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.
Largo's Daniel William Helms, 59, a resident and employee of the Buckeye Mobile Home Park on Donegan Road, is awaiting trial, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
The 1914 structure, one of the oldest in northern Pinellas County, will not be part of the Capitol Theatre's renovation and will instead be demolished, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
The fire at Flipperz Beach Shop was extinguished Tuesday night before it could spread to any other structures, officials said. A nearby motel was evacuated as a precaution.
We’d like to hear from area residents (and their loved ones) who have battled breast cancer.
We’d like to hear from area residents (and their loved ones) who have battled breast cancer.
We’d like to hear from area residents (and their loved ones) who have battled breast cancer.
We’d like to hear from area residents (and their loved ones) who have battled breast cancer.
We’d like to hear from area residents (and their loved ones) who have battled breast cancer.
We’d like to hear from area residents (and their loved ones) who have battled breast cancer.
We’d like to hear from area residents (and their loved ones) who have battled breast cancer.
Have you spotted the decked-out ambulance? It's Sunstar Paramedics' way of honoring breast cancer awareness month.
OK, so you had a busy week. We understand. Let us catch you up on all the highlights!
OK, so you had a busy week. We understand. Let us catch you up on all the highlights!
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers sold enough tickets to have Sunday's home game shown on local TV for the first time this season. Bucs fans, do you think the NFL's blackout rule is fair?
Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies will be on the lookout for drug- and alcohol-impaired drivers.
The pro wrestling superstar and longtime Clearwater resident will be meeting with fans at the grand opening celebration for his Mandalay Avenue shop.
Toilet valves were taken from the men's restroom at the Clearwater Main Library, a Checkers and McDonald's Restaurant in Clearwater, following similar crimes at two Dunedin locations.
The toilets in the Dunedin Public Library aren't the only ones to be victimized by thieves. Valves were also taken from toilets at the Dunedin Historical Society and Museum and three locations in Clearwater, and police are looking for a suspect.
William Jeffery Chandler, 55, of Pasco County, was found dead inside a car parked outside Muvico Theaters off U.S. 19 earlier this week, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge Clem slams his longtime friend, wrestling superstar and Clearwater resident Hulk Hogan, over a lawsuit Hogan filed against Clem regarding a sex video with Clem's ex-wife.
