Drew Harwell has been named the new real estate reporter at the Tampa Bay Times, formerly the St. Petersburg Times.
He replaces Mark Puente, who has been named the new City Hall reporter in St. Petersburg. Harwell confirmed the move on his Twitter feed.
Harwell currently covers the people and politics of Clearwater, which is just north of St. Petersburg. He previously covered covering Pinellas County and the city of Dunedin.
Harwell joined the paper in 2009. He is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he was a journalism and history major. He was also a winner of the annual Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition.
