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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A report released Friday by state environmental officials shows high concentrations of the bloom that causes red tide were found far into the Gulf offshore of Manatee and Sarasota counties. -
A report released Friday shows that red tide continues to creep northward along Florida's Gulf Coast, clear up the Florida Panhandle to Navarre Pier, near Pensacola. -
Statewide, the positivity rate for new cases declined to 4.8% after hitting a peak of 19.8% the week of Aug. 13-19.
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Fish kills suspected to be related to red tide were also reported off the coast. -
The Florida Education Association says the new rule could put teachers and school employees at risk by exposing them to students who should be quarantining at home. -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families. -
The August decline at Tampa International follows a strong summer that saw a rebound in air travel. Meantime, Orlando International expects an increase in traffic from last year's Labor Day holiday. -
Pinellas declined to enact a stricter mandate this past week. After a judge's ruling struck down a state executive ordeer, one parent group said it plans to petition the board again. -
The study projects that by midcentury, without action on climate change, Florida's workers on average could potentially lose 33 work days per year due to extreme heat compared to five now. -
The lastest numbers brings the total COVID deaths in the state to 41,123. Meantime, 51.46% of the state's staffed ICU beds were taken by 3,357 coronavirus patients.
