Bobbie O'Brien
Bobbie O’Brien has been a Reporter/Producer at WUSF since 1991. She reports on general news topics in Florida and the Tampa Bay region.
Bobbie also produces the blog, Off the Base, and covers military affairs, veterans’ issues and military families. She was named a Rosalyn Carter Fellow in 2010-2011. She supervises WUSF’s news interns and frequently contributes to NPR programs.
Prior to joining WUSF, she worked at WTVT- TV as a researcher/segment producer, at the Tampa Tribune and at WFLA-TV. She attended Kent State University and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Florida in 1980.
Her work has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio and Television News Directors Association, Public Radio News Directors Inc., American Women in Radio & Television, the Florida Associated Press and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
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The American Homefront Project talks with service members and veterans about who they're remembering this Memorial Day. Jim Harkins, who served in the Air… -
There are a variety of ways to honor the fallen this Memorial Day, several are listed below. Orginally, it was called Decoration Day, named after the… -
As Memorial Day approaches, the Library of Congress is calling on families and friends of those who served in uniform to help preserve their stories.The… -
Memorial Day can be especially difficult for relatives of service members who died by suicide. They often feel stigmatized, even around other military... -
The teenagers graduating this spring were still in diapers when terrorists attacked the United States September 11, 2001. Yet, many of the high school… -
It was approved almost three years ago, and finally, construction could begin soon on a 120-bed VA nursing home in St. Lucie County. Commissioners will… -
Despite the growing number of women in the military, the Pentagon does not track how many deployed women are also mothers. It also doesn’t count the… -
Sonic booms surprised residents across central Florida Sunday morning due to the landing of a top-secret military space plane at NASA's Kennedy Space… -
A new administrator at the Bay Pines Healthcare System is being credited by veterans for resolving a paperwork snafu that had some low income VA clients… -
A specialized institution of higher learning has opened a new, permanent home at Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base.The Joint Special Operations University,…
