Jim Ash
Jim Ash is a reporter at WFSU-FM. A Miami native, he is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience, most of it in print. He has been a member of the Florida Capital Press Corps since 1992.
Ash has worked variously as a reporter, columnist and bureau chief. His specialties include state politics, the judicial system and the environment. His career has included coverage of everything from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and Hurricane Andrew to the Florida presidential recount.
Ash is a graduate of the University of Iowa where he earned a degree in English. He spent his summers interning for newspapers, including the Austin-American Statesman in Texas.
A hiking enthusiast, Ash has explored most of the public trails in California's Big Sur. He is an avid reader who enjoys traveling, exploring the Big Bend, and water sports.
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Calling the Hurricane Irma-related deaths of eight people in South Florida a preventable tragedy, a Plantation Democrat wants to force nursing homes to... -
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam says Hurricane Irma has left the state’s iconic citrus industry in tatters. -
President Donald Trump is nominating Tallahassee attorney Matthew Leopold for Environmental Protection Agency general counsel, and advocates say his... -
A leadership shuffle in the Florida Senate is lifting the hopes of anti-fracking activists. -
Florida would no longer issue marriage licenses to couples younger than 18 under bill filed Monday by Republican lawmakers. -
Animal rights and environmental groups are urging members to flood the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with pleas not to alter the Florida Panther’s ... -
Florida gun control advocates say a new report on gun theft by the Center for American Progress underscores the need for stricter laws. The left-leaning... -
Leon County Commissioner Bryan Desloge is wrapping up his tenure as president of the National Association of Counties with a plea for more federal help... -
Environmentalists are hoping a recent state appellate ruling will make it easier to challenge Florida’s controversial new water quality standards. -
The federal government is reviewing the status of the endangered Florida Panther, prompting some activists to worry the iconic species will lose...
