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Justine Griffin
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Economy and Growth Editor, Tampa Bay Times
Saint Petersburg, FL
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Biography
Justine Griffin is a journalist specializing in health, medicine, business and breaking news coverage in Florida. Currently she’s the health and medicine reporter at the Tampa Bay Times. She previously covered retail, tourism and various consumer-related topics for the Times’ business section. white houseJustine worked for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune as the newsroom’s assistant projects editor prior to joining the Times. There she also covered the retail and tourism beats for the business desk. Justine also wrote for the business section of the South Florida Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, the Orlando Business Journal and covered crime for the St. Augustine Record. She published a long-form narrative special report about her experience as a first-time egg donor, “The Cost of Life,” for the Herald-Tribune in May 2014. The story ran in print as a 32-page special section with no ads and as a multimedia project online. Justine was the founding editor-in-chief of a start up digital magazine for millennials in Southwest Florida called unravel. She actively contributes to several blogs, reaches new audiences through social media, and takes and shoots her own photos and videos. She’s also a podcast host. Justine leads creative discussions on the best practices of social media at journalism conferences and in her own newsroom. Justine is a past vice president of the Journalism & Women Symposium and was an active member of the board of directors for more than three years. During her time as a student at the University of Central Florida, Justine interned at the Orlando Business Journal, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Winter Park Magazine, Wakeboarding Magazine and was the news editor of her (now sadly defunct) college newspaper, the Central Florida Future. Justine is a native Floridian. When she’s not writing, she’s riding horses. Justine is also a freelance editor and writer for an international equestrian publications company, Heels Down Media.
Covers: health, tourism florida, business medicine, florida business news
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Content
By Justine Griffin Verified|heelsdownmag.comThe countdown is on my friends. It’s going to be an action-packed Best Weekend All Year in 2025, thanks to two very big five-stars: the Kentucky Three-Day Event and the Kentucky Invitational. We’re talking to the riders hoping to conquer some of the biggest eventing and show jumping tracks in America this month. Thanks for tuning in. Click here to stream Episode 135. Special guests: Will Coleman is an American event rider based in Ocala/Virginia.
By Justine Griffin Verified|Horse NetworkGreat Britain’s Lottie Fry and Glamourdale could not be stopped Saturday in the FEI Dressage World Cup Final Freestyle, taking home their second win of the week and championship title on a whopping 88.195% score. Fry and the 15-year-old Dutch-bred stallion had already secured the win Friday, winning the World Cup Grand Prix on a score of 77.152%. In the Freestyle, they led by a nearly a 4-point margin. Saturday’s results were a repeat podium from Friday’s Grand Prix.
By Justine Griffin Verified|Horse NetworkIt was Great Britain’s Lottie Fry and Glamourdale to take the first win of the FEI Dressage World Cup Final in Basel, Switzerland, Friday, capturing a 77.152% score in the World Cup Grand Prix Friday to best a field of 17 international competitors. Fry, technically the youngest rider to compete in the Finals at age 29, rode the 15-year-old stallion to their career 33rd win in Basel.
Company Info
Tampa Bay Times
Clearwater, Florida, United States
+1 813-627-4700