Phone: 941-321-2400
Email: jason.bartolone@patch.com
Hometown: Hamilton, NJ / Bradenton, FL
Jason is an Associate Regional Editor with Patch's Florida team and manages the Patch sites in Clearwater, Dunedin, Largo, Safety Harbor, St. Petersburg, Gulfport, Pinellas Beaches, Bradenton and Sarasota.
Before that he served as Local Editor of Bradenton Patch, helping launch the site in December 2010, as well as working closely with other Patch sites around Tampa Bay.
Before joining Patch, Jason spent more than eight years working at daily newspapers in Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as a reporter, copy editor, page designer, sports columnist, blogger and podcaster. He graduated with a B.A. in journalism from Penn State University and served in a variety of roles at the school's nationally recognized Daily Collegian student newspaper. He also interned at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review as part of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund internship program.
Most recently, Jason spent five years at the Bradenton Herald working in several positions, including Page 1A designer and editor. He's also been an on-air radio personality and host.
He and his wife are proud New Jersey natives who are still on the lookout for authentic pizza in Florida after eight years living and working here.
The man made two girls perform "fashion shows" for him, beat them with a metal spatula and touched them inappropriately, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
“I didn’t know they gave an award for doing your job,” said Sheriff Tom Knight, who was honored for his work to put an end to misuse of pain management clinics and reduce crime.
Rain chances in Safety Harbor are high over the weekend, but conditions start to clear out just in time for the workweek to start.
Rain chances in Dunedin are high over the weekend, but conditions start to clear out just in time for the workweek to start.
Rain chances in Clearwater are high over the weekend, but conditions start to clear out just in time for the workweek to start.
Rain chances in Largo are high over the weekend, but conditions start to clear out just in time for the workweek to start.
Rain chances in St. Pete are high over the weekend, but conditions start to clear out just in time for the workweek to start.
Rain chances on the beaches are high over the weekend, but conditions start to clear out just in time for the workweek to start.
Rain chances in the Gulfport area are high over the weekend, but conditions start to clear out just in time for the workweek to start.
Rain chances in the Bradenton area are high over the weekend, but conditions start to clear out just in time for the workweek to start.
Rain chances in the Sarasota area are high over the weekend, but conditions start to clear out just in time for the workweek to start.
The Houston Astros have all but finalized their own deal to find a new spring training home in Palm Beach Gardens, where they would share a stadium with the Blue Jays, according to the Houston Chronicle.
BPD would like to speak to your group about public safety.
Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino urges residents to refrain from violence and seek unity when the ruling in the racially charged George Zimmerman case comes down.
Deputies pulled over a pickup truck that ran a red light and ended up arresting all three occupants.
Two men who were detained by Sarasota County deputies are being considered material witnesses to the brutal killing of a 7-Eleven clerk in Riverview, authorities said.
The Madeira Beach man left the scene of two crashes Thursday night, deputies say, and in between dropped off a 7-year-old child passenger in the middle of a roadway.
The man left the scene of two crashes Thursday night, deputies say, and in between dropped off a 7-year-old child passenger in the middle of a roadway.
Hillsborough Sheriff David Gee said the brutal slaying of a 7-Eleven clerk in Riverview was one of the worst he has seen in his 35 years on the job.
A controversial beach restoration project is designed to prevent erosion at Longboat Pass, but critics say it has the potential to also end recreational boat use at the island.
