The Tampa Bay Times, winner of 14 Pulitzer Prizes, is the most trusted news source serving the bay area. We are story tellers and truth tellers. We go where the facts take us to tell the definitive story of the Tampa Bay area. We cover a variety of topics of interest — state and local politics, municipal governments, schools, the environment, health, crime and justice, food, culture, housing, the economy and all our major sports teams. We have the largest investigative reporting, data reporting and enterprise reporting teams in the state. As we note on our “Connect with Us” page, we view our job as a calling. It's our passion to find news that's relevant to our community and to share it with you while bringing context that can help our readers make sense of our world.
The Times has a unique corporate structure. We are a for-profit news organization owned by the nonprofit Poynter Institute, the preeminent journalism training organization in the nation. The paper’s publisher, The Times Publishing Company, also publishes the business magazine Florida Trend and the weekly newspaper tbt*.
The Times Publishing Company generates revenue from advertising and subscriptions – both from our print products like the Tampa Bay Times and Florida Trend magazine – and our primary website tampabay.com. We also raise some money to support our journalism through philanthropy, including the Tampa Bay Times Investigative Fund, which raises money to pay for more watchdog reporting, and the Tampa Bay Times Journalism Fund, which provides general support for our newsroom.
The newsroom has no agenda; other than to serve our readers with a steady dose of important, relevant news. None of the editors that oversee news teams — including editor Mark Katches — serve on the Editorial Board, which takes a stand on issues and topics and speaks for the Times as an institution. The board is made up of Chairman and CEO Conan Gallaty, Opinion Editor Graham Brink, and columnist John Hill. As the editor of the Opinion pages, Graham decides what columns and letters to the editor to publish. You can submit letters to the editor here.
We’re human and we make mistakes. When we do, we correct factual errors as quickly as possible. In the newspaper, our corrections typically run on the section covers where the stories appeared. So if a correction happens inside the News section, it will run on the front page. If an error occurs in our sports coverage, it will run on the cover of the Sports section. On our website, we may correct spelling errors or typos without calling special attention to the changes. For the most significant errors, we place a note at the top of the story. Otherwise substantive corrections online run at the bottom of the story. If you see an error, either in print or online, you can bring it to our attention by emailing corrections@tampabay.com.
The Times established a newsroom AI Committee to provide guidance on the responsible use of artificial intelligence while remaining firm in our values of accuracy and accountability. Reporters have long used AI-powered tools for workflow tasks, like transcribing interview audio. As AI capabilities advance, we will explore ways it can empower our work. Examples might include using AI to parse large datasets or aid in translation. AI use requires a critical eye and oversight. As we would with any source, we treat its insights as unverified until proven, and reporters may not use AI to directly craft content published in the Times. When AI-powered reporting or analysis is key to a story, we commit to offering transparency to readers about why and how such tools were used. There’s a fine balance — we must interrogate and explore this powerful technology, but we also must keep in mind its biases, privacy concerns and potential for errors. AI tools will not interfere with our integrity as independent writers and thinkers.
We have strict, separate standards for vendors that provide AI-driven products. At the Times, these products aid in producing stories on weather alerts and real estate transactions. We disclose to readers when we use AI to compile information or produce stories via vendors. None of these tools are designed to replace our journalists, now or in the future.
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