T.S. Strickland
Morning Edition Host/ProducerT.S. Strickland is an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in the Washington Post, USA Today, Entrepreneur and many other publications. Strickland was born and raised in Pensacola's Ferry Pass neighborhood and cut his teeth working as a newspaper reporter in the Ozark Mountains before returning home to work as a government reporter for the Pensacola News Journal. While there, his reporting earned a Gold Medal for Public Service from the Florida Society of News Editors, one of the highest professional awards in the state. In his spare time, he enjoys building software products, attending Pensacola Opera performances with his effervescent partner, Brooke, and advocating for greenway development with the nonprofit he co-founded, The Bluffline.
Contact: ts@wuwf.org or 850 474-2600
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Matt Gaetz’s appointment to Triumph Gulf Coast places a prominent Trump ally on a high-stakes economic development board as vacancies, expiring terms and GOP infighting raise new questions about the future of Northwest Florida’s oil-spill settlement funds. -
A downtown rebuild promised a more accessible Palafox Street. We wanted to see how it worked at street level. -
Pensacola officials are exploring legal and code-enforcement options after a fourth fire in two years at EMR Southern Recycling drew 32 firefighters into a 12-hour response. Mayor D.C. Reeves said the repeated fires are an unacceptable public-safety and taxpayer burden. -
Fort Walton Beach’s Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival began as a 1950s tourism event and grew into a 70-year tradition. Historian Mike Thomin says its pirate namesake blends treasure lore, civic pageantry and the story of a real Gulf Coast adventurer. -
Pensacola expects to reopen the Romana block of Palafox Street to pedestrians the week of May 12, while Gallery Night and the Fiesta Parade remain on Jefferson Street as work continues on the New Palafox project. -
Pensacola officials are preparing for nearly 10,000 ticketed attendees downtown Wednesday for Keyla Richardson’s American Idol homecoming celebration, including a parade, concert, traffic plans and national filming for the show’s finale. -
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves said he does not support a proposed $58 million tax rebate for a $250 million Maritime Park development as currently structured, citing concerns about public return, potential taxpayer costs and overlapping incentives. -
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves says the EPA expects to provide $8.6 million to complete Phase 1 cleanup of the former American Creosote Works site, a long-delayed Superfund project on the city’s west side. -
Developers behind a $250 million project at Pensacola’s Maritime Park are seeking up to $60 million in CRA tax rebates, citing financing gaps, environmental costs and housing requirements. City officials say the request is still under review. -
Pensacola’s 309 Punk Project marks its 10th anniversary, preserving a historic punk house and documenting the city’s counterculture amid ongoing neighborhood change.
