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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An automatic recount may be triggered in the special election in Hillsborough County. Democratic political newcomer Brian Nathan has a narrow lead over Republican Josie Tomkow. -
Florida's coral reef has been beset by everything from 101-degree temperatures to stony coral tissue loss disease. The key to saving it may be on land. -
Plastics are ever-present in our society. And they don't decompose, but become tiny particles called microplastics. And those have been found everywhere. Now, they're being found in some unexpected places. -
Most of the posts on social media focus on support for the troops. -
Several bills coursing through Tallahassee have aroused the ire of many conservationists. But some bills also have their backing. -
Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia has written a bill introduced in the legislature that would increase penalties for undocumented workers. -
Lawmakers are back in Tallahassee this week for their annual session. Environmentalists are concerned about bills that would reduce local government control over pollution and new developments. -
The crabs' numbers have been depleted in recent years because of a loss of habitat and their value for testing new medicines. -
The Trump administration wants to roll back protections for endangered and threatened species viewed as detrimental to economic growth. One critic says the proposals would have "destructive effects." -
Those ways could include steering more of the concession fee revenue back into each park.
