Craig Patrick
Craig is FOX 13's political editor and chief investigator. He has won more than 20 Emmy awards throughout his career as an executive producer, anchor, and reporter.
He hosts Money, Power & Politics, and produces investigations focused on questionable government policy and spending. His reports have exposed illegal state tax credits, lawmakers violating their own voting rules, and Medicare schemes that bilk millions of tax dollars.
He previously led the investigative/special projects unit at the ABC affiliate in Orlando, managed the station's election coverage, moderated a weekly political discussion program, and produced a variety of primetime specials.
Craig began his career as an anchor/reporter at television stations in Savannah and Birmingham. He also worked as a marketing/public-relations executive -- and is a past winner of the Phillips Platinum PR award for developing a top-rated internal communications program. He obtained his BA in Journalism/Political Science from Spring Hill College in Mobile.
Craig has served on the boards of several Tampa Bay area government and community organizations, including the St. Petersburg Planning Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, City Beautiful Commission, Pinellas Public Access Advisory Board, Tampa Bay Partnership's Transportation and International Councils, Pinellas Juvenile Welfare Board Community Council, and Tampa Bay Red Cross Advisory Board.
If you would like to contact Craig, you can email him at Craig.Patrick@fox.com. You can also connect with him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter @FOX13Politics.
The latest from Craig Patrick
NASA, SpaceX to try and launch Crew-10 Friday night: Here's how you can watch
NASA and SpaceX are scheduled to launch four Crew-10 astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday night from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX’s Crew-10 mission launch scrubbed, leaving Starliner astronauts still on the ISS
SpaceX's Crew-10 mission launch scheduled for Wednesday evening has been scrubbed less than an hour before because of a hydraulics issue with a claw arm that attaches to the rocket.
America’s Path to Equality: Bloody Sunday
This month, our nation remembers the heroes of Selma, Alabama. Sixty years ago, they marched for voting rights, survived brutal beatings, and inspired the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
America’s Path to Equality: Selma and the Tampa Connection
March 7 marks a solemn anniversary in the battle for civil rights.
America’s Path to Equality: The Selma Movement
America’s climactic battle for civil rights took place in Selma, Alabama 60 years ago. The March in Selma focused on voting rights, and it followed the campaigns in Birmingham, Alabama and St. Augustine, Florida that compelled passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Tampa's Path to Equality Part 7: Live on Stage
Tampa celebrates a breakthrough in civil rights when the city’s first wave of sit-ins took off on February 29, 1960. High school students defied segregation at a Woolworth’s lunch counter and that inspired peaceful integration across the city.
Tampa’s Path to Equality Part 6: The 'Tampa Technique'
In 1960, Tampa benefited from having the first southern governor to denounce segregation, the first mayor to help integrate the lunch counters and black and white community leaders who helped keep the peace.
Tampa's Path to Equality Part 5: The Breakthrough
Tampa celebrates a proud anniversary on February 29. On Leap Day of 1960, black high school students defied segregation at a Woolworth’s lunch counter, and it led to peaceful integration throughout Tampa as black and white community leaders came together.
Tampa’s Path to Equality Part 4: The Sit-ins
One of the most remarkable and least known chapters in Black history took place in Tampa 65 years ago. Black and white community leaders helped integrate lunch counters long before the rest of the American South in a striking shift in race relations.
Tampa’s Path to Equality Part 3: 'Election of the Century'
Tampa's 48th mayor, Julian B. Lane, played a role in the Civil Rights Movement as one of the first southern mayors to support racial integration.