Author

Craig Pittman

Craig Pittman

Craig Pittman is a native Floridian. In 30 years at the Tampa Bay Times, he won numerous state and national awards for his environmental reporting. He is the author of six books, including the New York Times bestseller "Oh, Florida! How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country," which won a gold medal from the Florida Book Awards. His latest, published in 2021, is "The State You're In: Florida Men, Florida Women, and Other Wildlife." In 2020 the Florida Heritage Book Festival named him a Florida Literary Legend. Craig is co-host of the "Welcome to Florida" podcast. He lives in St. Petersburg with his wife and children.

COMMENTARY
Florida coastline climate change

By focusing only on ‘resilience,’ Florida’s governor ignores climate change’s deadly heat

By: - June 2, 2022

Florida tends to be a pretty lively place. Just look at all our crowded beaches, highways, stadia, hockey rinks, racetracks, bars, restaurants, casinos, and, sometimes, hospital ERs. You may be surprised to hear that we’ve also got lots of amazing dead spots too — in other words, graves. The most famous one is the Key […]