Julie Glenn
News Director, Gulf Coast Live Host(1971 - 2022)
Julie Glenn joined WGCU in 2016 and worked in many different roles — reporter, program host and podcast creator. In 2017 she agreed to step up as interim news director to lead the station’s award-winning coverage of Hurricane Irma. She was promoted into the job permanently in 2018. She joined the board of the Public Media Journalists Association that same year and served the full two year term. Her WGCU family misses her terribly.
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The citrus industry in Florida has been under assault by a psyllid that has spread the greening disease through orange groves since the ’90s, decimating yields and killing businesses. Researchers are now looking at older varieties for resilience in the face of this disease.
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Starting Monday, August 2nd, Sarasota Memorial Hospital will institute a "no visitors" policy with limited exceptions in an effort to protect patients and staff from rising cases of COVID-19.
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As Tropical Storm Elsa skirts Southwest Florida the risk of flooding, tornadoes, and downed trees have not passed. WGCU's Julie Glenn talked with Florida Public Radio Emergency Network meteorologist, Megan Borowski, about why our area needs to remain vigilant through tomorrow. Here's that conversation:
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After an early morning briefing from emergency officials, Governor DeSantis talks storm preparation, storm surge, and generator safety.
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It's hard not to stare into the eye of any storm, but the more mundane storm effects can pack a punch, so pay attention.
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Dr. Ella Mae Piper, an African American woman born in Georgia in 1884, moved to Fort Myers in 1915 and immediately opened businesses including a beauty salon and a soda bottling company. Her entrepreneurial spirit formed the foundation of a life focused on philanthropy and community building — including the Dr. Piper Center for Social Services that has supported low-income seniors, frail elderly, at-risk youth, and special needs children since 1976.
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Concerns that a summer slide could become a Covid freefall has parents and educators worried for how students spend the next couple of months. According to a study of more than five million students by the Collaborative for Student Growth, that same summer slide already occurred during this past school year thanks to school closures due to outbreaks of Covid, distance learning and less time in a traditional learning environment.
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There will be two new, non-stop flights from Southwest Florida International Airport this winter.
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The Collier County School Board held a special meeting Monday morning to discuss two hot-button issues: Critical Race Theory and Vaccines.
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As another rainy season begins with red tide present along the Southwest Florida coast we’re looking back to research being conducted by FGCU Professor, Dr. Bill Mitsch, about the role land-based nutrients play in red tide blooms.