Winter Park Voice Helps Launch New Weekly Show Called “Reportable”
The program is a product of the News Collaborative of Central Florida. It will air Wednesdays on Central Florida Public Media and be available on-demand as a video and audio podcast
Feb. 10, 2026
Staff Report
The News Collaborative of Central Florida (NCCF), a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida, is launching a new show, “Reportable.”
Hosted by local journalist Steve Mort, the weekly radio and podcast program explores key issues in Central Florida through conversations with the local journalists who cover them. The first episode will air on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. on Central Florida Public Media’s radio frequencies 90.7 FM and 89.5 FM. It will also be available on YouTube and all podcast platforms.
“Local journalists across Central Florida are doing important work, and this show creates the time and space to focus on that reporting,” said Steve Mort, host of ‘Reportable.’ “Plus, it gives people a better understanding of the critical issues shaping their communities and lets them get to know the journalists covering them.”
Mort has traveled on assignment with the PBS Newshour, reported for Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver and covered Washington and the United Nations for a variety of international news outlets. Most recently, he was the host and executive producer of WUCF’s NewsNight for six years until the show was discontinued in 2025.
“Reportable” will preserve an important forum for regional reporting while advancing NCCF’s mission to support a strong, accessible local journalism ecosystem. The program is made possible through funding support from Central Florida Public Media, Orlando Sentinel, Winter Park Voice and the Central Florida Foundation.
In addition to financial support, the Winter Park Voice will also be among the partners who share news stories with “Reportable.”
“We are thrilled to help launch this new show that will bring our readers local news in podcast and video formats,” said Voice Editor Beth Kassab. “We know our readers count on the Voice to bring them trustworthy information about the places they care about most and ‘Reportable’ is another way we will deliver on that mission alongside our partners in the News Collaborative.”
The launch of “Reportable” reflects how NCCF’s work is expanding in 2026. Since launching publicly in Jan. 2025 with a shared reporting effort on the local impacts of Florida’s Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping law (House Bill 1365), NCCF partners have collaborated to share more than 100 stories, extending the reach of that reporting across Central Florida.
This year, NCCF has secured $50,000 in support from the Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub and the Central Florida Foundation, onboarded its first dedicated team member and aligned around joint election coverage. The new show highlights the NCCF mission of targeted collaboration by providing an important platform for local reporting and bringing that work to the region on a regular basis.
“Reportable represents an important milestone for the News Collaborative of Central Florida,” said Judith Smelser, NCCF task force chair and president and general manager of Central Florida Public Media. “It says a lot when news organizations are willing to work together to offer local residents an easy, approachable way to access trusted local reporting and information from professional journalists across our region. Central Florida Public Media is proud to be the show’s broadcast partner.”
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Great news! Proud of the Voice. Proud of you, Beth.
What could make this show very interesting is to have the local journalist present the issue. Then two local community members could be invited to give a brief 2 minute presentation of their opposing viewpoint on the issue.
We need to get back to people hearing both sides of an issue and making up their own mind. Spending time only hearing one side of an issue is why our country is so polarized and falling apart. People have so much more in common than they think if they could just abandon this blind loyalty to one side or the other and quit listening to only their side’s viewpoint in a vacuum.
Your point is well taken and as someone who often is interviewing people with various or even opposing perspectives, I agree we all have more in common than many realize. This show will feature the reporters who are working on these stories. And sometimes there will also be other guests. I think there’s a lot of good potential.