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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The lawsuit claims the federal government disregarded requirements to allow public hearings and let the public comment on the ruling. -
The Endangered Species Committee met for the first time in 34 years to make the decision. Legal action by environmental groups is already planned to protect the Gulf's vanishing Rice's whale. -
The state's main land preservation program was apparently not a priority this year. This comes only three years after lawmakers committed to spending at least $100 million a year on buying land. -
The ruling upheld a previous judge's ruling that said the federal government giving control over building in Florida's wetlands to the state could imperil endangered species like the Florida panther. -
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.
