Mary Shedden
News DirectorI’m the lucky one who guides the WUSF News team as it shares news from across Florida and the 13 amazing counties that we call the greater Tampa Bay region.
I’ve been helping tell the stories about this state we’re in almost my entire adult life — and I consider it an honor to find the extraordinary in people who think their lives are anything but that.
I’m almost a Florida native, growing up in Central Florida, and remember when Walt Disney World had ride coupons and orange trees grew in almost everyone’s back yards. For me, snow belongs inside a globe.
Florida’s growth coincided with mine, and that of my wonderful family, which calls St. Petersburg home.
Contact Mary at 813-974-8636, on Twitter @MaryShedden, or by email at shedden@wusf.org.
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WUSF was recognized for its coverage of the 2020 presidential election, along with an Excellence in Innovation award for "The State We're In" and an award in the News Series category for "Committed," a look at Florida's Baker Act. -
The newest daily report is based on nearly 112,000 coronavirus tests. The rate of cases testing positive for the first time was 6.88%. -
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection says varying levels of cyanotoxins have been identified, increasing chances that the discharge at Piney Point will trigger a blue-green algae bloom. -
A total of 8,943 new cases were reported in Florida over the weekend, as were 116 new deaths related to COVID-19. -
The positivity rate for new cases has been below 6% for all but two days in the past two weeks. -
Cheri Coryea's job as County Administrator came into question in November, as soon as three newly elected commissioners came on board. -
Another 6,624 people tested positive for the coronavirus in Florida since Saturday’s daily report from the state Department of Health. -
Of the 141,056 coronavirus tests recorded Saturday, 8.66% were positive. -
In addition to the 50 Cent concert, TMZ also reported about parties Thursday and Friday night at the Godfrey Waterfront Hotel on Courtney Campbell Parkway. -
The positive cases accounted for 13.18 % of the people being tested for the coronavirus for the first time.
