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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The former city clerk of Hampton, Florida, is being accused of stealing $19,000 from the city's water fund. Special agents arrested Jane Hall on Tuesday...
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After hearing from hospitals across Florida, Governor Rick Scott’s Commission on Hospital Funding is meeting in Tallahassee Wednesday to come up with...
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Florida Power and Light told state regulators Tuesday it would save customers money by purchasing a Jacksonville coal-fired power plant. The state...
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A hearing next week to decide if Florida Power and Light can buy and shut down a Jacksonville coal-fired power plant, is proceeding without the Florida...
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Florida has joined a multi-state lawsuit against a new federal water-pollution rule. Industry groups support the suit — which refers to the rule as a ...
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Jacksonville is the Florida metro area with the highest percentage of LGBT residents, yet is one of the few large cities with no anti-discrimination...
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A ban on gay adoption was struck from Florida law Thursday with Gov. Rick Scott’s signature. The controversial measure also reinstates an incentive...
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On Wednesday, Chaz Stevens' beer can-covered pole joined a number of other displays in the state Capitol in Tallahassee. There are also a religious Nativity scene and an atheist display. Stevens says he's protesting what he sees as a flagrant disregard for the separation of church and state.