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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Red tide has been found at beaches along the Gulf Coast since shortly after Hurricane Ian made landfall. It is finally being pushed back out to the sea. -
A study of several cities in Florida shows an average rise of as much as 3 degrees in the past century. -
Winds from the north expected during a major cold front coming through Thursday should push the red tide offshore or back to the south, away from the beaches. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a line item in the upcoming state budget that would have provided about $600 million in recurring money over the next 30 years for the project. -
During a conference call Tuesday, leading state Democrats said the only way abortion rights can be preserved in Florida is by electing Democrats. Abortion, they said, should be their focus going into November. -
The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 continues to drop, while deaths related to the disease declined for the first time since mid-December.
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Host Steve Newborn discusses the virus and its impact throughout the year with Kevin Sneed of the USF Taneja College of Pharmacy and Julio Ochoa, editor of Health News Florida. -
Federal data released Thursday showed 1,389 coronavirus patients hospitalized in Florida, slightly up from 1,319 a week earlier. Of those, 245 were in intensive care.
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Listen in: On Florida Matters, Steve Newborn talks with reporter Stephanie Colombini, who wrote the story, as well as two community advocates. -
On this episode of Florida Matters, Thomas Mantz of Feeding Tampa Bay says he expects the economic effects of the coronavirus on food security to last for years.
