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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Youth advocates are working hard to defuse the trauma of gun violence in Florida, even as more kids are caught with guns. -
Free speech advocates say new rules limiting demonstrations at the state capitol threaten the First Amendment rights of Floridians. -
The bill could mean residents who lose a challenge by developers to change growth laws could face big legal bills. -
Warren has called DeSantis' move a "blatant political stunt" and an "abuse of power." DeSantis said Warren was suspended for refusing to do his job. -
Residents say the estimated 5,000 new homes would extend into what is now ranches and farms between Fruitville Road and University Parkway. -
Sarasota city officials say the leak came from a corroded pipe that burst Friday night. -
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. -
He announced in a press conference on Clearwater Beach that much of the money will remain in the greater Tampa Bay region. -
Palm City Rep. Brian Mast says algae outbreaks sould be treated by the federal government like responses to other natural disasters, such as hurricanes. -
The spill essentially "fed" red tide by dumping nitrogen into the waters, fueling algae blooms and killing millions of fish and marine life.
