Richard Conn
CREO Staff WriterRichard Conn works as a staff writer for the Center for Research and Economic Opportunity at the University of West Florida.
He has 18 years of experience working for newspapers in Florida, Massachusetts and Tennessee.
He has won several awards, including from the Tennessee Press Association and the Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He most recently worked at the Daytona Beach News-Journal and was previously a staff writer for The Tennessean.
A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Conn is a lover of classic rock and blues music and a fan of New York Yankees baseball.
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University of West Florida alum Marzia Ransom has created a unique, large scale painting that is her interpretation of a Greek epic poem. The painting is…
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In an ever-evolving digital age, members of the U.S. Congress are increasingly using technology to communicate with their constituents.But are they also…
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Lionfish have long been a prodigious threat to native species in the Gulf of Mexico, taking a big bite out of the region’s vital ecosystem as well as its…
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Ron Finley started a food revolution when he planted vegetables on a curbside dirt strip outside his home in South Central Los Angeles.His initiative was…
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The 16th annual Women’s Studies Conference at the University of West Florida featured multi-disciplinary presentations of academic papers, posters and…
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University of West Florida students and community volunteers on Saturday saved native plants from a site in Gulf Breeze that is slated for…
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The 16th annual University of West Florida Women’s Studies Conference is slated for March 24 at the UWF Commons Conference Center.This year’s conference…
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Among the projects funded by BP because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the deployment of artificial reefs along Florida’s Panhandle as part of an…
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The pesticide DDT has been found in sediment samples from the Escambia River and its adjacent wetlands, a post-doctoral research associate at the…
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University of West Florida students were among those leading teams of citizen scientists that surveyed plants and animals at the first Gulf Islands…