Steve Newborn
New Reporter
Steve Newborn joined the WUSF 89.7 staff in March 2001. He was formerly a reporter at the Tampa Tribune, where he covered a variety of beats, including environmental and various governmental agencies since 1984. Prior to the Tribune Steve worked as a NASA spokesman in the Public Affairs Office. He received his journalism degree in 1983 from the University of South Florida.
Latest stories by Steve Newborn
SARASOTA (2009-11-20) Sarasota's police chief was suspended and a police officer fired Friday, in the wake of an investigation of an arrest that was made in June.
TAMPA (2009-11-19) Thursday was the Great American Smokeout, and a special kind of van is rolling through Florida with a message to keep kids off cigarettes. It stopped at the USF Medical Clinic, which marked the day by banning smoking on its part of the Tampa campus.
TAMPA (2009-11-18) Organizers of a drive to change the way Florida draws up its Congressional and legislative districts say they've got enough petitions to place it on next year's ballot. Now, they've got to convince the voters that it's worthwhile.
LAND O'LAKES (11-11-09) The problem of homeless veterans isn't new. But the downturn in the economy has meant a lot more vets don't have a roof over their heads. A first-ever event held by a new homeless resource center in Pasco County is giving some homeless vets a helping hand.
TAMPA (2009-11-09) Even though House Democrats scored an historic victory by passing a comprehensive health care bill, Florida's senior Senator says it may not hold up in the Senate. Democrat Bill Nelson also brought his campaign against oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to Tampa business leaders this week.
TAMPA (2009-11-05) A move to place a one-cent sales tax to create a mass transit system may soon be in the hands of Hillsborough County voters. County Commissioners took their first move to place a referendum on next year's ballot.
TAMPA (2009-11-05) The Tampa City Council voted Thursday to end a decade of legal battles with two prominent billboard companies. But some fear the move could open the way to high-tech billboards.
TAMPA (2009-11-04) State Sen. Paula Dockery has filed paperwork in Tallahassee to enter the governor's race - and force a Republican primary. Dockery says she never planned to run for statewide office, but was persuaded by supporters to enter the race. She spoke about her candidacy just after filing her papers Tuesday with WUSF's Steve Newborn.
TAMPA (2009-11-03) On Wednesday, Hillsborough County Commissioners are set to hear a proposal for a penny sales tax that would among other things, pay for the region's first light rail line. Monday, the mayor of a city that's already done it came to Tampa to tell the locals about his experiences.
TAMPA (2009-10-30) A new University of Florida study shows that Christians who value communal forms of worship over doctrine have emerged as a liberal alternative to the religious right.
TAMPA (2009-10-30) The problem of housing growing numbers of homeless has come into the public consciousness the past couple of years in urban areas of Tampa Bay. Two recent proposals for tent cities in Hillsborough County failed, and now some people are taking an alternative approach to funding remedies.
TAMPA (2009-10-26) A ribbon cutting was held today for two Draper Laboratories, in St. Petersburg and USF's main Tampa campus. WUSF talks about it with Len Polizzotto, who is responsible for strategic business development at Draper's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
