The Last Page with Watermark Account Manager Dillian Ramirez
Watermark is the collective product of a team of incredibly hardworking individuals. Over the next series of issues, we’re using this space to introduce each member of our staff and contributors to...
View Article10.19.17 Publisher’s Desk
We are nearing the end of Pride season; Oct. 21 marks bi-coastal celebrations in Volusia County and Sarasota, and we close with Sanford Pride Nov. 5. As the Pride door shuts the holiday door swings...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Watermark Senior Account Manager Sam Callahan
For some, Watermark is more than a work place, it’s a home. This sentiment is not truer with anyone than it is with Senior Account Manager Sam Callahan. Sam began her career with Watermark back in...
View Article11.02.17 Publisher’s Desk
The death of Matthew Sheppard on October 12, 1998, shook me to my core. It was a devastating, brutal reminder of the misguided hatred some had, and still have, for the LGBTQ community. It was also a...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Account Manager Debbie Reeves
Debbie joined the Watermark team earlier this year to handle advertising sales for the Tampa Bay region. As with all our employees, her job description extends way beyond her title. She doubles as a...
View Article11.16.17 Publisher’s Desk
Thanksgiving has a long history of being my least favorite holiday. The reason is simple: turkey sucks! There, I said it. It’s ok to have a different opinion, but I’m right. No offense to my mother,...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Sales Director Danny Garcia
“I have a history with Watermark,” says Sales Director Danny Garcia. “There was a job opening at a time when I felt like I needed a change, so I seized the opportunity.” Danny’s history with Watermark...
View Article11.30.17 Publisher’s Desk
I’m not much of a doomsday theorist, nor do I have patience for anyone who is. I try not to use this space to whimper the blues of how dark society has become and lament the good ole days. Instead, I...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Business Manager Kathleen Harper
Watermark and Kathleen are a match that almost never was. Although she gave a spectacular interview, Kathleen was originally passed up for the position of administrative assistant. Luckily for...
View Article12.14.17 Publisher’s Desk
Here we are in the thick of the holiday season. It’s sometimes hard to tell that the holidays are approaching in mid-Florida. There is so much to be done this time of year that the days fly by, and it...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Multimedia Assistant Melody Maia Monet
Maia Monet began her career with Watermark as a freelancer. She has been the woman behind the viewpoint column “Trans of Thought” for the past two years. When Watermark posted the Multimedia Assistant...
View Article12.28.17 Publisher’s Desk
New Year’s Eve is upon us. This day has changed for me over the past few years. Usually I’d spend the evening getting drunk and complaining about how awful the year was. At midnight my friends and I...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Art Director Jake Stevens
Jake Stevens is approaching his 11-year anniversary with Watermark, making him the most senior staff member outside of the owner. “I needed a job where I not only could push myself as an artist and...
View Article1.25.18 Publisher’s Desk
It’s good to be back. Last issue Jeremy Williams took over this space in Central Florida and Ryan Willams-Jent wrote the column for Tampa Bay. They will continue their columns every other issue, and I...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Tampa Bay Bureau Chief Ryan Williams-Jent
Since former editor-in-chief Steve Blanchard departed Watermark to work for the Moffitt Cancer Center and Jeremy Williams returned to Orlando, we have been looking for someone to take the reins in...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Central Florida Bureau Chief Jeremy Williams
Jeremy is Watermark’s consummate journalist, but it didn’t start out that way. Jeremy was a journalism major at Valencia College in 2013 when he saw Watermark was hiring a sales rep. As an avid reader...
View Article02.22.18 Publisher’s Desk
I consider myself to be a systems guy. I like rules and I like procedure. Systems are in place for a reason. They have been tried, tested and tweaked to produce the best results. I can even make a case...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Founder and Guiding Light Tom Dyer
Founder Tom Dyer sold Watermark two years ago, but remains and will forever be the newspaper’s guiding light. His law office is next door, so we see him several times a day when he crosses the parking...
View Article07.12.18 Publisher’s Desk
I’m not a very religious person. Actually, I’m not religious in the traditional sense at all. Organized religion and I have not seen eye to eye for some time. That’s not a secret to those who know me...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Pride starts the day off with the wedding of Debo Ofsowitz and Milena...
ORLANDO | Come Out With Pride kicked off with a special celebration Oct. 13. COWP’s Debo Ofsowitz and fiancee Milena Jacobina shared their wedding vows at noon on Lake Eola, surrounded by friends and...
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