Steve Newborn
Steve Newborn is WUSF's assistant news director as well as a reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area.
He’s been with WUSF since 2001, and has covered events such as President George W. Bush’s speech in Sarasota as the Sept. 11 attacks unfolded; the ongoing drama over whether the feeding tube should be removed from Terri Schiavo; the arrest and terrorism trial of USF professor Sami Al-Arian; how the BP Deepwater Horizon spill affected Florida; and he followed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition through the state - twice.
Before joining WUSF, he covered environmental and Polk County news for the Tampa Tribune and worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center during the early days of the space shuttle.
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Figures from the Department of Health showed that statewide, 8,720 people tested positive. That's down by more than 800 people from Sunday. -
Hillsborough County Commissioners voted to recommended that anyone eating or drinking at outdoor restaurants and bars wear a mask. -
The Florida Department of Health said 11,015 people statewide tested positive for the coronavirus since Sunday's report. -
Recent surveys have shown a large percentage of Americans don't plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine because they don't trust it, are afraid of getting sick, or aren't concerned with the virus. -
As coronavirus infections continue to spike, county commissioners voted to make sure businesses keep people from standing up and congregating in large groups. -
The deaths of 39 people in the greater Tampa Bay area reported Monday was the most in a day since Oct. 15. -
Tampa General Hospital is expected to begin distributing the first Pfizer vaccine doses early next week. The first shipments are expected by Dec. 15. -
In Monday's report from the Health Department, 7,711 people tested positive since Sunday, bringing Florida's total to 1,065,785 cases. -
The state's death count from COVID-19 shot up by 100 people Thursday, bringing the total to 19,112. -
Florida continues its surge of new COVID-19 cases, as well over 1 million people have tested positive for the virus.
