Jessica Palombo
Phone: (850) 487-3086 x364
Jessica Palombogot her master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. While interning at WAER News in Syracuse, she was awarded the Syracuse Press Club’s top prize for a radio feature story produced by a student. She interned at WAMU News and NPR's "Weekends at All Things Considered," both in Washington, D.C., before moving back to her home state of Florida. She then freelanced at WJCT News in Jacksonville before joining the staff of WFSU News full time. Before getting into radio, she was an editor, reporter and essayist for The Gainesville Sun, Skirt! Magazine and Jacksonville Magazine. When she's not reporting, Jessica enjoys acting in plays and films, cooking vegan food and discovering new music. Follow Jessica Palombo on Twitter: @JessicaPubRadio.
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Lee Health President and CEO Dr. Larry Antonucci released a statement, Monday, saying the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic “continues to become bleaker by the day,” with hospitalization rates higher than they’ve ever been.Advent Health in Orlando and Volusia County are in the end phases of purchasing fleets of refrigerated morgues.As students head back to school, pediatricians from practices all over Collier County weighed in with a message: Kids should be wearing masks at school. The doctors report seeing a significant increase in hospitalizations in kids in the last few weeks.A USA TODAY Network analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University shows most children in Florida are returning to brick-and-mortar classrooms in areas where coronavirus outbreaks are much more severe than they were at the start of the previous school year. -
The percentage of Floridians who smoke tobacco is at a record low, among both adults and teens. But as Tobacco Free Florida celebrates its 10th... -
Sixty-five hundred Duval County voters cast ballots at early voting locations before lunchtime Monday, the first day of early voting in Florida. That’s... -
In October of 2005, Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Adam Pierce was patrolling part of Orlando’s Orange Blossom Trail. “It was a high crime, high drug... -
The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a request to investigate allegations of racism involving a Duval County circuit judge who sentenced an African... -
Tropical Storm Hermine may be headed out of Northeast Florida, but Meteorologist Jeff Huffman says tropical moisture will linger for a couple of days. -
Updated at 7:45 p.m. on Aug. 23 Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit, which includes Duval County, is among a handful nationwide that sentence the majority of... -
Incumbent Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio faces 14 opponents in his bid for reelection. One of them is a former entertainment lawyer named Steven... -
Florida environmental officials want to hear from boaters who spot potentially dangerous algae on and around the St. Johns River. -
Florida drivers of Hondas and Acuras made in the early 2000s need to stop driving them immediately and get their airbags replaced.
