Mark Schreiner
Assistant News DirectorMark Schreiner has been the producer and reporter for "University Beat" on WUSF 89.7 FM since 2001 and on WUSF TV from 2007-2017. In addition to serving as a producer, reporter, host and assistant news director, he serves as intern coordinator for WUSF News.
He has worked as an anchor, reporter and producer at radio stations in Tampa and his native Chicago since 1992. Mark graduated from Columbia College in Chicago with a BA in Telecommunications/Radio in 1994.
Mark has won a number of honors as a reporter, including a pair of regional Edward R. Murrow awards, a Silver Telly award for the documentary, “Plant City Goes to War,” and multiple awards from the Associated Press Florida Broadcasters, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists.
Contact Mark at 813-974-8693, on Twitter @wusfschreiner, or by email at mschreiner@wusf.org.
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The state reported 6,586 people tested positive for COVID-19 since Saturday, bringing the total to 938,414 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. It's the first time in six days the number of new cases in the state was less than 7,400. -
Polk County officials say Shawn Fitzgerald, a high school teacher, soccer coach and youth director, possessed hundreds of pornographic images on his cellphone.
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The Florida Department of Health reported 8,410 people tested positive for COVID-19 statewide since Friday.
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WWE is moving the interactive set, where it tapes "Monday Night Raw" and "Smackdown," from the Amway Center in Orlando to Tropicana Field starting Dec. 11.
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This Saturday's USF home football game against Navy has been postponed as the Bulls deal with coronavirus issues and other injuries.
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Here is a listing of schools that are reopening across the region.
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In the greater Tampa Bay region, 1,344 people tested positive since Tuesday, the highest single-day number of new cases since July 30.
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There were 490 new positive COVID-19 tests reported in the greater Tampa Bay region Sunday, as well as no deaths — the first day with no deaths recorded in the area since Sept. 28.
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The state received 127,387 tests Friday and 3.68% of those being tested for the first time were positive. It's the second straight day the positivity rate was 4% or lower.
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For the second straight day, the rate of people testing positive for the first time for COVID-19 was above 6% — it's also the highest single-day positivity rate since August 25.
