Tristan Wood
Senior Reporter/ATC HostTristan Wood is a senior producer and host with WFSU Public Media. A South Florida native and University of Florida graduate, he focuses on state government in the Sunshine State and local panhandle political happenings.
Prior to joining the WFSU team, Tristan spent three years covering the legislature with outlets including Florida Politics, City & State Florida, and Fresh Take Florida.
When he’s not on the airwaves, Tristan is either taking road trips with his pit bull named String Bean, going to alt-rock concerts or watching the Miami Heat.
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Proposed Florida Constitutional Amendment 1 would require partisan school-board elections starting in 2026. That means candidates would carry party labels by their names on ballots. -
FDP Chair Nikki Fried joined Noles for Kamala Harris Tuesday outside Florida State University’s student union. -
The anonymous hotline to give police, firefighters or EMS a way to seek help for trauma they receive on the job. -
However, some bad actors will likely keep the flow of political donation solicitations continuing until election day. -
Republicans dominated Democrats 2-to-1 in turnout on the first day of early voting. That was enough to allow the GOP to surpass Democrat's slim lead in vote-by-mail ballot returns. -
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried and several North Florida Democrats were among the first in Leon County to cast their ballots outside the Leon County Courthouse Monday morning. -
An attack ad last month accused Commissioner Curtis Richardson of failing to protect abortion access, but he says he is voting for Amendment 4. -
The Curtis Richardson and Dot Inman-Johnson race is the most expensive local contest this cycle and has high political stakes. -
Hosted by WFSU Public Media, the Tallahassee Democrat, and the League of Women Voters of Tallahassee, the forum touched on dozens of topics. -
Morgan joined the Leon Sherriff’s Office in 1967. He was just the third Black deputy hired there and eventually became the department’s first black Detective, Lieutenant, Captain and Major.
