Those who practice the art of business journalism don’t typically look to the alternative weekly newspapers that inhabit most metropolitan communities for tips on how they practice their craft. But deep in the crevasses of the Weekly Planet, the alternative rag in Tampa, is a nice reporting tip that brings back memories.
Garcia writes: “My first encounter with cigars was, well, misguided. I smoked a pack of Swisher Sweets in 1978 while at the Florida-Georgia football game in Jacksonville. I didn’t touch another dog rocket for 13 years, until I was working in the Tampa Tribune’s business news department.
“A co-worker — Adam Levy, now a bureau chief with Bloomberg Business News — urged me one day to join him for an afternoon smoke break at Tampa’s legendary Edward’s Pipe and Tobacco, a hangout for various captains of industry who smoke. Levy got good banking story tips there; I figured I would try a cigar and hang out.
Read the entire piece here.
I can verify this story, as I am friends with both Garcia and Levy and also frequented the cigar bar at Edward’s. A number of Tampa business leaders would go there on their lunch hours, and we figured it was a good opportunity for us to talk to them in a more casual setting.
And yes, we got good story tips there.
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