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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Anthony Sangenito doesn’t remember the 21-mile air ambulance ride he took last summer because he wasn’t conscious. But debt collectors aren’t letting... -
Accident victims with private insurance are getting surprised by sky-high ambulance bills and Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Sha 'Ron James wants... -
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is asking an administrative law judge for more time to fight the state’s controversial new water quality standards. -
The Sierra Club is asking a federal appeals court to block a proposed, 700-mile gas pipeline that would link Alabama and Georgia with Florida power... -
Martin County is putting its legal challenge of the state’s highly controversial new water quality standards on hold – at least for now. County attorney... -
The Seminole Tribe of Florida has lost an initial legal challenge to Florida’s controversial new water quality standards, but now the Clean Water... -
Lawyers for a Kissimmee Planned Parenthood facility generated sharp exchanges Wednesday as they tried to convince the Florida Supreme Court to lift a ... -
The Seminole Tribe of Florida’s legal challenge to controversial new water quality standards may come down to a game of beat the clock. -
A $2.4 billion proposal to deal with polluted runoff from Lake Okeechobee is getting a chilly reception with some conservative Panhandle lawmakers. -
Biologists say a mysterious disease is making a comeback in the northern Indian River Lagoon, where nine manatees have died since the end of May.
