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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

my best day on this website

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

6 years

me: interested in how the sun shines in our new apartment boyfriend:

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

imagine believing ocala looks like this

Scott Maxwell

@Scott_Maxwell

4 years

Lots of fake-news posts. But this is one of the better ones. The photo below couldn't look less like Ocala, Florida if it was shot in outer space. But sure, like and share away. "Photo of 2018 Swiss music festival falsely shared as Florida Trump rally"

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

Today's @MiamiHerald front page: My story about how Wendell Nibbs was able to keep his job after girl after girl came forward alleging he was a predator. This story took 3 months to report while still covering education news in South Florida. Read here:

How did this middle school teacher stay so long while girls said he was molesting them?

In the 15 years since Wendell Nibbs became a teacher, he’s racked up four criminal sexual assault cases, and allegations of sexual misconduct made by nine female students.

www.miamiherald.com

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

6 years

My mom is proud of me for this tweet and so is my boyfriend’s whole family 😂

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue told the City Council that they usually transport 10 people a year to the hospital. They've transported 300 people in the past 10 days. "Is that sustainable?" asks chair Ed Montanari. "No," replies division chief Ian Womack.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

St. Petersburg, a city where Black cops couldn't patrol white neighborhoods & Black people couldn't sit on green benches, elected: Its 1st Black mayor Its 1st Hispanic City Council member (possibly) its 1st Democratic Socialist & Black City Council member north of Central Ave

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

This was an extremely difficult story to write, from the heinous, blood-curdling allegations made by disenfranchised young women to the web of investigations spanning a decade. We'll be following up on this story. Consider subscribing here:

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

news: Today is my last day @miamiherald . It's been the honor of a lifetime serving my hometown paper and my community. It's a dream I had since 17. Thank you to every teacher, student, source and reader who helped make my work possible. I am beyond grateful. Thank you, thank you.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Four talented, passionate journalists in three days have told me they are considering quitting/leaving the industry because conditions are that stressful/unsustainable/unfulfilling. Be kind to a journalist today.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

I asked a School Board candidate why he's running, what qualifies him for the School Board & what he does for a living. His first response was that those questions are not related to the School Board race and then said that it sounds like I'm working on a hit piece. 🤷‍♀️

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

6 years

Y’all. After 2 1/2 years, today is my last day at the Tampa Bay Times. I’m going home to cover education for the @MiamiHerald . The Herald is dear to my heart as it was my first internship, which I started in high school. Here’s my press pass from 2010 (thread)

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

my 90-year-old abuela called me today to let me know it was the feast day of St. Francis de Sales, the patron saint of journalists 💕

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Our ace @miamiherald photographers will lie in a dirty puddle on the street to get the perfect shot.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Florida City Police showing the governor’s executive order. Still, no one is leaving. Crowd is upset the governor has interfered.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Nearly 600 Miami-Dade County Public School employees have tested positive for COVID-19

Nearly 600 Miami-Dade County Public Schools employees have tested positive for COVID-19

Almost 600 Miami-Dade County Public Schools employees have tested positive for the novel coronavirus from March through July.

www.miamiherald.com

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Ya know, both things can be true. A country can be beautiful and welcoming and prosperous for one group of people. Armando — and my family — are in that group. That same country continues to kill generations of another group of people for the color of their skin.

Armando Salguero

@ArmandoSalguero

4 years

Ryan Tannehill says the United States of America “was founded upon racist ideas...” I am so sick of the America bashing by people who have never lived and would never live anywhere else.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

It should be clear — and sadly it STILL isn’t clear to my colleague — black lives matter. What if we made this country just as welcoming/prosperous/SAFE for everyone else? Armando’s tweet is so gaslighting & as a @MiamiHerald reporter, I am so sorry. Our readers deserve better.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

me when a new story drops in my lap every 45 minutes but I’m still grateful to have a job

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

miami in mourning

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Today marks 10 years — a decade! — since I walked into One Herald Plaza as a high school intern. I wouldn't be where I am — who I am — today without that opportunity. I want to talk a little bit about @MiamiHerald & why we need to save it. my old press pass👇🏽(LONG thread ahead)

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Today is my (second) first day at @TB_Times ! I'm your friendly neighborhood reporter covering St. Petersburg City Hall, Tropicana Field, affordable housing, inequity, etc etc. Email's the same: cwright @tampabay .com. Can be reached on my cell/Signal at 305-343-0110. Talk to me!

