Sept. 21at 3:30pm, through Zoom, CWC-FPRA is proud to host award-winning author Craig Pittman, who will take us on a journey of our home state, Florida, exploring Florida Men, Florida Women, and all the other wildlife in between through the lens of books, media, and journalism.

Thank you to our annual sponsor, Next-Mark.
Thank you to our event sponsor, Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast

FPRA members $10 | Future Members $15

Craig Pittman is a native Floridian, an author and an award-winning reporter. Born in Pensacola, he graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him “the most destructive force on campus.” After 31 years at the Tampa Bay Times, where he covered a variety of beats and several natural disasters — including the Florida Legislature — he now writes a weekly environmental issues column for the Florida Phoenix and co-hosts the popular podcast “Welcome to Florida.” He’s the author of six non-fiction books about Florida, including the New York Times bestseller Oh, Florida: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country and Cat Tale: The Wild Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther, which Garden & Gun magazine named one of the 20 best books of 2020.  His most recent one, published in September, is The State You’re In: Florida Men, Florida Women, and Other Wildlife. Last year he was declared a Florida Literary Legend by the Florida Heritage Book Festival. He lives in St. Petersburg with his wife and two children.