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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High concentrations of red tide were reported in Pinellas County in the Gulf of Mexico at Madeira Beach; and along Bay Pines and Abercrombie Park on Long Bayou. -
Three months ago, a rupture at the former Piney Point phosphate plant sent hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic water into Tampa Bay. We take a tour of one towering "gypstack" to see what's being done to keep that from happening again. -
In our ongoing series on phosphate mines, WUSF reports on the long, tangled history of Florida's phosphate mines and the environment. -
"I mean, this is happening not just in Florida, but it's Florida, Georgia, Texas, other states," Crist said. "And so that's why you have the federal government. You have to come in and stop these Jim Crow laws that they're passing to discriminate." -
USF scientists say they're seeing a decline in the amount of nutrients from the original release in late March. -
The population of the Florida panther once dwindled to below two dozen, but it has since rebounded to more than 200. Photographer Carlton Ward Jr. has made it his mission to photograph their progress. -
Piney Point's owner is among the targets of the lawsuit, which seeks a full cleanup and closure of the former phosphate plant. -
The new law establishes multi-year plans to tackle statewide flooding and coastal resilience. -
Supporters of what's being called the "Rights of Nature" are planning to get a Constitutional amendment on the statewide ballot to grant these legal rights across Florida. -
Lawmakers also doubled to $100 million funding for Florida Forever, which preserves environmentally sensitive lands. They agreed to put $300 million from federal stimulus funding toward land conservation.