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

this is a good time to announce that I bought my first place in south beach and I move tomorrow

Miami Herald

@MiamiHerald

4 years

BREAKING NEWS: South Florida is now under a tropical storm watch, and the National Hurricane Center predicts Isaias will approach Florida and the Bahamas as a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

President-elect @JoeBiden : “For American educators, this is a great day for y’all.”

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

if this doesn’t sum up what it’s like to be a journalist idk what does

Portland Press Herald

@PressHerald

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This website

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Here at the Florida City FEMA vaccination site and a man came out and said what was said yesterday: that a state senator cannot override the governors. “What you’re seeing on Facebook is fake news.” He’s enforcing the rules of being a teacher/firefighter or have a medical note

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

FEMA is looking for those who are 65 and older from yesterday’s line. This is so disorganized.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

There are a million reasons to support your local newspaper, but this is my favorite one: Documenting our community ♥️ @MiamiHerald #ReadLocal

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Police on a megaphone: “If you meet any of those criteria, you’ll be OK. If not...” He never finishes. People in line: “if not, what?”

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

When you report in your hometown, sometimes you get emails like this. And yep, I’m *the* Colleen you taught in middle school.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

1 month

Marley Price's boyfriend likes to play video games She prefers to find potentially illegal short term rentals in St. Petersburg & report them to code enforcement Since Feb, she's filed 108 complaints. 88 were in violation. Her tweet about it went viral

She’s reported over 100 St. Petersburg short-term rentals. Others want to do the same.

Marley Price wants enforcement of the rules to increase housing stock for the city’s residents.

www.tampabay.com

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

as an obnoxious 2nd gen, full-blood miamian i have a million stories about the 305 so here's one for today: when my parents went to get me my first cell phone (a pink motorola razr💝) the cingular (!) guy set me up with a 786 number and my parents were like NAH happy3⃣0⃣5⃣day

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

6 years

About two dozen Parkland students are here filing in for the #RoadtoChange voter registration and gun safety tour

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

6 years

Creating a public document that is not Ctrl+F-able should be a punishable crime.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

Writing is hard but you know what's harder? Trimming a story in HALF

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

As you read about how executives & celebrities paid exorbitant amounts to someone to correct their kids' SAT/ACT scores or straight up take the test for them, remember Kamilah Campbell. She improved 330 pts on her SAT to a 1230 & was flagged for cheating

Student accused of cheating on her SAT drops legal battle, may just take test again

Kamilah Campbell, the Miami Gardens high school senior who boosted her SAT score by 330 points in October and had to fight to prove that she’d done so legitimately, is giving up her public battle...

www.miamiherald.com

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

A woman came with presumably her elderly mother in a walker. The crowd parted and wished her good luck.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

IT'S BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE YOU ACKNOWLEDGED ME AND FOR THOSE DOCUMENTS I REQUESTED, I'M STILL WAITING

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

. @LuisaSantos2020 has the most millennial office I’ve seen at @mdcps . She says she bought all the furniture at OfferUp, Salvation Army and Goodwill.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

6 years

Great list, but it's missing, "Wherever you are, read your local paper."

Marc Lacey

@marclacey

6 years

A full-page ad in @nytimes that ought to be popular among journalists far and wide

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

I have evolved like a Pokémon

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

2 years

in one of the most Democratic cities in Florida, with a Dem mayor and a council that is 7/8 Dems, council member & democratic socialist Richie Floyd is the only elected who has said something publicly about the overturn of Roe.

Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

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The supreme court is full of shit

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

2 years

I AM OVER THE MOON to be a part of not one but TWO Pulitzer-Prize winning newsrooms! Proud to be a part of Florida's best newspapers @TB_Times @miamiherald . All glory to @CoreyGJohnson @rwoolington @Eli_Mur @Blaskey_S @aaron_leib @joeflech @harrisalexc @martindvassolo @conarck 🏆

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

To be clear, I’m not leaving and nobody else is either. The line just keeps growing cc: @RominaAdi @TooMuchMe

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Breaking: @MiamiSup says every @MDCPS high school will have a physical, in-person graduation ceremony between June 1 - June 9. There will be three locations revolving around FIU and Miami-Dade County youth fair that provide for enough space. Details will be published this weekend

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Fewer than 30% of city's first responders are vaccinated. St. Petersburg City Hall is considering a mandatory vaccination policy. A decision will come by next council meeting. Also being considered - declaring state of emergency.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

I'm heading back to @TB_Times to take over the St. Petersburg City Hall beat from my dear friend @ByJoshSolomon . I've got big shoes to fill & I'm excited to chronicle a new era in a city I've been in love with for a long time. shoutout to @CharlieFrago

Charlie Frago

@CharlieFrago

3 years

I'm excited to work again with old friend @Colleen_Wright + new Twitter friend @LaurenMPeace on the local government beat in #tampabay for the @TB_Times . Welcome (back)!

