Governance and Public Reports
The University of South Florida Board of Trustees holds the licenses to WUSF’s broadcast properties. You can find information about the USF Board of Trustees members and their meeting schedule.
The WUSF Advisory Board is the primary volunteer organization for WUSF. WUSF Advisory Board members assist WUSF leadership to promote and achieve WUSF’s mission and vision.
Julie Scales, Board Chair (Dunedin)
Cookie Boudreaux (Bradenton)
Mary Braxton-Joseph (Sarasota)
Suki Carson (St. Petersburg)
Carole Crosby (Sarasota)
Arthur Guilford (Tampa)
Tom Hall (Tampa)
Elliott Himelfarb (Sarasota)
Valerie Hyman (St. Petersburg)
Sarah Karon (Longboat Key)
Jim Lamy (Lakewood Ranch)
Elizabeth Moore (Sarasota)
Michael Paonessa (St. Petersburg)
Carol Parish (St. Petersburg)
Diana Rao (Tampa)
Lisa Reeves (Tampa)
Priscilla Schlegel (Sarasota)
2025 WUSF Advisory Board Meeting Schedule
April 16, 2025
July 16, 2025
September 24, 2025
November 12, 2025
The general public may examine the information from WUSF’s public files by visiting our offices at 4202 East Fowler Ave (WRB101) on the campus of the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida or by sending a written request. More information about this process can be found by downloading the Public File Policy and Methodology document (PDF)
If you need assistance accessing this public file information or would like to request copies of the annual financial reports, please contact Timothy Smith at 813-974-8695.
WUSF’s latest financial information includes the typical information that would be found on the IRS Form 990. As a department of the University of South Florida, WUSF does not file a separate IRS Form 990.
Relevant Links for Reports to the Public:
WUSF Places High Priority on Protecting Your Privacy. When you join WUSF as a member, we collect your personal information for specific, limited purposes. The information you provide enables us to better serve your needs, including more personalized services, sending you email alerts, responding to your requests and tracking activity on our website to help determine which features are most desirable by our members.
WUSF’s commitment to personal privacy is demonstrated by our policy which prohibits disclosure of personal information to a third party organization. We do not sell or trade the personal information of our members. The personal information you provided is solely for use by WUSF.
Additionally, as a service to our members, you can elect to have your membership record updated to reflect your personal contact wishes. You can choose to be excluded from specific WUSF mailings, telemarketing calls or email contacts. Simply call our member services office at 1-800-741-9090 at any time and ask to speak with a member services representative. We’ll be happy to update your record. We respect your right to privacy and aim to provide you with a positive online and offline experience. Please, direct questions or comments about privacy or website security to webmaster@wusf.org.
Your Rights With Respect to Your Information
You may have heard about the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in Europe. GDPR gives people under its protection certain rights with respect to their personal information collected by us on the Site. Accordingly, WUSF recognizes and will comply with GDPR and those rights, except as limited by applicable law. WUSF is currently in the process of updating cookie and form behavior on our WUSF.org Website to be in compliance as soon as possible.
Rights under GDPR include:
- Right of Access. This includes your right to access the personal information we gather about you, and your right to obtain information about the sharing, storage, security and processing of that information.
- Right to Correction. This is your right to request correction of your personal information.
- Right to Erasure. This is your right to request, subject to certain limitations under applicable law, that your personal information be erased from our possession (also known as the “Right to be forgotten”). However, if applicable law requires us to comply with your request to delete your information, the fulfillment of your request may prevent you from using Basecamp services and may result in closing your account.
- Right to Complain. You have the right to make a complaint regarding our handling of your personal information with the appropriate supervisory authority.
- Right to Restrict Processing. This is your right to request the restriction of how and why your personal information is used or processed.
- Right to Object. This is your right, in certain situations, to object to how or why your personal information is processed.
- Right to Portability. This is your right to receive the personal information we have about you and the right to transmit it to another party.
- Right to not be subject to Automated Decision-Making. This is your right to object and prevent any decision that could have a legal, or similarly significant, effect on you from being made solely based on automated processes. This right is limited, however, if the decision is necessary for performance of any contract between you and us, is allowed by applicable European law, or is based on your explicit consent.
Many of these rights can be exercised by signing in and directly updating your account information. If you have questions about exercising these rights or need assistance, please contact us at webmaster@wusf.org.
WUSF Corrections Policy
WUSF corrects substantive errors in broadcast and online reports in a timely way. Corrections of such errors will be made on air, on our website, and adjacent to original text and audio archives online. Errors that do not affect the material understanding of a story may be posted adjacent to archived material online without an on-air correction. Please direct questions or comments about corrections to: webmaster@wusf.org
WUSF Comment Policy
WUSF invites people to comment on WUSF Content, but not on the WUSF.org site. Facebook and Twitter have become more popular and effective arenas for conversation.
At WUSF, we understand the importance of ensuring our websites are accessible to persons with disabilities and compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
We strive to comply with the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability under Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. With that in mind WUSF is committed to identifying non-compliant elements or documents and to bring them into compliance. We are continuing this process to ensure that the websites remain up-to-date regarding updated guidelines.
These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible and WUSF is working to educate our staff so that the content they post will be compliant with the guidelines and be accessible to all visitors.
WUSF Ethics Statement
WUSF adheres to the highest journalistic standards. We are committed to accuracy and fairness in all that we report.
Our journalists understand that credibility is among our greatest assets. The audience’s confidence in our news and programming depends on their trust that it is accurate and free from undue or improper influence.
To that end:
- WUSF is an editorially independent news organization. It will not sacrifice editorial judgment for political or financial gain.
- WUSF journalists follow the guiding principles of truth, independence and compassion, as described in the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics: Seek the truth, report it as fully as possible, act independently and minimize harm.
- WUSF journalists adhere to the organization’s social media guidelines, the Public Media Code of Integrity and has adopted the core values of NPR’s Code of Ethics.
Public Media Code of Integrity: https://publicmediaintegrity.org/code-of-integrity/
NPR Code of Ethics: https://www.npr.org/ethics
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics: https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
Updated February 2025
WUSF Community Representation Statement
WUSF and WSMR content focuses on the issues, cultures and lives of residents of west central
Florida and the state by providing nonpartisan news coverage, classical music, arts and culture that reflect the interests of the community.
As a department of the University of South Florida, WUSF is aligned with all policies of USF. Internships that develop a deep pipeline of talent and job skills are offered each semester and are available in all departments of WUSF and WSMR.
WUSF and WSMR continue to expand audience reach by launching the new podcast Our Changing State and new seasons of Happy Medium, Florida Matters and the Zest Podcast. The newsletters Wake Up Call, and Health News Florida and weekly newsletter serve a broad audience. Website Arts Axis Florida connects arts non-profits across the state with audiences and is the home for WUSF Jazz and spoken word performances.
WSMR is devoted to classical music and features Modern Notebook, a weekly show focused on the music of living composers and Concierto, a bilingual show that presents music in English and Spanish.
The organization serves a large audience on social media and YouTube, seeking multiple methods of
serving the community with the news it needs.