Steve Newborn
ReporterI cover Florida’s unending series of issues with the environment and politics in the Tampa Bay area.
I love to go camping, ride bikes and go for long paddles on scenic, winding rivers, so I can think about that while covering meetings that go on for hours.
I've been around Florida so long that I have covered events that most people can’t remember anymore. I've covered 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 followed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition as they walked and paddled through the state — twice.
I also got the privilege of tagging along with a Sarasota-based group investigating how manatees are faring in Cuba.
Before joining WUSF, I covered environmental and Polk County news for the late, great Tampa Tribune and worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center during the early days of the space shuttle.
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Funcionarios de transporte de ambos lados de la bahía presentaron su nueva ubicación de atraque en el Centro de Convenciones de Tampa. Se espera que esta terminal se complementa con una similar en el muelle de St. Petersburg (St. Pete Pier). -
Transportation officials from both sides of the bay unveiled their new dock location at the Tampa Convention Center. It's expected to be twinned with a terminal at the St. Petersburg Pier. -
Students are getting hands-on experience while helping to get information on sharks and stingrays that are found just off the Gulf coast. -
Water district officials are doing surveys of seagrasses around the Tampa Bay area this week. And the results are mostly good. -
It's the largest preserved area in the fastest growing part of the state. But despite being sandwiched between two large cities, few people have heard of it. Come along on a three-day trek to learn more. -
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier was asked several pointed questions by the crowd of political devotees at the Cuban Club in Ybor City. -
The team reduced its public funding request to about $1 billion for its $2.3 billion proposed stadium, but Hillsborough officials say financing assumptions and deal terms still require further talks as deadlines near. -
Municipal elections were held in four cities with about 20 percent of the eligible voters casting a ballot. -
Contests range from mayoral races to city council seats.
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The report by the consulting firm AECOM estimates the ballpark and its surrounding development would have an economic impact of $75 billion over 30 years. It was commissioned by the Tampa Sports Authority.
