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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A new study by University of South Florida researchers shows warmer, lighter fresh water flowing into the Gulf in the path of Hurricane Idalia may have helped intensify it from a Category 1 to a Category 4 storm in one day. -
The agreement to purchase the land came after public outcry over a proposed swap of part of the Withlacoochee State Forest for other parcels in north Florida. -
A lawsuit could soon be filed to force federal environmental officials to reverse recent cuts in staffing at the largest manatee sanctuary in the world. -
Disney World's conservation arm has given $1 million to the foundation that wants to preserve a wildlife corridor through the length of Florida. -
The decision to approve the "demonstration project" is expected to be challenged by a coalition of environmental groups. -
Finding more heat-resistant coral species could be the key to staving off their extinction as ocean temperatures are expected to continue rising. -
A rewording of the Endangered Species Act is being proposed by the Trump administration. The proposed rollback would eliminate the definition of "harm" that includes habitat destruction. -
Researchers hope the study can eventually find a way to predict when blooms will occur, and how to reduce their effects on beach life. -
Florida's manatees will likely remain a threatened species. Federal environmental regulators won't recommended increasing their protections as an endangered species. -
Protections on ship speeds in the Gulf were removed by the Trump administration in areas where the endangered Rice's whale is known to breed. -
Peltier was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the slayings of two FBI agents in 1975. He arrived home in North Dakota after he was released from a federal penitentiary in Florida. -
A year ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis was flying high with a presidential hopes. But this week's special session has revealed fissures between him and a previously pliant Legislature.
