Sean Kinane

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Assistant Director, News & Public Affairs at WMNF-FM (Tampa, FL)

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WMNF wins two Best Of awards from Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists

1 week ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

WMNF News, News Director Seán Kinane and 2024 WMNF summer intern Tyler Oldano won 2024 Best Of awards from the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists. In addition, WMNF News, Tyler and former WMNF Assistant News Director Meghan Bowman earned runner-up awards. Seán won Best General Assignment Reporting for the story Gulfport is still cleaning up and sharing resources after Hurricane Helene.
A new community resorce: Tampa Free Every Center

1 week ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

In Hillsborough County, there’s a new community resource available called the Tampa Free Every Center. It’s in north Tampa at 11213 North Nebraska Avenue #403, which is south of Fowler Avenue. We spoke about it with activist Dezeray Lyn.
The Scoop: Mon. April 14, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

1 week ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

David Simmons is an engineering professor and faculty senate president at the University of South Florida. He said the information they’re asking for can easily be found online and puts additional stress on universities. The latest jab came Wednesday when he was speaking at a National Home Rental Council event in Orlando. The House budget chair on Friday sent letters to six state agencies seeking a broad array of documents as part of a probe into government spending.
Hear Pacifica's dispatches from Hands Off protests by reporters around the country

2 weeks ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

On Saturday there were Hands Off protests around the country. You may have seen the demonstrations in Brooksville, Wesley Chapel, Tampa, Sarasota, Safety Harbor, St. Petersburg, Gulfport or elsewhere. The Pacifica Radio Network worked with affiliate newsrooms and community radio reporters across the country, including WMNF and WSLR, to bring you voices from those demonstrations. It was compiled by Lisa Loving.
The Scoop: Wed. April 2, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

3 weeks ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

The Florida Immigrant Coalition and other immigrant advocates are voicing concerns about the program. A 2024 poll by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research found that 58% of Floridians worry about access to OB-GYN services. The issue extends nationwide, particularly in states with restrictive reproductive healthcare laws. On Saturday a science festival called “Sensational SciFest,” is designed for children with sensory sensitivities.
St. Pete Council member: Rays killing the stadium deal means city can "provide so much more community benefits"

1 month ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

For two decades the Tampa Bay Rays have been seeking a new baseball stadium to call home. Last summer the MLB team hammered out a deal with Pinellas County and the City of St. Petersburg to fund a new stadium on the site of the current Tropicana Field and development in the surrounding area. But the story took a major turn last week when the Rays owners announced they were breaking the deal.
The Scoop: Fri. March 14, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

1 month ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

A bill that would force Florida utility companies’ to disclose their executives’ pay passed its first committee this week. The Tampa Bay Times reports. Among the most powerful special interests in Florida, utility companies have been lobbying to kill Senate Bill 354 according to Republican senator Don Gaetz. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect 11 different endemic Florida species.
The Scoop: Wed. March 12, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

1 month ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

The groups say the federal government has failed to respond to requests for better oversight of toxic waste from fertilizer production and phosphate mining. The bill would repeal restrictions on middle and high school start times in Florida schools is moving through the Florida SenateStudent calls to change their high school course schedule were mostly not heeded Tuesday. Stringed instruments from the Holocaust era will be brought to life in an upcoming concert.
Amid a name controvesy, the Gulf remains historically, economicaly and ecologically important

1 month ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

Do you prefer Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America, as it is known officially in federal and Florida government offices? Our guest was Tuesday Cafe was Jack E. Davis, a Pulitzer Prize winner and the author of The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea. Davis will be the keynote speaker at the Florida Humanities Festival in Sarasota on March 22 where he will talk about the history and the culture of the Florida Suncoast. A partial transcript is below. SK: Let’s get this question out of the way.
The Scoop: Wed. March 5, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

1 month ago | wmnf.org | Sean Kinane

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is extending the deadline for people to apply for a hurricane disaster loan. Residents and businesses in the Tampa Bay area and beyond can apply for funds to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, inventory, and other assets. Dozens of protesters gathered outside Republican U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s office at the Seminole campus of St. Petersburg College Tuesday.