35. Real Florida Author and Journalist, Jeff Klinkenberg
A journalist for four-decades at the Tampa Bay Times, Jeff Klinkenberg has the kind of job that most people dream of. His column, Real Florida, began in 1986 and documented the arts, culture, nature and way of life of Floridians. Faced with cave diving, mosquitos, hurricanes and alligators, jeff would still classify the drive from Tampa to Daytona Beach on I-4 the most dangerous thing in Florida.
Jeff is fluent in Floridian. Jeff got his start in Miami covering the sports beat, but it wasn't ideal, he describes, "so I was covering the Miami Dolphins and I got tired of it. I was looking for a…
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