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

My dad was supposed to meet Bobby that day, but I was just born the day before. So Bobby gave this to my aunt

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

uh oh guys he's going to sue me!!!!!! for asking him, a candidate running for a publicly elected position, why he's qualified for the job! also what's poynter? can someone let me know?? do you think they own a major metro newspaper i used to work at??

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

7 years

. @UofAlabama band in full force. #CFBChampionship #RoadToTampa

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Council member Brandi Gabbard, mom of 10yo, “I am terrified. We can’t do mask mandates. Schools aren’t empowered to make best decisions for them. ... We’re begging people 2 get vaccinated &save our kids. It’s really just shocking tht ppl won’t do what’s right 2 protect all of us”

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

. @samanthajgross ’ reporting is so good, she got an @AndyMarlette cartoon.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

Hey TV/national media, here's a pro-tip: Do not contact local newspaper reporters through any medium, especially on their personal Facebook account, to ask them to connect you with sources. This makes you lazy. Do your own reporting/basic Googling & stop piggybacking.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

we live in the only hot city in america right now and some of y’all still choose to eat indoors. make it make sense

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

five named storms in the atlantic huh

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Subscribing to your local newspaper a) keeps you and your community informed and b) helps a hometown kid continue to live her dream

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Beginning Monday, @MDCPS is launching a community feeding plan. Every school will be open from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. so students can have access to a free, nutritious hot meals for breakfast and lunch.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

BREAKING: @mdcps announces 16-year-old at South Miami Senior High arrested for cyberattacks. Story to come.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

2 yrs ago, I reported on a charter school operator who defrauded school boards of millions of $$ by selling inflated goods to his schools. Those schools shut down & left 1,000 Pinellas students stranded Today, Marcus May was sentenced to 20 yrs in prison

A Times investigation: Documents point to inflated spending at troubled Pinellas charter schools

At one St. Petersburg charter school, taxpayers shelled out $4,300 to outfit a classroom with a teacher's desk, two cabinets, three tables and 25 chairs. Had the items been purchased from the...

www.tampabay.com

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Another man in a Yankee cap shouts that, “this is not the state of Florida, this is FEMA” and that they vaccinated everyone Friday and Saturday.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

went out on assignment yesterday for the first time in forever, so I put on makeup and stained my mask. Anyway, I got this shot by the inimitable @aldiazphoto

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Florida's had an increase of 300k cases since early June update. Majority are in the past 30 days. Pinellas has 89,699 total cases as of last Friday. During that past week, 4,164 reported. "That number is one of the highest that we’ve seen since the beginning of the pandemic."

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

. @LuisaSantos2020 now presenting her first item as a School Board member: post-secondary resources for undocumented students and mixed status families. Santos is a former undocumented @mdcps student.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

beat reporter reax only!!!!!

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

channeling this 2013 energy

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

Well now you’ve heard of me.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

In today's story I quoted a Coral Reef Senior High IB teacher who was retiring after 44 years “The year didn’t end with a bang. It ended with a whimper.” Her students read my story and surprised her today with a drive-by parade. She got flowers, cards & the sendoff she deserved

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

FEMA/police breaking up people between the wait list line from yesterday and today’s line. There seems to be another separate group for 65+ and there’s about 10-12 of them. There are easily 200+ people.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

A Palmetto High teacher took these photos before the 7:15 am bell this morning.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

From a teacher at @miamisup ’s own school:

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

“ @jkbjournalist ’s been investigating a pedophile with a sex island and the thing that shocks her is basic recognition.” phew if that doesn’t sum it up

Samantha J. Gross

@samanthajgross

4 years

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @MiamiHerald

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Sometimes I get emails asking why I haven't covered X issue. Sometimes that issue is on my list of stories I am working on. My story list often looks like the struggle olympics. What do you prioritize? COVID info? Accountability/transparency? Bad cops? Racism? Sexual assault?

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

I AM SCREAMING I LOVE YOU WADE!!!!

DWade

@DwyaneWade

5 years

That’s love

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

2 years

Hi, I broke the story at the Miami Herald in 2019 on #WendellNibbs which has resurfaced following @CharlieCrist 's pick of @KarlaforFlorida for LG. Both sides have gotten facts wrong about ties between Hernandez-Mats and Nibbs. Let me clarify:

Why is Charlie Crist’s running mate drawing fire from Republicans?

