Meghan Bowman
Community Engagement ReporterI love getting to know people and covering issues that matter most to our audience. I get to do that every day as WUSF’s community engagement reporter. I focus on Your Florida, a project connecting Floridians with their state government.
My journalism career began in 5th grade in my hometown St. Petersburg. I delivered my elementary school’s morning announcements and led the campus through the pledge of allegiance.
I took a different path for many years, enjoying a long career as a professional dancer. My life was full of feathers, sequins and choreography.
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, I decided to rededicate my life to journalism and studied broadcast news at the University of South Florida. I worked at WUSF as an intern for more than a year reporting on local issues in the Tampa Bay area and fell in love with public radio.
After graduating in 2024, I served as assistant news director at WMNF Community Radio in Tampa before rejoining the WUSF team in 2025.
These days, you might find me in an open tap class, flying my drone around town or hanging with my husband and two kiddos.
I am excited to report on issues impacting you most. And this position gives me the ability to connect directly to you.
You can find me on most social media channels, by phone at 813-974-8635, or by email at bowman4@wusf.org.
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The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the state for the second time over the immigration detention center in the Everglades. -
U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost visited the detention center on Tuesday. He said based on what he saw, he believes the center is winding down. -
It reports vendors were told detainees would be moved from the facility by the start of June. -
A bombshell article from the New York Times reports Florida and the Trump administration are in early talks to close the detention center. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis' comments came on the same day as a New York Times report that says the facility in the Everglades has cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars to operate since last summer. -
Una nueva ley de integridad electoral en el Estado del Sol cambiará drásticamente el registro de votantes, pero no entrará en vigor sino hasta después de las elecciones intermedias de noviembre. -
A new election integrity law in the Sunshine State will dramatically change voter registration, but it won’t take effect until after November’s midterm elections. -
An immigration detention center in the Everglades stirred up a decades-old environmental battle. Hear from people who helped in the fight. -
Florida's legislative session was scheduled to end March 13, but for the second year in a row, legislators were not able to cross the finish line with a completed budget. Your Florida asked residents how they think lawmakers did. -
Florida's lawmakers might only officially meet for a few months each year, but the work continues full-time in their districts. Here's how the state compensates your elected representatives.
