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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For anyone wanting to help victims of the Orlando night club shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has activated a state disaster fund to take donations. -
A Northeast Florida lawmaker who’s running to be Nassau County school superintendent is asking Gov. Rick Scott to sue the federal government over recent... -
Fifty-five years in prison is not the same as a life sentence, a Florida appeals court ruled Monday. The sentence was handed down to a 16-year-old... -
A state-of-the-art, international bee-research lab could be coming to Gainesville if Florida beekeepers raise enough money. Last month, Governor Rick... -
A House Ethics Subcommittee has been formed to investigate Northeast Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown (D-FL5). -
Florida voters could potentially decide on five proposed constitutional amendments this year. Three of them will appear on the November ballot, and two... -
The U.S. Coast Guard will hold hearings in Jacksonville next month to try to find out what caused the El Faro cargo ship to sink last October. The... -
Updated: 4:45 p.m.: About 40 Duval County bridges have been rated “structurally deficient” or “functionally obsolete” by the Florida Department of... -
Jacksonville-based U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL5) is dismissing a federal investigation into her office as "politically motivated" and a "tangential"... -
For people thinking of giving up smoking for New Year’s, free help is available. Tobacco Free Jacksonville provides coaching and nicotine-replacement...
