Mark Schreiner

Palm Harbor, Tampa

Assistant News Director and Intern Coordinator at WUSF-FM (Tampa, FL)

Asst. News Director / Intern Coordinator, WUSF 89.7 FM. Enjoys wine & a good IPA, good friends and great writing.

Articles

WUSF News is looking for interns for the fall 2025 semester

1 month ago | wusf.org | Mark Schreiner

WUSF Public Media is now taking applications for news internships for the fall 2025 semester. The semester-long positions include individual internships focusing on radio, digital news and social media platforms. All WUSF News interns are paid. Interns must be currently enrolled in college at the time they work at WUSF News. They can also be accepted and are preparing to enter graduate school.
USF names a presidential search committee to find Rhea Law's successor

Feb 20, 2025 | wusf.org | Mark Schreiner

The University of South Florida has named a presidential search committee. The members will look for the successor to Rhea Law, who announced plans to retire earlier this week. The 15-member committee includes USF Board of Trustee members, a student and a faculty member, and business leaders from around the Tampa Bay area. It will be led by Board of Trustee vice chair Mike Griffin. He led the search committee that selected Law in 2022.
With another cold snap on the way, Tampa area cold weather shelters are opening

Feb 20, 2025 | wusf.org | Mark Schreiner

For the third time in just over a month and a half, counties around the greater Tampa Bay region are opening cold weather shelters. Temperatures in the area are expected to drop into the low to mid 40s early Friday morning, with cool conditions expected to extend into the weekend. Cold weather shelters are being opened for people without homes or those who live in homes without adequate heat. Pinellas will open shelters Thursday from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Many sites will serve meals.
As cold weather moves in, shelters are opening across the Tampa Bay area

Jan 20, 2025 | wusf.org | Mark Schreiner

The greater Tampa Bay area shouldn't see the snow and ice that's been forecast in the Florida Panhandle and North Florida this week, but we can still expect cold weather. Low temperatures through the weekend are expected to drop into the lower 40s, with freezing temperatures possible in northern sections of the region. As a result, cold weather shelters are being opened for people without homes or those who live in homes without adequate heat.
WUSF News is looking for interns for the summer 2025 semester

Dec 3, 2024 | wusf.org | Mark Schreiner

WUSF Public Media is now taking applications for news internships for the summer 2025 semester — including a five-day-a-week position. The semester-long positions include individual internships focusing on radio, digital news, and social media platforms. All WUSF News interns are paid. Interns must be currently enrolled in college at the time they work at WUSF News. They also can be accepted and preparing to enter graduate school.
Hillsborough County Sheriff tapped to lead Trump's DEA

Dec 2, 2024 | wlrn.org | Mark Schreiner

President-elect Donald Trump is tapping a second Hillsborough County law enforcement official for a position in his administration. Trump announced Saturday on the social media site Truth Social that he's nominating Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to be administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. “Sheriff Chad Chronister has served the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and received countless commendations and awards for keeping his community SAFE," Trump wrote.
Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister tapped to lead the DEA

Dec 1, 2024 | wusf.org | Mark Schreiner

President-elect Donald Trump is tapping a second Hillsborough law enforcement official for a position in his administration. Trump announced Saturday on the social media site Truth Social that he's nominating Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to be the next administrator of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. “Sheriff Chad Chronister has served the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and received countless commendations and awards for keeping his community SAFE," Trump wrote.
Tampa Bay Rays tell Pinellas County Commission stadium agreements are still in place

Dec 1, 2024 | wusf.org | Mark Schreiner

The Tampa Bay Rays are telling the Pinellas County Commission that the deals they reached for a new $1.3 billion stadium will remain in place — for now. The Commission sent a letter to the team saying they needed to say whether they were going to build the stadium or back out by Sunday. In a response letter sent Friday, the Rays said the agreements are in effect until one of the parties involved backs out or deadlines are reached.
Memorial services set for USF basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim

Oct 26, 2024 | wusf.org | Mark Schreiner

University of South Florida men's basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim will be remembered with a pair of memorial services. Abdur-Rahim died Thursday due to complications during a medical procedure. He was 43. A celebration of Abdur-Rahim's life will be held Sunday, Oct. 27, at 5 p.m. at the Kennesaw State University Convocation Center. Doors open at 4 p.m.Abdur-Rahim grew up in nearby Marietta, GA, and coached at Kennesaw State before joining USF. The service will be streamed on KSUOwls.com.
Red tide detected off Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota, and Manatee counties

Oct 26, 2024 | wusf.org | Mark Schreiner

A week after the first confirmed reports of red tide came in off the Pinellas County coast, data shows concentrations elsewhere in the greater Tampa Bay region. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report issued Friday afternoon, Karenia brevis, the organism that causes red tide, was detected in 49 samples along the coast of Southwest Florida.