Matt Waite, a reporter at the St. Petersburg Times,
is one of the bright lights in analytic journalism.  (And “bright”
has all the meanings you can apply.)  He is one of a handful of
the next generation, i.e. folks <40 years old, who are pushing some
intellectual and methodologtical boulders up the institutional hill
that is classic journalism. 



Matt has
created a non-rant blog describing his stories and projects in St.
Pete.  It's a learning resource.  See  www.mattwaite.com