas and sunny day flooding, by dying coral and ever-more potent red tide plumes. Pollution and other threats to a healthy environment surround us.
Why did the Tampa Bay Times reprint a poster page after Donald Trump won the presidency?

Nov 16, 2024 | yahoo.com | Mark Katches

An immense amount of planning goes into covering Election Day. So let me take you behind the scenes as we readied to cover one of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history. And we’ll get to that moment when we published, and reprinted, a front-page Extra edition poster that some readers really wished we hadn’t.
Crane crashing into Tampa Bay Times during Hurricane Milton doesn’t slow newsroom

Oct 11, 2024 | tampabay.com | Mark Katches

Hurricane Milton had just crashed into Florida with 100-mph winds when Tampa Bay Times journalists Zachary T. Sampson and Chris Urso prepared to deploy toward landfall in Sarasota County. Plans changed when they heard about the Trop. Sampson and Urso — one of five “go teams” mobilizing to cover the storm for the Times — headed to downtown St. Petersburg to chronicle the surreal sight at Tropicana Field, its roof obliterated.
Tampa Bay Times reporting on state parks and St. Pete bonuses sparks impact

Sep 14, 2024 | tampabay.com | Mark Katches

Florida has more golf courses than any state in America — in excess of 1,200. That’s apparently not enough for Gov. Ron DeSantis. His administration sought to transform state parkland — coveted for its natural beauty and pristine habitats — into more manicured lawns, pickleball courts, disc golf courses and lodges (the rustic term for a hotel plopped onto a park). When Tampa Bay Times environment reporter Max Chesnes got the tip about this, it seemed almost unbelievable.