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Isaac Benjamin Babcock

Isaac 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

Arya at Oviedo
Developer’s pitch: Approve the Arya at Oviedo, or else

Age-restricted, mixed-use Arya at Oviedo may be the city’s best choice to avoid something even larger, development director says.

Divas Through the Decades Oviedo 100 years
Oviedo only turns 100 years old once, and it’s this Saturday

Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime chance to celebrate a storied city's centennial with live shows, light show, and live historical characters from Oviedo's past.

Sorrento nurse Nicole King Seminole County fluoride vote
Seminole County makes unannounced vote to end fluoride in water

Seminole County's sudden fluoride vote came during a staff report, after pleas from doctors and experts failed to persuade county leaders.

Oviedo Brewing Company
Oviedo Brewing Company announces closure

Just days after the closure of the Irish 31 pub, another Oviedo eatery and bar announces its impending end.

Scottish Highland Games
The Scottish Highland Games, an eclectic nod to the past

A photo gallery of the Scottish Highland Games in Winter Springs, now on its 47th year of celebrating Gaelic culture's unusual traditions.

favorite things list Econ River Wilderness
Community Favorite Things List

Every year the OCN team compiles a list of our favorite things - all reader-submitted - that make the Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs area a unique place to live.

Lynx bus
County has tough questions about Lynx’s future

Lynx proposes big Neighborlink revamp that could improve service with more on-demand rides.

Winter Springs Commission election Sarah Baker
Wide margins in Winter Springs Commission election

Incumbents ousted in Winter Springs Commission Election.

Storage facility map Oviedo Seminole County
RV storage facility near Oviedo could be considered by County

A wetland and floodplain area could become “state-of-the-art" outdoor RV storage facility according to the applicant.

James Cleveland Jacobs Chuluota Memorial grave
Chuluota memorial will honor deputy 102 years after his death

Deputy Sheriff James Cleveland Jacobs was shot in just his second year on the job; now a Chuluota memorial will honor him.

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