Briant Hartz is a business reporter for the St. Pete Catalyst. Previously, he served as the Tampa Bay editor for the Sarasota-based Business Observer, wrote and edited for New Zealand’s leading boating magazine, wrote for trade publications in Canada, served as editor-in-chief of a monthly business magazine based in Victoria, British Columbia, and is co-author of the novel Harly C.I.: A Detective Story. (January 2021)