Jeff Harrington has been an editor and reporter at the St. Petersburg Times since 1998. He was deputy business editor in fall 2008 as a national fiscal crisis erupted and shifted gears to become lead staff writer on the economy, banking, insurance and other money issues.

A native Ohioan, Jeff graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a dual major in American Studies and French. He worked at the City News Bureau of Chicago, Toledo Blade and Cincinnati Enquirer before winding his way down Interstate 75 to the Tampa Bay area.

He has received numerous awards for business and metro writing, including recognition by the Society of Professional Journalists and Associated Press, among others. He was a two-time finalist and one-time winner of a Gerald Loeb award honoring the best business writing in the country and his work was included in the Best Business Stories of the Year series in 2003.

Phone: (727) 893-8242

E-mail: harrington@tampabay.com

Twitter: twitter.com/jeffmharrington