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Isaac Benjamin Babcock

Isaac is a co-founder of Oviedo Community News. He creates editorial plans, working closely with the community to identify issues that affect people’s everyday lives. He is OCN’s resident photojournalist.

He is a longtime local journalist and former managing editor of the Seminole Voice. His work has been featured in Golfweek magazine, the New York Times and Jalopnik. He has won more than a dozen Florida Press Association and Society of Professional Journalists awards and contributed to award-winning, in-depth work for the NPR member station 90.7 WMFE.

Isaac holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Central Florida’s Nicholson School of Communication and Media, and may be best known for his many roles in the annual Oviedo Cemetery Tour. He enjoys hiking, running, sailing, motorcycling, modifying cars, inventing things, baking and going on adventures into forests and up snowy mountains with his family.

Isaac's Latest Articles

Celebrate Oviedo Community News’ 5th anniversary at Spill Wine Bar tonight!

On the patio and inside, Oviedo Community News' anniversary party Tuesday, Sept. 15 takes over Spill Wine Bar again this year with a trivia night, charcuterie board, drink tickets and good conversation as a thank you to our readers and supporters.

Kristine Kraus Autumn Garick School Board Seminole County
Election results: Primary Election 2026

Seminole County School Board incumbents Kristine Kraus and Autumn Garick won big on election night, with a narrow race going down to the final count for the third seat.

‘High-end’ car dealership could come to Oviedo after rezone passes

Oviedo's BioFit gym could lose its home if the developer continues the process to redevelop a property into a car dealership.

Slavia coffee shop
Rezoning could breathe new life into disused century-old Slavia Filling Station

Seminole County Commission passes project that plans to turn a well-traveled building into a trail-side coffee shop.

Jay Getty gym Hagerty
After 35 years of teaching, coaching and directing, Hagerty’s Jay Getty crosses the finish line – Part 3

Dedication to being a coach sometimes involves a trade that coaches who are parents know they can't take back.

Oviedo Community News wins five awards for in-depth articles and series
Jay Getty Jenny Barringer Simpson
After 35 years of teaching, coaching and directing, Hagerty’s Jay Getty crosses the finish line – Part 2

Part 2 of our 3-part series on Jay Getty, his Olympic champion runner Jenny Barringer Simpson, and the impacts of coaching on family life.

Why I wrote a ‘book’ about Jay Getty by accident

I set out to write a retirement story on Jay Getty, but what it turned into, over the course of months, was much more than that.

Jay Getty retires Oviedo Community News
After 35 years of teaching, coaching and directing, Hagerty’s Jay Getty crosses the finish line – Part 1

Coach Jay Getty retires, leaving behind decades of championships and stories at Oviedo and Hagerty High schools. 

Why I wrote a ‘book’ about Jay Getty by accident

I set out to write a retirement story on Jay Getty, but what it turned into, over the course of months, was much more than that.

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