Florida media contacts

Who to contact first

• Happening right now, such as a fire, a crash or a road closed: call the TV station's news line or a local news radio station.
• A problem with a business, landlord or agency: try a TV station's investigative or consumer team, or your local paper.
• A local issue, such as a school, zoning or a county vote: try your local paper or local news site. They follow these subjects week to week.
• A statewide issue or the Legislature: try the statewide outlets and the public radio stations.
• An event or good-news story: send it early to the community paper and the local TV morning show.
• A story in Spanish: filter the list by searching "Spanish".

Start with one or two newsrooms that cover your town. If you send a story to several at once, say so. Reporters are more willing to work on it when they know where it stands.

What to send

Keep it short enough to read on a phone. Put the news in the subject line, not "Please help" or "Story idea".

Subject: [Town]: [what happened, in under 10 words]

What happened: Two or three plain sentences.
Who it affects: How many people, and where.
When: The date, and any deadline coming up.
What backs it up: Documents, photos, video or other people who saw it.
What you want known: One sentence.
How to reach me: Name, phone, and the best time to call.

Protect yourself

• Stick to what you can back up. Separate what you know from what you suspect. A false claim about a person or business can come back on you.
• Set the terms first. Before you share, ask what "off the record" and "not for attribution" mean at that newsroom. Agree before you talk, not after.
• Worried about your job or safety? Say so before you give your name, and ask how the newsroom protects sources. Some offer secure tip options. A work email or work phone is a poor choice.
• In a lawsuit, or thinking about one? Talk to your lawyer before you go public.
• Keep private details out. Do not send a child's name, Social Security numbers or medical records unless the reporter asks and you are sure you should.
• Keep your originals. Send copies, and keep a list of who you sent what, and when.

The contact list

Search by station, town, or language. Then filter by type and region. Phone numbers and emails are tap-to-use.

Four public media stations are one newsroom each and appear in both TV and radio: WLRN, WGCU, WUFT, and WFSU. The page total stays 183.

Common questions

About this list

• Where it comes from: each outlet's own website, read November 3, 2026. For some stations whose sites could not be read, the address and main line come from the station's FCC public file.
• Newsrooms, not people: no reporter, anchor or producer is named, and no personal email is listed. Sales, advertising and subscription contacts are left out.
• How the types add up: 67 newspapers, 47 TV stations, 45 radio stations, and 28 internet newsrooms. WLRN, WGCU, WUFT, and WFSU are counted once in the 183, and each one matches both the TV filter and the radio filter.
• Not every outlet: Florida has more stations and papers than any one list can confirm. Music-only radio stations are left out. An outlet is missing if its site could not be read or printed no way to reach it. "Also here" names outlets whose sites could not be read for this list, so look for the contact page on their site.
• All viewpoints: a listing is not an endorsement. The list includes public, commercial, nonprofit, community and opinion-led outlets from across the political spectrum.
• Things change: newsrooms merge and addresses change. If an email bounces, use the outlet's website.