Jim Ash
Jim Ash is a reporter at WFSU-FM. A Miami native, he is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience, most of it in print. He has been a member of the Florida Capital Press Corps since 1992.
Ash has worked variously as a reporter, columnist and bureau chief. His specialties include state politics, the judicial system and the environment. His career has included coverage of everything from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and Hurricane Andrew to the Florida presidential recount.
Ash is a graduate of the University of Iowa where he earned a degree in English. He spent his summers interning for newspapers, including the Austin-American Statesman in Texas.
A hiking enthusiast, Ash has explored most of the public trails in California's Big Sur. He is an avid reader who enjoys traveling, exploring the Big Bend, and water sports.
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May 7 through 13 th is Hurricane Preparedness Week and the state’s largest utility is urging customers to take it seriously. -
Optimistic lawmakers flooded the Capitol with a record number of bills this spring. -
Governor Rick Scott is catching some serious heat for shooting a Visit Florida ad in a Washington, D.C. studio. -
By scaling back the cost and size of a proposed reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee, Senate President Joe Negron appears to be making progress with... -
The fate of a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing appears sealed now that a powerful Republican is calling it quits. -
After winning big at the ballot box in November, solar energy supporters are worried a House proposal could dim the victory. -
Advocates for the homeless are planning to gather in Tallahassee next month to protest steep budget cuts proposed by President Donald Trump and Governor... -
Rural Palm Beach County officials and sugar growers are reacting bitterly to a business group’s lobbying campaign for a massive reservoir south of Lake... -
A House panel voted Thursday to put a measure on the ballot that would give the Legislature the power to impeach state attorneys and public defenders.... -
A strongly divided Florida Supreme Court upheld Florida’s ban on openly carrying firearms.
