Wayne Garcia
Wayne Garcia is working with the WUSF newsroom and its digital media interns for the fall 2019 semester.
He is a journalism instructor at the USF Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications. His background is in political and investigative journalism.
As a journalist, Garcia worked for the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Tribune and Gainesville Sun daily newspapers.
During his tenure as the political editor for the alt-weekly Creative Loafing, Garcia won two Sunshine State Awards for his political writing and his widely read political blog. He was the 2009 recipient of the Irene Miller Vigilance in Journalism Award from the Pinellas Chapter of the ACLU.
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St. Petersburg has been plagued by sewage spills since 2015, and now, part of the solution has some residents nervous that they might have to spend... -
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday called the results of the latest Nation's Report Card evidence of a country with a "student achievement... -
The team’s playoff run also renewed questions about a new ballpark after St. Pete officials gave the green light for talks to resume across the bay. -
Florida drivers now must put down their cell phones anytime they are in a school or work zone or they could eventually get a $60 ticket. State Rep.... -
The Southwest Florida Water Management Board met this week. At last. The board had to cancel a meeting recently because it lacked enough members present... -
Florida business leaders are declaring a renewed war against lawsuits, and they point to a new survey showing the state among the worst in the nation... -
Lawmakers and advocates for more than a decade have done battle with the homeless crisis among military veterans. Their number in the Tampa Bay region... -
Florida led the nation again in boating accidents, deaths and injuries, according to a U.S. Coast Guard survey of 2018 marine incidents. The Sunshine...
