Mark Schreiner
Mark Schreiner has been the producer and reporter for "University Beat" on WUSF 89.7 FM since 2001 and on WUSF TV from 2007-2017.
In addition to serving as a producer, reporter, host and assistant news director, he serves as intern coordinator for WUSF News.
He has worked as an anchor, reporter and producer at radio stations in Tampa and his native Chicago since 1992. Mark graduated from Columbia College in Chicago with a BA in Telecommunications/Radio in 1994.
Mark has won a number of honors as a reporter, including a pair of regional Edward R. Murrow awards, a Silver Telly award for the documentary, “Plant City Goes to War,” and multiple awards from the Associated Press Florida Broadcasters, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists.
Contact Mark at 813-974-8693, on Twitter @wusfschreiner or by email at mschreiner@wusf.org.
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The organism that causes red tide was detected in 49 samples along the coast of Southwest Florida. But bloom-level concentrations were present in just nine samples. -
Lawyers for the St. Petersburg hospital are arguing that the damages were excessive and that testimony by Maya Kowalski emotionally inflamed the jury. The case was profiled in a 2023 Netflix documentary. -
Six people in the county have contracted the disease in recent weeks from mosquitoes in the area, officials say. The state remains under a mosquito-borne illness alert. -
The Largo Intercoastal Marina was the only site in Pinellas reporting heavy concentrations of red tide. -
Under a deal agreed to by the Florida Ethics Commission, Vanessa Baugh will pay an $8,000 fine and accept a public reprimand. -
A notice from the CDC said consumers who have ice cream from Sarasota's Big Olaf Creamery should throw away any of those products. -
The CDC's running total for Florida was updated Monday to show 6,021,780 cases. Over the past week, the state has averaged approximately 8,055 new cases a day. -
“I’m super pissed, I’m just like, 'Get your hands off of my uterus, off of my body,' " said Lauren Lauren Routt, who was among those demonstrating across the state after the leak of a Supreme Court opinon on Roe v. Wade. -
"If you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous." Gov. Ron DeSantis told masked Middleton High School students visiting the governor's appearance at USF. -
The state reported 888 new deaths from COVID-19 in the week ending Thursday. That comes after four straight weeks where new deaths surpassed 1,100.
