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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Federal data showed nearly 126,000 additional positive tests in the state since Friday, and hospitalizations of people with the virus neared 10,000. -
As the number of new cases continues to climb, so does the positivity rate, which topped 31% in the week ending Thursday.
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The omicron variant is driving the latest spread, with Florida's seven-day average of new cases hitting 29,479 Tuesday, another record.
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Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, along with Tampa, are opening a number of new testing sites — including temporary locations in Tampa and Plant City that will be open for the New Year's weekend. -
It's the second outbreak for the cruise line in as many weeks. Odyssey of the Sea — the newest in Royal Caribbean's fleet — will stay at sea until it returns to Fort Lauderdale on Sunday. -
Hospitalizations where COVID-19 is the primary reason also jumped by 206 to 1,849. That's up more than 18 percent in the past week. -
The positivity rate for the week more than doubled from 2.6% last week to 5.4% this week. There were 1,556 COVID patients hospitalized, 167 more than the previous week.
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The state added 1,719 deaths from COVID-19 complications. That's the first week since Aug. 20-26 where the death toll was below 2,000.
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The number of hospitalized COVID patients remains on a downward trend in Monday's report, with less than half of what it was at the beginning of September.
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Mayor Rick Kriseman said that a vaccine mandate would have to have some strength to it — but reducing city services is not something he wants to do.
