The Tampa Bay Times has promoted Allison Ross as editor of state government and politics team. She was previously a state accountability reporter.
She was also an investigative reporter and education reporter at the Louisville Courier-Journal. She has also reported for Bankrate and The Palm Beach Post. She was also an assistant city editor at the Columbia Missourian and a reporter at the Portland Press Herald.
Ross graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in journalism and sociology.