Scott Finn
Scott Finn is a former news director at WUSF Public Media, which provides in-depth reporting for Tampa Bay and all of Florida.
Before moving to Tampa in 2009, he was news director at West Virginia Public Broadcasting and a reporter for The Charleston Gazette, where he covered state government, business and education and won top awards from the National Education Writers Association and Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Scott is a native of Creston, Iowa and has his masterâ
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In Florida, the ad war centers on Medicare. In New Hampshire, a big topic this week is federal student loans. The ads show how the campaigns are tailoring their message to specific voters in key states. -
Check out the five-day forecast for Tropical Storm Isaac.It could veer harmlessly into the Atlantic, or march through the middle of the Gulf...but most… -
Let the Tampa bashing begin."Tampa is a hot urban mess, equal parts Reagan ’80s and Paul Ryan 2010s," writes Will Doig of Salon.com.Doig paints the Tampa… -
What would you do if something you depend upon every day of week was no longer there every day of the week?That’s what’s happening in New Orleans with… -
Older Cuban-Americans are unhappy with Paul Ryan's past support for trade with Cuba, but that stand may matter less to younger voters in the community. And recent history shows that Ryan's desire to change Social Security and Medicare may no longer be the third rail of politics in Florida. -
At the end of August, the GOP convention promises to dominate the national and local news in Tampa Bay and suck all the political air out of the room. So how does Obama counterprogram Romney-palooza? Apparently, by buying lots of TV airtime on The Bachelor, Dr. Oz and Rachael Ray. -
The suspected shooter in the slayings of six Sikh worshippers was a 40-year-old white supremacist. But Sikhs in Florida say their religion is based on the… -
Have you ever found yourself listening to NPR, completely engrossed by a story about credit-default swaps, or the banking industry in Iceland?If so, you… -
The mugshot website industry is booming – especially in Florida.Florida has liberal open-records laws, and different entities take advantage of that to… -
Here's some cool time-lapse photography that shows the transformation underway at the Tampa Bay Times Forum as we prepare for the RNC.It begins with the…
