By Andrea Perez andrea67@mail.usf.edu The Environmental Protection Agency says that lead levels below the action level don’t require public action, but 45 homes in the St. Petersburg Midtown area tested positive for lead in the water. Most of the homes that were tested contained very low traces. However, according to the EPA, any amount of… Continue reading Lead results in Midtown homes raise health concerns
Category: NNB in the Media
Speagle is Well Prepared as New NNB Staff Member
Avery Speagle was born in the small town of Flowery Branch, Georgia with a population of nearly 1,000 people. Growing up, Speagle was challenged with a constant change of scenery due to his father’s security business which travelled all around Georgia and later to Florida. He has seen the inside of eight different classrooms in… Continue reading Speagle is Well Prepared as New NNB Staff Member
NNB students get published for MLK Day of Service events by The Weekly Challenger
Among the different communities and organizations located in the St. Petersburg, Florida, area, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 16, was a day filled with celebrations, parades and service. Neighborhood News Bureau students covered these different events throughout the day with a few of the students getting their coverage published in The Weekly Challenger. To view… Continue reading NNB students get published for MLK Day of Service events by The Weekly Challenger
NNB in the media: Midtown comes into focus as USFSP students share neighborhood stories
NNB was featured on 83 Degrees Media in a story by Janan Talafer and photos by Julie Branaman. Please read the full story here. .
Where are the voices of Midtown in the Tropicana Field redevelopment?
“Even though the construction of Tropicana Field did, in some ways, bring new life to the city according to some, the stadium was a catalyst for a lot of the rebirth of downtown St. Petersburg, but to many in Midtown it remains a point of contention.” Written by NNB student Erin Murphy, this article was… Continue reading Where are the voices of Midtown in the Tropicana Field redevelopment?
Midtown Plaza struggles to stay in business
“Going grocery shopping for the week is a chore within itself. Without any means of transportation, that errand often becomes an all-day affair. This situation is the reality for many Midtown residents, and as it stands, their fate rests in the hands of the City of St. Petersburg, and what will become of Tangerine Plaza,… Continue reading Midtown Plaza struggles to stay in business
Telling Tampa Bay Stories: Midtown Edition
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It’s not a class. It is a newsroom.
BY ZENENA MOGUEL NNB REPORTER ST. PETERSBURG – At University of South Florida St. Petersburg’s (USFSP) Department of Journalism & Media Studies exists a class that prepares students for the path of professional journalism. Unless you’re a part of this department, you probably have not heard of Neighborhood News Bureau (NNB). To many it’s just… Continue reading It’s not a class. It is a newsroom.
The making of an election coverage: NNB reporters tell the stories behind the story
BY SAMANTHA PRITZLAFF AND CHOYA RANDOLPH NNB Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – The Neighborhood News Bureau (NNB) reporters successfully participated in reporting the 2015 Municipal Election in Midtown, the first NNB Special Project since launching the new website in September 2015. This project was a collaboration with Creative Loafing in which USFSP students enrolled in NNB provided stories… Continue reading The making of an election coverage: NNB reporters tell the stories behind the story
NNB journalists add to The Weekly Challenger report
BY ZENENA MOGUEL Email: zenenam@mail.usf.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Oct. 29, 2015) –Stories written by Neighborhood News Bureau journalists about education efforts, a new radio station and the longest-living pastor in Midtown were recently published in The Weekly Challenger, the Tampa Bay area’s largest circulating newspaper covering the African-American community. Neighborhood News Bureau… Continue reading NNB journalists add to The Weekly Challenger report