They say Karla Hernandez-Mats and Wendell Nibbs, now a convicted sexual predator, campaigned together for teachers union leadership posts.

www.tampabay.com

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

7 years

. @ClemsonUniv band has arrived. #RoadToTampa @CFBPlayoff

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Photo from an ⁦ @MDCPS ⁩ elementary school teacher. Hand sanitizer via Tito’s Vodka.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

I’m toward the front and the line has wrapped around the block. Could soon overlap.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

One more thing I’ll toot my horn about tonight. I made a whole freakin’ meal during all of this. Rosemary lamb chops, pan baked veggies a la @nytimes Cooking and key lime pie.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Police: “If you do not meet the criteria, you will not be vaccinated today.”

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

1 year

I'm a stickler for open government. This has happened a few times @StPeteFL . Meetings should not start before the public is allowed in the bldg. A committee meeting on *protecting abortion rights* began while myself & others were outside waiting for city hall to open. Not cool

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

7 years

Walking over, I thought fans were stopping to take pics of some cute Alabama-clad babies in a stroller. I was wrong - they were mini pigs!

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Back in June, weekly percent positivity was ~2%. Last week - 16.7%. Cases increased 55% this week over last week. Hospitals are stressed. Admissions up 65% over prior week. 51% of all St. Pete residents are fully vaccinated. Vaccination rates are 10% higher than June.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

6 years

Many journalists including myself have thought that newsrooms would be next. We see it. We can nearly feel it. We can imagine ourselves as @capitalgazette . We're in awe that they're working through this, but not surprised. It's how we roll. Nothing will stop us.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

every day since march 13, 2020 has been groundhog day

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

"Wade is the reason many South Florida kids came to love sports. Our city is filled with people in their 20s who only know how good winning can feel because Dwyane Wade taught them." I'm one of those kids. Thank you, @LeBatardShow . We love you, @DwyaneWade

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

This is the fourth time a *parent* has told me of a fear of speaking to the media will lead to retaliation against their *child*

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Just got tested at the Miami Beach Convention Center. In and out in 11 minutes.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

2 years

1) @FloridaGOP is wrong for saying Hernandez-Mats accompanied Nibbs in investigations. I have the names of the stewards who represented him, and she wasn't among them. That never happened. It is a union's job to represent their members.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

15 minutes in no one from either line has gone in for a vaccine

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

CDC says Pinellas has a high level of COVID transmission. So are 66/67 Florida counties. Pinellas is giving out 4,600 vaccines in a week. Dr. Wojnowich: "It’s not the ventilators. It’s the morale. (We had a) quiet couple months. We were safe and ok."

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

6 years

On a related note, a family member last night told me there’s so much bad news out there, why can’t the good news be reported? You don’t read those stories. No one reads those stories. We know. We have the metrics. You’d rather click on something silly or salacious. We see you.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

the unsung heroes of @mdcps : food service workers and maintenance crews keeping the community fed and safe Photos by @AFSCME Local 1184

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

“Hey can you cover this?”

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

The weirdest part about covering my hometown is that this beat keeps making me relive childhood stuff. I was asked to cover the Miami-Dade Spelling Bee today & all I'm thinking about is how I made it to the finalists' round (when you get to be on stage) only to misspell "motif."

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

5 years

it is my professional opinion that hurricanes/storms should only make landfall on business days and not on weekends especially when the @RollingStones are in town

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Already up above Tropicana Field Lot 2 next to I-275. Renaud Brossard, Quebec Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation flew down just for this. The group spent $1,300 on the ad and it’ll be up for a week. “Long enough to send a message.”

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

4 years

Two things 1) I’m one person, unfortunately. I’d love a few clones 2) Not really fair to compare how private schools are doing when they only have their own school to deal with vs 300+ schools in the fourth largest school district in the U.S.

Argyle and Chai

@argylechaigal

4 years

Will private schools also be getting news coverage or only public schools?

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

Very few people are going in based on criteria.

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Colleen Wright

@Colleen_Wright

3 years

how could the CAPITOL of the United States have no lockdown plan??? schools are more prepared than this.

Alex Daugherty

@alextdaugherty

3 years

I totally blocked this out until just now but this happened to me. Lawmakers were told to go to a secure room and I asked a police officer if there was one for press/staff or if I could go with Reps. I was told no and just started aimlessly walking around Longworth for a bit

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