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We spent a lot of time thinking about the best way to track water quality statewide. Read about our data analysis here: project.tampabay.com/investigations…

Our reporters reviewed millions of water samples and hundreds of records to analyze pollution across the state. Read how they did this incredible work: project.tampabay.com/investigations…

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When Florida's manatees started dying in the Indian River Lagoon, shreya vuttaluru, Zack Sampson, & Bethany Barnes began to ask, why? They found that the state's waterways were being polluted by chemicals, destroying these ecosystems. A Tampa Bay Times' reporting project.project.tampabay.com/investigations…

Incredible project from Zack Sampson, shreya vuttaluru and Bethany Barnes. Make sure to give it a read: project.tampabay.com/investigations…

"To get an unfiltered window into the state’s response to the crisis, the Times reviewed more than 7,000 internal emails from staffers within the agency." Zack Sampson Bethany Barnes shreya vuttaluru project.tampabay.com/investigations…

"We have a 5-alarm fire here.” Tampa Bay Times has put together a comprehensive look at the manatee crisis and what it says about efforts to combat pollution. Really impressive work. project.tampabay.com/investigations…

Recovery is still underway in Tampa Bay after last year’s historic hurricane season. Many residents have not returned home, and businesses remain shuttered along the coast And yet, the forecasts for this year’s season are beginning. What to know: tampabay.com/hurricane/2025…

shreya vuttaluru Zack Sampson Bethany Barnes Tampa Bay Times To understand the crisis manatees face, shreya vuttaluru, Zack Sampson, & Bethany Barnes spoke with over 100 scientists, politicians, & environmentalists. Here’s how they revealed that decades of pollution pushed Florida’s waterways to the brink. project.tampabay.com/investigations…

"When researchers cut into her remains, they discovered much of her fat had wasted away. . . .She should have weighed at least 1,000 pounds but was just 650. She’d starved." —Z. Sampson shreya vuttaluru Bethany Barnes Tampa Bay Times longreads.com/2025/04/04/was…

The images in this piece will stay with me for a long time. It's so incredibly sad to read about what decades of environmental mismanagement have resulted in project.tampabay.com/investigations…

Manatees starved after poor water quality killed the seagrass they depended on. A Times investigation traced the tragedy to its roots and found it’s a dire example of a runaway pollution crisis in Florida. This project was supported by Pulitzer Center project.tampabay.com/investigations…

NEW: After a Tampa Bay Times investigation found rising contamination, congressional leaders sound alarm tampabay.com/investigations… w/ Zack Sampson shreya vuttaluru

The Tampa Bay Times wins the May Sidney for their first-of-its-kind investigation into the water quality crisis that is killing the state’s manatees: bit.ly/4jwpOQh

Congratulations to Zachary Sampson, Shreya Vuttaluru, Bethany Barnes and the whole team at the Tampa Bay Times on winning this month's Sidney for their sweeping investigation of manatee deaths in Florida and the state's declining water quality.

Regulators have been trying to tackle Florida's water pollution crisis since the 1970s, but the same problems of agricultural runoff and unchecked development continue to poison ecosystems and kill manatees.

🎉 We’re honored to have our journalists’ work recognized by Sidney Hillman Foundation. Read their investigation into Florida’s polluted waterways: project.tampabay.com/investigations…