TampaBayMediaGroup.com is a video production service with our main focus in breaking news video. Several “stringers” in this organization flood Tampa Bay, mainly at night, searching for big stories. Stringers are freelance news photographers who shoot breaking news video, and sell the raw footage to local news media.

TampaBayMediaGroup.com started on June 20th, 2004, as a spot news photo gallery for the western Hillsborough County area. A year later, TBMG was operating as a full featured local website featuring news, weather, traffic, and sports information for the entire bay area. Several “reporters” updated the site daily with breaking news. This continued until 2008, when we decided to go in a new direction.

Now several freelance photographers are affiliated with TampaBayMediaGroup.com, covering all of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Polk, Manatee and Hernando Counties. TBMG is the only stringer service in the Tampa Bay Area that is affiliated with multiple photographers. The advantage of having multiple photographers apart of the same company aids in adequate coverage, the combining of advanced news gathering resources, and contributing to the budget.

TampaBayMediaGroup.com is always advancing in technology. TBMG has several HD cameras and video accessories that provide superior broadcast quality breaking news footage. We also have close to a dozen digital scanners, scanning many public safety agencies throughout the region. Additionally, we subscribe to several paid services that alerts us of out breaking news and press releases.

TampaBayMediaGroup.com has strict ethical guidelines. We respect public safety personnel, the community and our clients. However, we also believe that we should be able to do our job and exercise our rights as photographers. The rights of photographers are being violated all across the country and we will hold those accountable so this trend stops.

We now offer several other services including video photography of events, stock footage, DVD production, scanner programming, and web design. Our prices are affordable and you won’t be disappointed with our services. Please see the “Our Services” page to see what we can do for you. Contact us for a free quote.

If you have any questions or comments for us, just see our contact page or visit the FAQ’s page!