Wayne Garcia
Wayne Garcia is working with the WUSF newsroom and its digital media interns for the fall 2019 semester.
He is a journalism instructor at the USF Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications. His background is in political and investigative journalism.
As a journalist, Garcia worked for the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Tribune and Gainesville Sun daily newspapers.
During his tenure as the political editor for the alt-weekly Creative Loafing, Garcia won two Sunshine State Awards for his political writing and his widely read political blog. He was the 2009 recipient of the Irene Miller Vigilance in Journalism Award from the Pinellas Chapter of the ACLU.
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Tampa isn't the only place where long-lost African American graveyards have been found.Although two have been discovered in the bay area, and more sites… -
The next step in the search for graves from the lost Zion Cemetery continued Tuesday morning in a Tampa auto impound lot.Four workers from the private… -
MacDill Air Force Base will start an investigation in January into reports that a lost African American cemetery could be inside its gates.The cemetery… -
King High School is the site of an African-American cemetery, Hillsborough County school officials confirmed Wednesday.In addition, County Commissioner… -
Low taxes and plenty of sunshine have long been Florida’s top attraction for relocation, and recently released U.S. Census data shows that has not… -
The University of South Florida's faculty band that plays on iPads will blend their electronic multimedia fun with a serious message about modern slavery… -
Groups and organizations around the Tampa Bay region have planned events to commemorate Veterans Day. The events, which include parades, job fairs,… -
St. Petersburg has been plagued by sewage spills since 2015, and now, part of the solution has some residents nervous that they might have to spend… -
NASA scientists and a former astronaut on Tuesday told a group of local students and future entrepreneurs that doing business in space can be on… -
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday called the results of the latest Nation's Report Card evidence of a country with a "student achievement…
