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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Conservationists in Florida are trying to preserve a wildlife corridor for migrating animals that runs through Disney World. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 26, 2023.)
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Conservationists in Florida are trying to preserve a wildlife corridor for migrating animals that runs straight through Disney World.
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The world's most-visited theme park has become — almost by accident — one of the most important links in a corridor for wildlife spanning the length of Florida. It was created by the very organization that was responsible for kickstarting sprawl in Central Florida a half-century ago.
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Debates over parental rights, school choice and what should be taught in public schools have embroiled state lawmakers and local school districts.
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Pasco County's largest city has taken the unprecedented step of halting growth for the next year as it tries to figure out how to reduce how much water it uses.
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Protection of the endangered Rice's whale came a step closer Thursday with an agreement to temporarily enact a speed limit for some vessels in the western Gulf of Mexico. Backers of the deal hope to make it permanent.
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Record-breaking ocean temperatures are killing Florida's coral reefs. Water temperatures in the 90s are causing bleaching in the Florida Keys, where algae that gives coral much of its color is being expelled, leaving coral without its major source of food.
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The company is appealing the ruling that no oil is likely to be found in an area that is critical for the endangered Florida panther.
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Despite its odd name, environmental advocates say the southern hognose snake should get full protection.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday voted to spend nearly $100 million to help protect nearly 40,000 acres within the Florida Wildlife Corridor.